Former champion Saudi Hollandi Bank captained by Greg Antonio made a repeat of its previous week performance and improved to third place in the the team standings during the 11th week in the Inter-Bank Tenpin Bowling League 2013 Conference at the InterContinental Hotel Bowling Center in Riyadh.

SHB clinched its second straight Team of the Week honors by defeating BSF-CBG 340-220. Antonio handled his team lineup with precise maneuvering, with straight bowler Clem Salazar at the helm on 810. He was assisted Gil Hembra, Cholo Nieto and Gerry Ayonon who tallied 771, 736 and 717 respectively. Arnel Bernabe rolled 372 in two games while Val Baraquio and John Warain had 196 and 152.

Despite the defeat BSF-CBG did not go home empty-handed when one of its players, Guilbert Masias, took home the Bowler of the Week award after shooting the high series of 845. Abet Minosa, Art Bumatay, captain Ken Hechanova and Dennis Buot who rolled 799, 785, 761 and 603 were the other scorers at BSF-CBFG.

Shabab SABB retained the top spot for the second week when they thrashed SAIB 210-80. Guest player Francis Guron was the top scorer with four-game series of 731. He was assisted by Jaffer Al-Kathiri and Luis Bonguit, who both rolled 718, and Arnold Jesena with 707 pinfalls. Captain Ahmed Qarquosh and Fahad Al Heza tallied 449 and 274.

Captain Dong Calub was at his best in SAIB as he rolled 804. Ed Robillos was the second best with 762 followed by Eddison Austria, Joey Salem and Ric Cura on 721, 611 and 541.

In other matches, PNB Unified mentored by Usman Navarro defeated Alinma Bank of Bobby Ting 326-243. Their match ended in a draw at 2-2 but PNB posted 196 bonus points during the second and fourth games. The pair of Freddie Solomon and Mixi Lechuga carded 782 and 758. Sonny Alviso and James Frizzle rolled 647 and 592 while Ronald Cruz and Roland Garcia added 423 and 345. Patrick Alviso and Tenz Taeza added 154 and 151.

After two consecutive weeks of defeat, Alinma dropped to fourth position. Jerry Barce (719) and Jojo de Silva (673) contributed the much needed points during the fourth game but these were not enough to stop the Alinma slide. Veteran Romy Burgos and Obet Mata rolled 531 and 412 while Angelo Train, Willie Bondoc and Lito Tolentino had 412, 408 and 322.

The fourth match saw Banque Saudi Fransi overpower SAMA-Abana 3-1 on 290-170 points. Captain Jun Bantug top-scored at BSF with 809 four-game series. Dawood Sereno and Noel Morales backed up Bantug with rounds of 773 and 675 respectively. Joseph Adao and Edwin Timango rolled 545 and 534 while Jerry Villanueva had 363.

SAMA-Abana maintained second spot despite the defeat. Clem Guelas, captain Teody Zulaybar, Jun Bolocboloc and Bernie Torres rolled 800, 749, 717 and 709 in that order. Jun Macarandan had 525 while Ranier Torres scored 168.


Standings (11th week): 1. Shabab SABB 2,738 points 2. SAMA-Abana 2,681 3. SHB 2,498 4. Alinma 2,487 5. PNB Unified 2,379 6. BSF-CBG 1,835 7. BSF 1,584 8. SAIB 1,180