Archives for May, 2008

GAB has no right to pick players for intl pool tourneys (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

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The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) has conceded that it has no right to select Filipino cue masters competing in tournaments abroad. GAB chairman Eric Buhain made this admission Wednesday during the hearing conducted by the Senate’s Sub-Committee on Sports.

The Herts Advertiser (Herts Advertiser)

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WHEATHAMPSTEAD continued their fine start to the season by taking a well earned 16 points from their hard fought draw at home to Sawbridgeworth II in Division Three on Saturday.

Asia’s best in Bali (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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INDONESIA has historically been known as an exotic land where the people are as warm as the yearlong sunshine, and nowhere is this more apparent than on the island of Bali.

Asia’s best in Bali (The Star)

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The Guinness 9 Ball Tour in Aug 31-Sep 2 last year saw a fitting finale in Indonesia.

Bata, Django join Superbalita 9-Ball (Sun Star)

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IN WHAT could be a first in Cebu City, the country’s top cue artists will gather together in the biggest billiard tournament in the city.

$84,200 up for grabs in Masskara billiards (Cebu Daily News)

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Buoyed by the huge success of last year’s Dumaguete City International 9-Ball Championships, Filipino cue artists get another chance to flaunt their wares when the first International Masskara Billiards Festival unfolds later in the year in Bacolod City.

Got to get away? (Courier-Post)

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With spring fever in full swing, the urge to get out and explore for a day or overnight might be coursing through your veins. And with gas prices on the rise, keeping a getaway close to home just makes the most sense.

Django Bustamante in Predator 10-ball Final Four (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

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Francisco “Django” Bustamante will stand Saturday as the lone Filipino in the final four of the Predator International 10-Ball championship.

Corteza, Montal start hot in Predator 10-Ball (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

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Reigning Philippine National Open champ Lee Vann “The Slayer” Corteza and Filipino-Canadian Edwin Montal got off to hot starts in the 2008 Predator International 10-Ball Championships Tuesday (Manila time) at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, an online news report said.

Sun.Star-Superbalita 9-ball tourney opens in June (Sun Star)

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THE annual Sun.Star-Super Balita 9-Ball Challenge is set to kick off next month for its eighth year as the biggest and most prestigious billiard tournament in the South.