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AL BANDER Band´er

n. 1. One banded with others.
 Hotel and Resort scored a well-deserved 6-2 victory over InterContinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal  
adj.
1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation.

2.
 Regency to extend its lead atop the standings after the seventh week of play in the 14th Inter-Hotel Bowling League, being played at Funland Centre.

The result improved their league-leading record to 44 wins and just 12 losses at the tournament's midway point, as they moved ahead by 11 victories from second-placed Ritz-Carlton. InterContinental dropped to last place overall on the eight-team standings with 22 wins and 34 defeats.

Ritz Ritz

elegant and luxurious hotel opened in Paris in 1898 by César Ritz; hence, ‘ritzy, putting on the ritz.’ [Fr. Hist.: Wentworth, 429]

See : Luxury
 owns 33 triumphs and 23 losses in the runner-up position, and will be looking to bounce back and inch closer to the top when the second half of the season resumes.

Currently tied at third place are the Diplomat Radisson SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System.  and Movenpick Hotel teams. Both squads own 26 victories and 30 losses to date. Rounding up fifth through seventh place respectively were Sheraton Hotel (25 wins and 31 losses), Gulf Hotel (25-31) and Royal Golf Club (23-33).

Meanwhile, Elvira Vergara of Movenpick scored the ladies' high game of 207 pinfalls for the seventh week of play, while InterContinental's Fuad Al Rowaie took down 252 pins to register the men's high game.

Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Gulf Daily News

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Publication:Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Date:Jul 19, 2008
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