Alinma Bank scores Team of the Week treble

Alinma Bank Aspire captained by Jojo de Silva is determined to improve its ranking after it clinched its third Team of the Week honors during the 12th session in the Interbank Tenpin Bowlers of Riyadh (ITBR) league at the InterContinental Hotel Bowling Center here.
Aspire demolished SABB-SAMA 541-90 in a grueling match to leapfrog two places to second in the team standings. The quartet of team captain Jojo de Silva, Gelo Train, last session’s Bowler of the Week Jerry Barce and Willie Bondoc produced exceptional four-game series of 862, 813, 780 and 759.
They were supported by Ranier Torres and Abdulrahman Ahmed who rolled 362 and 325.
Aspire was the first team to deliver a perfect 520 win points with additional 21 bonus points when they exceeded the 1,000 points output during the second game.
SABB-SAMA team captain Teody Zulaybar failed to find the right combination though his team matched the level of its opponent in three games and be rewarded with 90 bonus points. Jun Bolocboloc and Bernie Torres tallied 735 and 711. Dawod Sereno, Freddie Solomon, David Smart, Jun Macarandan and Clem Guelas fired 387, 359, 356, 353 and 321 while Remy Generales had 189.
SAIB skipper Dong Calub produced a superb performance to shoot 879 (201, 222, 207 and 245) and become the Bowler of the Week. SAIB, bye team in action, was the second highest scorer of the week on 390. Dong was supported by Agie Dazo and Edwin Fontiveros who rolled 778 and 748 while Boy Rogel, Ariel Diaz had 529 and 510 and Joey Salem and Eddison Austria 173 and 149.
Meantime, PNB Unified continued to dominate the leaderboard blanking Alinma Bank Tefa’al 370-0. The quartet of Ronald Cruz, Sonny Alviso, James Frizzle and Tenz Taeza fired 862, 727, 716 and 654. Koko Torres (755), Soc Mejia (713), captain Bobby Ting (712), Dario Magundayao (555) and Zohair Oqilan (520) were the scorers at Tefa’al.
BSF downed SABB Advance 210-80. Edwin Timango fired 834 at the helm of BSF with Yusuf Fernandez on 666, while Ric Camara, Francis Guron, Danny Encinas, and Noel Morales rolled 532, 531, 521, and 504.
It was another disappointing week for SABB Advance with only 80 win points to show. Sam Alinsod was the lead scorer with 771 followed by Jaffer Al Kathiri (713), Arnold Jesena (703), Gerry Austria (675) and Ahmed Al Qarquosh (610).
The match between Saudi Hollandi Bank and BSF-CBG ended in a 2-2 draw. However, SHB secured the 30 bonus points in the 160-130 result. On top of SHB was John Warain with 767 followed by Val Baraquio (723), Gil Hembra (715), captain Greg Antonio (701) and Rodel Yap (625).
Abet Minosa, Guilbert Masias and Alfred Estrada led BSF-CBG with 749, 697 and 664. Art Bumatay rolled 474 while captain Ken Hechanova and Ricky Domingues had 331 and 314. Rey Abuloc made 171.
Sponsors for the weekly and monthly prizes include Sky Freight Forwarders through GM Emy De Guzman and Jimmy Hugo, Central Region manager, and Alinma Bank through Abdulmohsen Al Mulhem, assistant GM, Retail Banking Group.
Standings (Week 12): 1. PNB Unified 3,081 points 2. Alinma Aspire 2,942 3. SABB-SAMA 2,671 4. SHB 2,573 5. SABB Advance 2,468 6. BSF 1,942 7. SAIB 1,940 8. BSF-CBG 1,500 9. Alinma Tefa’al 1,310 10. Unified Team 0