Springtime Renews Battle of the Asian Cue Masters at the 5th All Asian 8 Ball Tour

It will be another explosive springtime offensive on 5 April, 2008 when the Asian cue masters battle it out in the upcoming 5th All Asian 8-Ball Tournament at the Centre Billard de Carougeois. Defending Champion, Tony Truong of Vietnam will try to defend his crown against the pool wizards of the Philippines, Thailand, China, Cambodia, and Japan.

Last month’s 5th All Asian 9-Ball Tour surprise champion, Ruben Zaballa, together with pool veterans Val Arceo and Jimmy Menguita lead the opposition team from Philippines. Equally explosive are Thailand’s Dynamic Duo, Ken Nanakorn and Manat Dornkan. Also expected to pull out some surprises are China’s Liang Zi Yue and Japan’s Yoshi Hasegawa.

As a rule, participants in the tournament are requested to be present at least 15 minutes before game time. The usual registration fee for the tournament is 35 CHF for each player participant. The Philippine Billiard Club-Geneva, the main organizer of the Asian Tours invites all Asians to join us in this afternoon of pool competition. Please bring your friends along to play, watch or cheer for their favorite player. 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.

Ruben Zaballa clobbers Tony Truong 7-4 to win 5th All Asian 9-Ball Tour

The New 9 Ball Champion Ruben Zaballa

Team Philippines finally scored their first victory for 2009 yesterday as Ruben Zaballa came up with a near-flawless performance as he clobbered Vietnam’s Tony Truong 7-4 in yesterday's 5^th All Asian 9 Ball Tournament at the Centre Billard de Carougeois.

After an early see-saw battle that lasted until the 6^rd rack and tied the score at 3-3, the tide suddenly changed as Zaballa slowly but surely took the succeeding racks to win 7-4. It was a breakthrough feat for Zaballa as this is his first All Asian tour victory.

The second match for the 3^rd place also proved to be very exciting as Thailand’s Ken Nanakorn nipped Philippines’ Morris Leonor 7-6. It was a tit-for tat fight for these two master cue players which lasted until the final rack. But in the end, Nanakorn prevailed to the cheers of the crowd who all greeted him a happy birthday.

The next tournament, the 5^th All Asian 8-Ball Tournament will be held on the 5^th of April 2009, Sunday, 2 p.m. at the Centre Carougeois de Billard. To all our Asian players, fans and supporters--

Maraming Salamat!!!

See photos of the 5th All Asian 9 Ball tournament at:

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