9th Asian 9-Ball Tour set for 15 November

The Asian pool masters will again be facing off this Sunday, 15 November at 2 p.m. at the Centre Carougeois de Billard in the 9^th edition of Asian 9 Ball Tournament. As usual, the double round elimination tournament will again be full of suspense and excitement as the players fight it out rack after rack in this nerve-wrecking competition.

Defending Champion Ken Nanakorn of Thailand will be sticking to his guns in his bid to retain his crown. He will be facing stiff opposition from veteran players like Vietnam’s Tony Truong, and the Philippines' Val Arceo, Jimmy Menguita and Ruben Zaballa.

Not to be discounted are the other Philippine veterans of the pool circuit like Philippines’ Raymundo Ruben and Morris Leonor and Thailand’s Mie “James” Udon. Also to be carefully watched are the rising stars, --the rookies like China’s Liang Zi Yue, Japan’s Yoshi Hasegawa, and the Philippines’ Leo Barroga who in the last few months have improved their game tremendously.

The Asian Tours is inviting all Asians to join us in an afternoon of fun, camaraderie and exciting pool competition. A registration fee of 35 CHF will be charged for each participant.

For information and registration, please call: Jerry Quinto at 079-263-68-32 or Ken Nanakorn at 076-752-53-47 or e-mail us at pbc.geneva@yahoo.com

Val Arceo whips Ruben Zaballa 5-3, bags 7th Asian 8 Ball crown.

It was another all-Philippine finals in today’s 7th Asian 8 Ball Tournament at the Centre Billard de Carougeois as veteran cue master Val Arceo whipped compatriot Ruben Zaballa 5-3 to defend the title and win the 8 ball championship for the second consecutive time.

Arceo who was also the 6th Asian 8 Ball champion, took the early lead and grabbed the first rack. However, not to be outdone, Zaballa fought back for the equalizer. It was a see-saw battle until the 4th rack with the score at 2-2, when Arceo unleashed his all out attack and took the next two racks to lead 4-2. The stubborn Zaballa tried to rally and took the next rack to move closer at 4-3. But in the final rack, Arceo tried a bank shot on the side pocket with the 8 ball which missed but with a stroke of good luck, bounced back and went inside the pocket to seal his victory 5-3.

In the battle for 3rd place, rookie Leo Barroga surprised everyone by upsetting and demolishing Las Vegas veteran Raymundo Ruben 3-0. It was a lop-sided match as Barroga took control of the table and dominated rack after rack. Ruben, who earlier in the semi-finals played a superb game by crushing Vietnamese Tony Truong 5-0, suddenly lost his magic touch and succumbed to Barroga’s
unrelenting offensive.

As a special benefit tournament, the prize money of 220 Swiss francs (approximately 10,000 Philippine pesos) was donated to Sagip Kapamilya c/o Mr. Rudy Guacena for the victims of the recent typhoon Ondoy . We would like to thank all the players for their generosity, kindness and solidarity.
Maraming Salamat sa inyong lahat!!

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