Zara Glover (pictured left), England, and Mixed Doubles gold medalist Kong Byoung-Hee (right), Korea, led the field of 23 men and 23 women after 12 of 18 games in the Singles competition at the 8th World Games at Happy Bowling Alley in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.

The players' individual scores from the mixed doubles carry forward and are combined with 12 additional qualifying games of singles on Tuesday. Kong, who had the highest six-game series of all competitors in Mixed Doubles (1439) added 1319 pins in the first block to lead the men's competition with 2758 and an average of 229.83 for 12 games.

Bronze medalist Adrian Ang, Malaysia, is second with 2705 after posting the highest block on Tuesday morning, 1378. silver medalist Manuel Otalora, Colombia, is third with 2650. PBA super star Chris Barnes, United States, is 9th with 2500.

Glover, who had 1180 in Mixed Doubles, jumped into the lead behind a 1361 series with 2541 pinfall total and an average of 211.75. Wang Yu-Ling from the host country Chinese Taipei is second with 2486, while 2001 World Games champion Sofia Rodriguez, Guatemala, is third with 2472.

The top 10 men and top 10 women after the 18 games advance to round robin match play Wednesday morning. The top three men and top three women then advance to the stepladder finals.

The Singles finals will be screened live on Eurosport 2 Wednesday, July 22nd between 8.30 and 10.30am BST.

Bowling is one of more than 30 sports not currently included in the Olympics that are being showcased in the World Games until July 26. Bowling, along with archery, billiards and bocce, is classified as a precision sport.

The American Zone is represented by Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and the United States. The Asian Zone has sent Chinese Taipei, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, China and Hong Kong, while the European Zone countries are Austria, England, Finland, Germany, Belgium, France, Norway and South Africa.

 

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Men's Singles Preliminaries after 12/18 games

The top 10 advance to round robin match play

Pos	Player	Country	Mixed	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	G7-12	Total	Ave.
1.	Kong Byoung-Hee	Korea	1439	207	214	215	257	224	202	1319	2758	229.83
2.	Adrian Ang	Malaysia	1327	202	248	217	213	258	240	1378	2705	225.42
3.	Manuel Otalora	Colombia	1342	182	224	176	269	247	210	1308	2650	220.83
4.	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	1411	204	169	200	210	179	202	1164	2575	214.58
5.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	1239	192	180	222	250	212	257	1313	2552	212.67
6.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	1303	218	201	192	175	167	269	1222	2525	210.42
7.	Remy Ong	Singapore	1208	195	221	278	228	199	190	1311	2519	209.92
8.	Chester King	Philippines	1214	188	172	244	256	222	216	1298	2512	209.33
9.	Chris Barnes	United States	1248	214	246	205	241	179	167	1252	2500	208.33
10.	Thomas Gross	Austria	1231	200	177	221	204	227	224	1253	2484	207.00
11.	Fang Chin-Nan	Chinese Taipei	1165	208	194	215	245	218	222	1302	2467	205.58
12.	Sithipol Kunaksorn	Thailand	1246	179	180	245	219	192	202	1217	2463	205.25
13.	Darren Cundy	England	1266	213	204	226	180	194	180	1197	2463	205.25
14.	Jean-Marc Lebon	Belgium	1229	195	208	203	186	233	169	1194	2423	201.92
15.	Achim Grabowski	Germany	1152	189	215	168	194	232	234	1232	2384	198.67
16.	Suguru Muroi	Japan	1179	178	209	192	150	217	237	1183	2362	196.83
17.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	1228	145	214	187	215	183	188	1132	2360	196.67
18.	Francois Sacco	France	1161	168	205	197	210	166	224	1170	2331	194.25
19.	Simon Checo Torres	Dominican Republic	1033	182	158	241	182	230	267	1260	2293	191.08
20.	Guy Caminsky	South Africa	1078	207	182	246	195	178	191	1199	2277	189.75
21.	Luis Olivo	Venezuela	1067	187	214	208	157	227	215	1208	2275	189.58
22.	Miguel Arevalo	El Salvador	1040	188	185	181	190	153	192	1089	2129	177.42
23.	Andres Herrera	Guatemala	1045	174	164	161	224	190	165	1078	2123	176.92

 

Women's Singles Preliminaries after 12/18 games

The top 10 advance to round robin match play

Pos	Player	Country	Mixed	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	G7-12	Total	Ave.
1.	Zara Glover	England	1180	233	245	249	160	229	245	1361	2541	211.75
2.	Wang Yu-Ling	Chinese Taipei	1222	162	204	206	215	243	234	1264	2486	207.17
3.	Sofia Rodriguez	Guatemala	1234	202	150	257	222	170	237	1238	2472	206.00
4.	Jennifer Tan	Singapore	1237	196	181	201	177	239	218	1212	2449	204.08
5.	Liza Del Rosario	Philippines	1266	174	200	168	163	233	236	1174	2440	203.33
6.	Krista Pöllänen	Finland	1290	202	205	167	188	181	206	1149	2439	203.25
7.	Anggie Ramirez	Colombia	1263	211	200	158	214	186	186	1155	2418	201.50
8.	Zatil Iman	Malaysia	1249	169	200	182	216	222	155	1144	2393	199.42
9.	Stefanie Nation	United States	1206	207	173	178	179	223	209	1169	2375	197.92
10.	Patricia Luoto	Germany	1193	201	193	190	191	186	208	1169	2362	196.83
11.	Benchawan Poungthong	Thailand	1136	249	191	183	202	205	183	1224	2360	196.67
12.	Gye Min-Young	Korea	1149	190	195	208	201	224	193	1211	2360	196.67
13.	Chan Shuk Han	Hong Kong	1126	205	200	235	186	215	194	1224	2350	195.83
14.	Sandra Gongora	Mexico	1123	195	193	240	202	167	205	1202	2325	193.75
15.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	1151	155	180	218	203	183	211	1150	2301	191.75
16.	Patricia De Faria	Venezuela	1164	200	187	155	157	215	175	1089	2253	187.75
17.	Gaye Mack	South Africa	1094	189	194	179	197	200	181	1140	2234	186.17
18.	Isabelle Sacco	France	1105	215	221	171	156	169	154	1086	2191	182.58
19.	Patcharin Torgersen	Norway	1073	211	180	150	248	162	156	1107	2180	181.67
20.	Saori Kanno	Japan	1067	200	154	185	202	147	188	1076	2143	178.58
21.	Ivonne Gross	Austria	1069	184	175	190	175	186	149	1059	2128	177.33
22.	Katrien Goossens	Belgium	1083	192	170	168	178	189	146	1043	2126	177.17
23.	Aida Granillo	El Salvador	1081	127	187	179	157	163	164	977	2058	171.50