KUWAIT CITY, June 30: Past the halfway mark of the elimination round of the on-going 2011 PBAK-BEC MoneyGram-SMDC Summer Tenpin Bowling League being held at the Cozmo Bowling Center in Khaifan, Klasmeyts Al Khadda Kana booked a scintillating victory as they brushed aside the highly touted East-West keglers in a high scoring match. In the other featured matches, the fast closing Siete Pares continued its winning streak and not to be discounted was the superb performance of the Western Union-Al Muzaini Exchange pin busters. The ninth week of qualifying also witnessed majority of the leading contenders for an outright entry into the championship round hurdle their respective assignments without a hitch except for the two front runners World Class and the K2E2 Thunders who suffered separate stinging setbacks.

Coming off from an 8th week loss, a rejuvenated Klasmeyts Al Khadda Kana Controls pin crushers showed up for their match opposite the lane masters of East-West hungry for victory. As expected the two protagonists bowled toe to toe right at the opening frame of the first game of the 3-game series match. But as the smoke of the sizzling game cleared out, the score showed Klasmeyts KK emerging a clear winner via a 1,069-991 count. In game 2, the energy level of East-West somewhat dropped a few notches allowing the Klasmeyts KK crew who maintained their sterling form to walk away with another 988-921 victory. Like watching a replay of game 1, the two teams once again burned the lanes with their fiery brand of bowling but unfortunately for East-West, the day belonged to Klasmeyts KK who completed a sweep with another 1,036-980 success in game three.

Led by Bong Bermillo, Bene Crucero, Romy Fermil, Rudy Zablan, Emma Gatus and Janet Shaikh, Klasmeyts went home with the weekly high series award and a final winning tally of 3,118-2,892. Suiting up for East-West in this outing were, Mike Garcia, Nelson de Leon, Ric Marimla, Ding Abaygar, Elvie Sotio and Eden Oning. Meanwhile, Siete Pares sustained its meteoric rise in the team standings by breezing past the lightly rated BEC-Nusantara squad 3,096-2,558. Fresh from their winning stint last week over erstwhile league leader K2E2, Siete Pares poured everything they’ve got on their way to three straight walk in park victories over the hapless BEC-Nusantara. Carrying the scoring load in Siete Pares’ 1,090-872, 1,007-872 and 974-814 game victories were Faie Reyel, Nitz Alinea, Ramon Aguilar, Rommel Genciana, Dorcas Santos and Rico Galang. Bowling for BEC-Nusantara in this match were Fahmi Hussain, Ahmad Gofar, Naning Herman, Bima Nitikusumo, Benyamin Hasan, Lisa Amenda and Nunun Mulyana.

The Western Union-Al Muzaini Exchange remitters on the other hand rolled the only other above 3,000 pin falls score in posting their hard earned 3,008-2,882 win over the green thumbs of LEAF. With two consecutive wins behind them, LEAF headed by Rey Ualat, Lito Mercado, Cris Carungay, Joe Presenta and Marjorie Mercado started strong and sharp to turn back their rivals in the tightly contested opening game 1,007-970. Getting over the heartbreaking loss easily, the Western Union-Al Muzaini Exchange five some of Sonny Mariano, Tito Tamayo, Bobby Ferrera, Al Belarmino and Chit Mariano delivered a morale boosting 993-939 decision in game two and then coasted to a match clinching 1,020-936 win in game three.

Looking at the matches involving the two pace setters, the sound masters of BOSE who were finely tuned to the right frequency in their match against league leader World Class had no trouble eking out their convincing 2,935-2,681 upset win. Despite being the underdog, BOSE was not intimidated by the reputation of their rivals but on the contrary looked more inspired as indicated by their sweep of all three games of the match via 971-896, 969-925 and 970-860 game scores. Responsible for the remarkable feat of BOSE were Bob Navarro, Eddie Pena, Edgar Pascua, Joel Tizon, Pilar Villanueva and Sam Behbehani. Going to the match between deposed leader K2E2 and Megaworld, the real estate magnates composed of George Bouchebel, Mandy Manalo, Jess de Vera, Norie Sairat, Rene Marzan and Myrah Manalo built a commanding lead through a 954-878 win in game one followed by a modest 878-841 edge in game two. The K2E2 quintet of Boy Lorino, Danny San Juan, Edwin Latoja, Joan Balla, and JR Sabado tried to reverse the outcome of the match in game three in their effort to salvage the number one post but their 931-864 victory in game three was not enough to deny Megaworld a 2,721-2,650 total pin falls win.

In the other match of the week, the Swooping Eagles led by Aqeel Farisy, Riz Roque and Alonzo Bush grounded Xpress Rollers 2,936-2,850, Whiplash headed by Rey Galvez, Joel Tamayo and Mar Evangelista stopped Cozmo-1 2,881-2,808, Air Safari with Tony Bustria, Al Bautista and Shay Lao routed D’ Islanders 2,853-2,565 and Cozmo-1 bannered by Vernie Villaruel, Aldin Avila and Yaqoub Al Shatti nipped Team Asoka 2,917-2,801. In the Individual High Game the holders are as follows, Men Class O-Ed Mendoza 288, Men Class A-Aqeel Farisy 251, Men Class B-Rey Galvez 230, Ladies Class A-Janet Shaikh 224 and Ladies Class B-Michelle Avila 238 while for the High Average Award the current leaders are Men Class O-Mike Garcia 206, Men Class A-Aldin Avila 195, Men Class B-Butch Alinea 194, Ladies Class A-Blanca Mercado 172 and Ladies Class B-Michelle Avila 162. In the Team Awards the standing records belong to Swooping Eagles-Trio High Series 690, World Class-Doubles High Series 500, East West-Team High Game 1040 and K2E2-Team High Series 3049.

The team standings after 9 weeks are as follows (read as rank, team name and average score per game), 1. World Class -978, 2. K2E2-978, 3. Cozmo 1 -976, 4. Klasmeyts Al Khada Kana -973, 5. Western Union/Al Muzaini Exchange -971, 6. East West -968, 7. Air Safari -964, 8. Whiplash -961, 9. Cozmo 2-959, 10. Siete Pares -956, 11. LEAF -953,12. Xpress Rollers -948, 13. Swooping Eagles -939, 14. Megaworld -934, 15. D’ Islanders -924, 16. BOSE -921, 17. Team Asoka-917,18. Nusantara-845.