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Middle East-based Filipinos, led by Joven Bustamante,
will see action in the second Billiards and Snooker Congress of the
Philippines National Championships slated March 26 to 31 at the
Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Bustamante was a semifinalist in
this year’s World 8-Ball Pool Championship held at the United Arab
Emirates. Ronnie Alcano, the reigning World 9-Ball champion, won the
tournament.
Elvis Calasang, Mario Tolentino,
James Al Ortega and Jundel Mazon, who all teach and play
professional pool in Kuwait and Dubai, are also competing in the San
Miguel Corp.-sponsored tournament offering P500,000 to the men’s
champion. The women’s champion will get P200,000.
Filipinos based in Japan who are
coming over are Antonio Lining, Ruel Esquillo, Ramil Gallego, Rudy
Morta and Elvis Perez.
Lining reached the semifinals and
Esquillo the quarterfinals in the recent Japan Open, while Gallego
is a winner of the Asian Pool Tour.
The top four finishers in the
BSCP National Championship will earn slots in the World Pool
Championship scheduled November 3 to 11 at the Philippine
International Convention Center.
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