Al Awadhi shoots highest single game in bowling World Cup

Bahrain’s Ahmed Al Awadhi scored the highest single game of the first day as he enjoyed a superb start to his men’s qualifying campaign yesterday in the 55th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, being played in Palembang, Indonesia. The 20-year-old outplayed many of his more experienced counterparts and secured a place in the top 10 after the first of four rounds of play at Jakabaring Bowling Centre.

Al Awadhi took down 1,239 total pins over his first six games for an average of 206.50. His outing put him in 10th place overall amongst the field of 73 of the world’s top bowlers. His almost played a perfect game after scoring a 290 in the day’s sixth and final game. That was the top single-game score of the day. He also had a low of 154 in game number two, while his other scores were 212, 204, 183 and 196.

Francois Louw of South Africa rose to the top of the qualifying standings with a firstround total of 1,345 pins and a 224.17 average. Following in second place was Daniel Vezis of Latvia with a 1,302 total and 217.00 average, while Christopher Sloan of Ireland was third with a 1,290 total and 215.00 average.

Ranked ahead of Al Awadhi from fourth through ninth, respectively, were Lee Wanhee of South Korea, Jasem Alsaqer of Kuwait, Niko Oksanen of Finland, Dian Dinev of Bulgaria, Oliver Morig of Germany and Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia. Qualifying continues today with the second round of another six games. Al Awadhi is hoping to remain in the top 24, which makes the cut for the next round.