Impressive debut by Singaporean
The superb showing put the Singaporean into fourth spot and therefore earning an automatic bye together with the Top 16 qualifiers into the Stage 2 finals. Positions 17-52 plus the top 6 from Squads of March 7-9 and the top 6 from the Desperado squad will bowl a 6-game finals to determine the other top 16 bowlers joining the Stage 2.
Sweden's Martin Larsen, Australia's Jason Belmonte and USA's Mike Fagan occupied the top 3 spots after Squad 9. Shaun Ng and another American, Tim Mack made up the top 5 with 1344 and 1338 scorelines.
Another debutant, Benjamin Lim also did well to secure a spot in the finals when he knocked down 1237 to take up 38th position but two other teammates, Lee Yu-Wen and Remy Ong struggled in their initial round to finish 144 and 154 with 1103 and 1092 respectively.
Qualifying will end March 15 with Squad 22 and the Desperado squad will be held on Saturday midnight, March 15.