4th All Asian 8-Ball Tournament on February 15- Heart to Heart Battle of the Asian cue masters

Do you have a heart for pool ? If your answer is yes, then join us this Valentine’s weekend on Sunday, 15th of February for the 4th All Asian 8-Ball Tournament, at 2pm at the Centre Carougeois de Billard at 36 Av. Du Cardinal-Mermillod, 1227 Carouge.

Asian cue players from Thailand, China, Vietnam, Japan, Cambodia and the Philippines will be competing against each other in this regular once a month tournament organized by the Philippine Billiard Club of Geneva.

The Philippine Billiard Club-Geneva welcomes all Asians to join us in this heart-filled day of pool competition. So, don’t be a lonely heart, come and participate and enjoy an afternoon of pool, fun and camaraderie. A registration fee of 35 CHF will be charged for each participant. Participants are requested to be present 15 minutes before game time. For information and registration, please call: Jerry Quinto at 079.2636832 or Rudy Guacena at 078.8952543 or e-mail us at pbc.geneva@yahoo.com.

Nanakorn nips Sycip 6-4, wins 4th Asian 9 Ball Tour

PBC-President Jerry Quinto awards Thai Ken Nanakorn the champion's cup

Thailand’s Ken Nanakorn nipped PBC’s Joseph Sycip 6-4 in an exciting, nerve wreaking tit-for-tat match last night at the 4th All Asian 9 Ball Tournament at the Centre Carougeois de Billard. Both players battled it out in every rack tying the score at 4-4. However, Nanakorn took the 5th rack with his exceptional pocketing and ball positioning and Sycip was not able to tie the score as he encountered a couple of bad rolls that finally gave Nanakorn the title.

In the other set of finals for the 3rd and 4th place, Manat Dornkan of Thailand beat Philippines’ Leo Flor , 6-3. Dornkan took the early lead by taking first three racks. Flor desperately tried to rally from behind but it was too late as the Thai cue master took the succeeding racks and made sure that his opponent was buried in the score.

The year of the Ox 2009 promises to be an exciting year for the Asian Billiard Tournaments, which are principally organized by the Philippine Billiard Club of Geneva. The PBC-Geneva started organizing All- Filipino Billiard Tournaments in 2003. In late 2007, we expanded from All-Filipino to All-Asian and today we are currently having regular monthly All Asian tournaments. Today our tournament participants include players from the Philippines, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, and South Korea. We hope that in 2009 we will continue to be successful in our efforts to promote pool among our co-Asians in Geneva.

See photos of the tournament at:

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New Year's opening salvo: 4th All Asian 9-Ball Tour on 11 January at the Centre Carougeois de Billard

The year of the Ox will be welcomed by explosive fireworks as Asia's top cue artists face each other at this year's 4th All Asian 9-Ball Tournament which will unfold on the 11th of January, 2 p.m. at the Centre Carougeois de Billard. Cue masters from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, and China will battle it out in this year's opening Asian tournament.

Defending Champion Jimmy Menguita of the PBC-Geneva will again lead the Filipinos, while tough opposition is again expected from the Thais led by Ken Nanakorn and Manat Dornkan, and

the Vietnamese led by Tony Truong and Steven Linh, and ofcourse, the Chinese juggernaut led by Han Bin and Liang Zi Yue.

The Philippine Billiard Club-Geneva again extends its invitation to all Asians to join us in our opening tournament for this year. The year of the Ox may be a promising year to the sport of billiards. So why not come and participate and enjoy an afternoon of pool, fun and camaraderie. A registration fee of 35 CHF will be charged for each participant. Participants are requested to be present 15 minutes before game time. For information and registration, please call: Jerry Quinto at 079.2636832 or Rudy Guacena at 078.8952543 or e-mail us at pbc.geneva@yahoo.com. Lastly, we hope the year of the Ox will bring hope and prosperity to all of us.