JEDDAH: Defending champion Hataw-IV made the first significant move in its title-retention campaign, clinching Team of the Week honors during the third week of the Thursday Bowling League 4th Season at the Sultana Mall’s Bowling City here.
Captained by Alex Flora, Hataw-IV started strong on the way to the leading tally of 33 points with Al-Areesh-Bowling City, which shared honors the previous week with Cannon Balls, in second place on 31.5 points.
League leader and the only team to score a perfect double thus far in the young tournament, Pacific Storm, came third on 30 points.
Cool Change, Parachutte and D’ Barkads followed on 28, 23 and 22 in that order. Boleros took the seventh position on 19.5 points, while the last three teams on the night were Cannon Balls 15, Al-Vencav 14 and Lipton Tea 4.
Naveel Sadawe of Al-Vencav bowled hot all evening to become the Bowler of the Week. He rolled the high series of 733 on lines of 248, 237 and 236.
After topping the first game with total pinfalls of 1,083 for first-place points of 10, Hataw-IV bowled well enough to finish the way it started — on top.
Ernie Geslani returned the top score of 617 at Hataw with Flora and Rudy Punzalan matching cards of 604s. Contributing with two-game totals were Noe Leysa 200-202, Rico Nery 189-190 and Willie Ansis 178-204. Al-Areesh made a late push to remain second in the team standings thanks mainly to Gerry Mandanas and Andy Yumena who fired 650 and 594. Helping them out were league organizer Igna Salgado 544, Ed Sardinia 531, Archie Santos 186-215 and Hero Garcia 234.
Pacific Storm, sitting pretty at the top with 110.0 points, kept its pursuers at bay with another top three finish on the night. At the helm were the trio of Ljay Laderas Jr. 660, Ray Thompson 616 and Abet Durado 602. Bher Del Rosario was the other player to do full games at Pacific Storm with 563 while Gary Misa added 170 and Hadi Pacheco 155-172.
Cool Change had Rene Punzalan Rey Del Rosario leading the way with 637 and 632. Rene Martinez and Mar Cabrera likewise rolled three-game series of 579 and 521 while Ernie Pilapil added 196-183 and Bobby Baraquel 170.
Parachutte benefited from the good outputs of 618 and 600 by Ruel Santoc and Oca Bernabe. Bonnie Garcia and Rudy Valenzuela contributed 599 and 560 to go with the 182-188 by Rod Morales and 141 by James Galvan.
Top man at Boleros was Tommy de Castro with 612, while Obie Ycasas and Joel Nidoy posted the top scores of 641 and 627 at D’ Barkads and Cannon Balls respectively.
Team standings after the third week:
1. Pacific Stor 110.0 points 2. Al Areesh-Bowling City 87.5 3. Parachutte Hair Cream 75.0 4. Cool Change 73.0 5. D’ Barkads 70.0 6. Hataw-IV 68.0 7. Cannon Balls 63.0 8. Al Vencav 52.0 9. Boleros 44.5 10. Lipton Tea/Ice Tea 17
