RIYADH — For a change another team, not named 20-Vision-20, was in the spotlight after Alsalam Strikers emerged Best Team of the Week during the 13th session of the Almarai-FBGR Tuesday Night Family Bowling League 17th Conference at the Universal Bowling Center here. Alsalam cashed in on the opportunity as the bye team in action to trot out the top totals of 26 points and 4,179 pinfalls. And Joseph Rivera made it an Alsalam double when he claimed Best Bowler of the Week honors with 890 on scratch games of 226, 214, 205 and 181. Two-time defending champion Unica was fluent in a 23-11 points victory over Nomercies on total pinfalls of 4,022 and 3,612. League-leading 20-Vision-20, playing pressure-free as the second bye team, had routine tally of 23 points and 4,068 total pinfalls. Elsewhere, Lion's Den defeated IBG Eagles 18-16 (3,896-3,836) and sponsor team Almarai brought down Talk and Strikes 12-3 (3,472-3,307). Alfred Valencia went two pins shy of a perfect game of 300 when he rolled 298 in the second game that highlighted his total of 888 to back up Joseph at Alsalam, which won its first team award. Alfred, a Class A1 bowler, shot 154 and 213 in his first two games and closed with a 223. Susie Rivera came through with 888, Melay Valencia had 750 while Rollie Cleofe added 410 and Mario Rivera 361 for Alsalam. Like Alsalam Unica essayed a six-man rotation with veteran Ernee Noto showing the way on 832 to go with the 821 by Stephen Solomon, 816 by Armin Isles, and 750 by Reynaldo Medina. Joelito Santillan added three-game series of 628 and Edwin Atienza 175. Ahmed Yasser Abulreesh owned the high series of the night, a 917, at the helm of an all-Saudi team 20-Vision-20 that apparently found no need to tap eight players like it used to. Yaser Mohamed and Mohammed Khalid carded 785 an 782 with Sami Al-Repai the other player to go the distance on 756. With two games each were Ahmad A. Abulreesh 449 and Mohammed Abulreesh. The duo of Omar Valdez and Clem Salazar spearheaded the Lion's Den on 830 and 832, respectively, while getting help from Rodel Bagohin 794, Noel Morales 766 and Cef Chua 683. For Almarai the scorers were Jun Daniel 780, Rodel Maranca 740 Fhel Ramos 719 and HRH MS 713. Team standings (Week 13): 1. 20-Vision-20 237, 2. Unica 225, 3. IBG Eagles 200, 4. Nomercies 195, 5. Alsalam Strikers 168, 6. Almarai 163, 7. Lion's Den 158, 8. Talk and Strikes 153, 9. Bowlnatics 136, 10. Team To Beat 132.
