Promising Glenn Mar dela Cruz seared lanes to power Dabarkads to a Best Team of the Week and Best Bowler of the Week double during the 1st week of the Itqan Tenpin Bowlers Group (IBG) Friday Afternoon Bowling League at the Universal Bowling Center (UBC).

The league is organized by IBG through the untiring effort of IBG lead advocate led by Ian Choco and supported by Thales official, Nelson de Vera.

Class C Dela Cruz with a 30 handicap per game fired a towering 977 points to become the week’s best individual player on lines of 253, 214, 159 and 231. Dela Cru’z awesome performance helped Dabarkads score 25 points in a win by default against their no-show opponent. Besides Dela Cruz the others who contributed were Dong Yamco (910), Irine Pua (892), Ramil Glorioso (785) and Charlie Cheng (749).

Thales, considered one of the powerhouse teams mentored and managed by Nelson de Vera, hammered Zezo 25-6. Thales lost to Dabarkads for the team award on total team output 4,173 – 4,313.

Star of the show in Thales squad was the hard-hitting Andro Tismo who was 10-pins shy of perfect 300 on 290 points in the first game that went with 214, 198 and 213. Ismael Viloria came in next to Tismo on 864 followed by Erwin Nacario (815), Celis Viloria (809) and Rodel Maranca (770).

Topscoring in Zezo team with a blind player in its lineup was Fhel Ramos with 811 points (203, 201, 181 and 226). Next to him were Jess Ambon (771), Danny Trinidad (767) and Jojo Miraflor (745).

The grueling match between Itqan Tornado and Roll and Bowl resulted in 23-6 to Itqan Tornado mentored by Belle Sabico. At the helm of Itqan Tornado was Sabico with 840 and Ruben Babasa followed by Sabico on 824. Bankable Ric Urrutia Jr. together with veteran Butch Mateo and Fred Zacarias impressed too by posting separate series of 773, 769 and 721.

Ernie Tulang led Team Roll and Bowl by knocking down a series of 804 in four games. IBG 2nd Conference Most Improved Player, Andy Carasig, followed Tulang by tallying 772 points. Durable Fred Dioquino hit 750 points while Precy Ojena had 749.

Other results: SACO beat Super Bowl 20-17, Angel Vipers beat Bye-Team 20-0, NBA beat My Girl 19-6, and Itqan Tenpin Wizards beat ABB JeX 19-6.

Standings (Week 1): 1. Dabarkads 25 2. Thales 25 3. Itqan Tornado 23 4. SACO 20 5. Angel Vipers 20 6. NBA 19 7. Super Bowl 17 8. Itqan Tenpin Wizards 16 9. ABB JeX 14, 10. Zezo 6, 11. Roll and Bowl 6 12. My Girl 6, 13. Magnificent 5 14. Bye-Team 0