JEDDAH: Casadores became one of the early Team of the Week winners following a solid performance during the fourth session in the Thursday League 16th Season for Sarawat Superstores Cup at the Bowling City here.
Casadores edged out D’ Barkads in the chase for team honors 30 points to 28, with defending champion Saudi Master Baker-BCT a further three points back on 25.
Salam Rice pooled 22 points to be fourth place on the day followed by Sarawat Superstores 21, Habagat 19 and the previous week honoree Al Murjana 17.
AL Striker and Jem Striker brought up the rear on 13 and 5 points.
Nezar Al Hamwe made it a Casadores double when he rolled the high series of 672 to romp off with the Bowler of the Week award on lines of 207, 258 and 207.
Al Hamwe drew splendid support from Nawaf del Monte and Benz Espinosa who drilled 657 and 642 for Casadores who bucked a slow start to win Game 2 and overall output.
Obie Ycasas missed 600 by a hair on 599 as the fourth player to complete three-game series with Ding dela Rosa and Rey Beltran sharing Casadores remaining three games on 178-225 and 236 respectively.
D’ Barkads, the third game winner, had the trio of Romy Bunagan, Leo Edejer and Bing Amolo all crossing 600 on 649, 615 and 609, while with two games each were Joel Nidoy 178-215, Rudy Valenzuela 198-213 and Ed Sardiña 210-254.
For back-to-back Team of the Week Saudi Baker the duo of Jowett Carrion and Bandr Al Dosary led the way on 619 and 616. Rey Feliciano added 577, Rally Zamora had 255-228, Archie Santos 193-188 and Rommel Agbayani 174-224.
Over at Salam Rice Jimmy Mandigiado shot the day’s second-best score of 665 on lines of 223, 213 and 202 with teammates Andy Yumena and Ed Butardo on 641 and 626. Jess Pineda tallied 562, Daryl Loquais made 225-171 and Atoi Cruz had 192.
At sponsor team Sarawat team captain Igna Salgado led by example with a leading series of 635 to go with the 601 by Mohd Al Amri, 582 by Paul Antiporda, 563 by Dylan Ilagan, 191-198 by Gerry Mandanas and 224 by Yasser Hokbi.
Team standings after the fourth week:
1. Saudi Master Baker-BCT 108.0 points 2. D’ Barkads 97.5 3. Casadores 96.0 4. Al Murjana 94.0 5. Sarawat Superstores 79.5 6. Habagat 76.5 7. Salam Rice 75.5 8. AL Striker (Ding D30) 59.0 9. Jem Striker 55.0
Casadores bowlers shine at Sarawat Superstores Cup
Casadores bowlers shine at Sarawat Superstores Cup
Benzema’s goal propels Al-Ittihad to victory in Asian Champions League
- The victory moved Al-Ittihad to sixth place in the 12-team Western group
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Karim Benzema’s second-half strike was enough to give Al-Ittihad a 1-0 win over Nasaf Qarshi of Uzbekistan on Tuesday, placing the Saudi title holders within sight of the Asian Champions League Elite knockout round.
The French striker volleyed home from close range at the far post after 57 minutes, meeting a cross from Portuguese winger Roger Fernandes.
The victory moved Al-Ittihad to sixth place in the 12-team Western group. With the top eight from the East and West advancing to the round of 16, a win against Qatar’s Al-Gharafa in the next match would clinch advancement for the two-time champion.
Elsewhere, Roberto Mancini delivered Al-Sadd’s first win in dramatic fashion.
Trailing 2-1 to Al-Ahli Dubai after 90 minutes, the Qatar club scored three goals in stoppage time to win 4-2, with Spanish striker Rafa Mujica completing his hat trick, and keep faint hopes of advancing alive.
