Singapore team in the hunt for finals
The Singapore quintet kept the lead into the second game albeit with a lower game of 1043 as Colombia's Jamie Enrique Monroy, Jorge Romero, Fabio Garcia, Manuel Otalora and Andres Gomez downed 1037 and 1077 to trail the Singaporeans by 63 pins.
But as the lane conditions deteriorated towards the third and final game, the team only managed 892 to slip down to third in the squad. Colombia clinched pole with 3097 followed by Greece in second with 3088.
Squad 2 leader, Colombia clinched fourth spot with Belgium and Greece sharing fifth positions. Canada finished ahead of Singapore in seventh postion.
All is not lost as Singapore are still in the hunt to make the Team final shootout when they take to the lanes on Friday for their second block of three games.
However, hopes of any of the Singapore bowlers making the Masters finals by finishing in the top 16 in the All Events look bleak. The best was Remy Ong who is in 76th position and 225 pins off the 16th position.