2nd March, Sitra, Bahrain: Two-time PBA-WBT runner-up, Michael Mak of Hong Kong made the second bracket of the qualifying standings of the PBA-WBT #9 13th Kingdom of Bahrain Open in 11th position after the first block.

Bowling in the second squad, Mak got off the first block brilliantly with 237 and 222 in the first two games but stumbled to just 205 in the third. The 19-year-old was unable to recover but still ended with 213, 205 and 194 for a 6-games total of 1276.

ABF Tour Qatar first runner-up, Khaled Al Dubyyan of Kuwait topped the squad with a stunning 1411 ahead of newly-crowned H.H. Emir Cup 2015 champion, Tannya Roumimper of Indonesia in second with 1362.

Debutant, Missy Parkin of USA was third with 1335 while 2014 Incheon Asian Games Team gold medalists, Jazreel Tan and Cherie Tan of Singapore rounded the top 5 with 1327 and 1310 respectively ahead of Mak in sixth position.

Qualifiers positioned 19 to 27 together the top 2 Bahrainis outside the top 27 and the top women qualifier outside the top 27 will contest Round 2 finals over 6 games.

The top 6 finishers will advance to Round 3 joined by qualifiers positioned 13 to 18 for another 6 games pins dropped. Again the top 6 finishers will advance to Round 4 finals joined by qualifiers positioned 7 to 12 for another 6 games pins dropped.

And finally the top 6 finishers will be joined by the top 6 seeded qualifiers for a final 6-games Round 5 finals. The top 3 will proceed to the stepladder shootout finals.

The top prize for the champion is US$25,000 and if he is a PBA member, he will be awarded an international PBA title.

Four other Hong Kong nationals, Lau Kwun Ho (45th), Eric Tseng (73rd), Wicky Yeung (70th) and Rickle Kam (94th) struggled in the first block in a field of 111 participants.