1st May, Jakarta: 2017 Piala Agum Gumelar first runner-up, Rudy Goenawan of Indonesia took the third squad of the first block of qualifying at the inaugural Jaya Ancol Singles Bowling Championships 2018 on Tuesday evening.

2014 Incheon Asian Games Singles bronze medallist, Sithiphol Kunaksorn set a cracking pace with a 247 opener to lead three-time ABF Tour winner, Sam Cooley of Australia by 19 pins with Hengki Susanto of Indonesia and a second Thai, Annop Arromsaranon sharing third spot.

With a handicap of nine pin per game, Goenawan took over the lead after the second game. Sithiphol trailed in second, six pins adrift while Suwito of Indonesia and Surasak Manuwong of Thailand following closely behind.

A strong game from Sithiphol saw the Thai taking over the running and moving ahead of Goenawan by 28 pins. Another Indonesian, Yeri Ramadona rolled a big game of 241 to moved up to third as Suwito slipped down to fourth.

Ramadona and Surasak completd the top five with 1040 and 1031. Suwito and Annop Arromsaranon of Thailand finished in a close sixth and seventh. Goenawan's effort only put him ninth overall after three squads.

Squad A top 3 finishers, Chong Jun Foo of Malaysia, Sharon Limansantoso of Indonesia and Mohammed Alsaud of Saudi Arabia remained in the top 3 positions with 1172, 1149 anmd 1121 respectively.

Squad B leader, Melyssa Chua of Singapore also remained in fourth position with 1097 with Sharon Koh of Malaysia rounding out the top five with 1096. The cut in 36th position went to Talan Altowereb of Saudi Arabia with 987, averaging 197.40.

Alisha Nabila, Oscar, Paolo Hernandez and Fachri Ibnu Askar occupied the top four positions reserved for Indonesians not in the top 36 standings while Nur Syazwani Sahar of Malaysia was the top women qualifier.