National champion makes good headway
The 25-year-old member of the Singapore National team was continuing to find his line managing only 207 and 200 in his next two games but everything seemed to come together for Jason as he brought home a final massive game of 275 to give himself a total of 1282.
His first attempt gave him a fourth place finish behind three women, who ruled Squad 6 taking the top three positions. Vanessa Fung and Chan Shuk Han of Hong Kong tied in first place with 1289 with Norway's Heidi Thorstensen third just 1 pin adrift.
The top 6 qualifiers will earn two byes and straight into Stage 3 finals. Positions 7 to 12 qualifiers will get one bye and into Stage 2 finals.
The top 38 qualifiers from positions 13 to 38 plus the top 3 qualifiers from Squads 1 and 2, the top 3 qualifiers from Squads 3 and 4 (those not in the top 38 positions) and the 4 fron the desperado squad will make the cut for the Stage 1 finals.
For the first time, the 8th Qatar International Open is the last and eighteen leg of the immensely popular European Bowling Tour (EBT) where European bowlers will have the chance to earn ranking points to qualify for the Grand Slam.