(MENAFN- Arab News) For all intents and purposes Al Kabeer Frozen Foods effectively put a lock on the No. 1 spot two weeks before the positioning round by clinching Team of the Week honors during the 17th session in the

Thursday League 12th Conference for Globe Cup at the Bowling City in Sultanah Center here.

Al Kabeer overcame a slow start to post the top tally of 31 points edging out Habagat which was denied back-to-back awards and settled for second on 27 points.

Alliance in Motion Global returned 24 points in third place on the night followed by Advance Co. Engineers 22 Al Murjana 20 and Jeddah 5KKB 18.

D' Barkads Lifebuoy and Bulacan Knight filled the last three spots on 14 14 and 10.

Frank Afurong of AMG shot the high series of 646 to become the Bowler of the Week on lines of 168 225 and 211.

Habagat topped the first game and was still leading by 2 points from Al Kabeer after two games.

But Al Kabeer bowled big in the last game for first-place points of 9 and also had the top overall output of 3042 for another 9 points to wrest the initiative from Habagat thanks mainly to a pair of 606s from Daryl Loquias and Bandar Al Dosary.

Team captain Igna Salgado was the other player who did three games on 595 while Mohd. Al amri had 151-206 Jay-R de Dios 187-221 and Jowett Carrion 198-212.

Habagat fighting to be the third outright finalist with AMG with only 3.5 points separating them had Med Ramos rolling the third-best score of 635 on games of 212 181 and 221. In a five-man Habagat rotation Richard Antonio tallied 601 with Geo Mangaliman on 584 Manny Tibay on 582 and Hadi Pacheco on 566.

AMG likewise kept the faith in the fivesome of Afurong Cris Villavelez 628 Ed Butardo 580 Abdul Fatah 579 and Archie Santos 567.

The Engineers sitting pretty at second place in the team standings

Drew 591 556 and 518 from the trio of Dylan Ilagan Julmain Juripae and Rene Punzalan. The other scorers were Joel Nidoy 192-219 Pancho Cuevas 234-189 and Shams Mustafa 205-245.

Murjana distinguished for achieving the league's perfect double got a big lift from the the duo of Faisal Relativo and Melvin Lising who drilled 595 and 594 that went with the 578 by Jojie Manalansan 560 by Jay Bengco 204-178 by Ruel Santoc and 179 by Obie Ycasas.

Team standings after the 17th week:

1. Al Kabeer Frozen Foods 395.0 2. Advance Co. Engineers 374.0 3. Habagat 366.0 4. Alliance in Motion Global 363.5 5. Al Murjana 351.5 6. D' Barkads 350.5 7. Lifebuoy 323.0 8. Bulacan Knight 273.5 9. Jeddah 5KKB 264.0