Marlon "The Marvelous" Manalo at Pratelln Billiard Open 2007

Marlon "The Marvelous" Manalo in action during yesterday's 2007 Pratelln Open Billiards

Yesterday, some members of the PBC-Geneva led by Jerry Quinto went to the Billiard Paradise in Pratelln to watch and support our very own compatriot Marlon “the Marvelous” Manalo compete during the last day of the 2007 Pratelln Open Billiards at the Billiard Paradise in Pratelln.

Manalo easily moved into the semi-finals, then to the finals. In his last game with Sandor Tots from Serbia in a race to 11, Tots swiftly moved ahead 10-4. But Manalo, to the delight of the crowd, took the next 6 games to equal the score 10-10. However, bad breaks came in for our compatriot and Tots won the last game to edge Manalo 11-10. Manalo settled for the third place behind Sascha Specchia and Sandor Tots.

During the breaks, Manalo and his wife Cynthia took time to have lunch and drinks with members of the PBC-Geneva. The group also had some photo opportunity shots with Manalo and top German cue master Ralf Souquet. To see our pictures, please visit the URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbc-geneva/sets/72157594543156965/

Women's 8-ball Tour on March 8

In celebration of the annual International Women’s Day, the Philippine Billiard Club-Geneva, in cooperation with La Sphère Académie et Centre Sportif will be organizing an all women’s 8-ball tournament on the 8th of March 2007, at the La Sphère, 80-82 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva.

The PBC-Geneva would like to express its thanks to our sponsors, Western Union- mabilis, maaasahan, money transfer sa buong mundo, Mr. Elvis Ambord of La Sphère, and Mr. Alex Wollven.

The registration fee for this event is 20 CHF. For more information and registration, one can contact Ms. Cherry Ella at 0765370830, or e-mail the PBC-Geneva at pbc.geneva@yahoo.com