Standing (L-R)Johann Chua, Jomel Sultan, Patrick Gonzales, BSCP president Ernie Fajardo, Mario Aquino, Bennie Dayrit, Tournament Director Sol Gueco of Raya Sports
Sean Mark Malayan and youngest participant 11-year-old Hans Juris Pablo
MARK MENDOZA SHARES TOP HONORS IN RP JUNIOR POOL
MARK Aristotle "Mac-Mac" Mendoza clustered six consecutive racks to score a 9-4 come from behind victory over Gino Paulo Villano to join 15 cue artists in the winning column in the ongoing 64 man field first BSCP Philippine Junior Pool Championship yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Billiards Center in Malate, Manila.
The 18-year-old Mandaluyong City bet Mendoza earlier beat Kelvin Larcena, 9-3, in the opening round last Friday in this race-to-9, winners break, double elimination format, Magnolia Health Tea sponsored event and jointly organized by the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) and Raya Sports where the winner will carry the country's colors in the 2007 World Pool Juniors Tournament in Willington, Germany on November 26-29.
Mendoza, who teamed up with Carlo Biado in the country's first-ever SMC Doubles 10-ball settled for a runner-up finish late Friday at the Metro Walk in Pasig City.
Other pool players in the winning column who already posted two consecutive wins last Friday that includes Jomel Sultan, Patrick Gonzales, Raymund Eborda, Johann Chua, Jordan Legaspi, Romeo Silvano, Sean Mark Malayan, Edison Dollene, Alvin Punzalan, Arsenio Cenina, Bennie Dayrit, Marvin Tapia, Michael Angelo Mengo, Kim Go and John Carlo Cerna.
Meanwhile, 2006 Sydney World Junior quarter-finalist Renemar David, Mike Takayama, Jonas Magpantay, Paul Arpilleda and Ken Escano bounced back in contention after beating their respective assignment in the one-loss side yesterday.
Tournament favorites Jech Jech Limen, Hadley Mariano and youngest participant 11-year-old Hans Juris Pablo ousted in this event losing to their respective rivals in the loser's brackets yesterday.
Limen bowed to Raymond Faraon, 9-5, Mariano yielded to Jireh Dugayo, 9-4, while Pablo lost to Wilfredo Tuazon, 9-6.
VALLE-MILLARES DUO WINS INAUGURAL SMC SCOTCH DOUBLES 10-BALL
MANILA, PHILIPPINES---GANDY VALLE and Jay Jay Millares claimed the inaugural San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Scotch Doubles 10-ball crown over the pairs of Carlo Biado and Mark Mendoza with a 13-10 victory in the final held in Metrowalk, Pasig City, yesterday (Friday).
The Bugsy Promotion ace Valle, ably supported by Millares, took the lead in the 15th frame (9-6) to claim the P140,000 top prize.
Biado and Mendoza settled for runner-up place finish to bring home P80,000.
"This is a very important tournament and, we are happy and very proud to win the first SMC Scotch Doubles 10-ball," said a delighted Davao City pride Valle, a member of Bugsy Promotion who teamed up with Millares, a habitué of the Escoda Billiard Hall in Manila.
"In the beginning of the match there was a lot of pressure on us, but when we went three games ahead it all lifted," added Valle, the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games gold medallist and SMB 9-Ball Tour Singapore leg winner in this three-day event (September 19, 20 and 21) sanctioned by the Billiard and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) headed by it's president Ernesto Fajardo.
The pairs of Valle and Millares beat Jech Jech Limen and Roberto Dy with an 11-1 victory Friday night, to gain the first finals berth. After the game was tied at 1 all in the 2nd frame, Valle and Millares never looked back after clustering 10 consecutive racks.
In another match, Biado and Mendoza scored a come from behind 11-10 win over former Southeast Asian Games medalist Victor Arpilleda and Fidel Punzalan. Infact the game was tied at 3 all before Arpilleda and Punzalan surged to a 7-4, 9-6 to 10-9 lead going to the final rack. However, Biado and Mendoza never gave up and rallied in the end game, taking the last two racks to nail the win 11-10 and arrange a titular showdown with Valle and Millares in the race-to-13 championships round.
Valle and Millare's road to the race-to-11, winner's break semi-finals came from wins over Ricky Zerna and Jun Talosig, 9-6, Ramil Gallego and Julie Falcon Guevarra, 9-4, and 2007 US Bar Table 9-Ball Champion and 8-Ball Champion Warren Kiamco and Rodrigo Geronimo, 9-5, while the tandem of Biado and Mendoza crushed Rene Cruz and Joroan Legaspi, 9-8, Russian Petiza and Conrado Pumikpik, 9-4, and Jomar de Ocampo and Jess Dacoro, 9-4.
Last Wednesday, the team up of current WPA 9-Ball Champion and WPA 8-Ball Champion Ronato Alcano and Alex Lumpay, 2007 SMB RP 9-Ball Champion Antonio Gabica and Rogelio Sotero Jr., and Japan 9-Ball Champion Antonio Lining and Art Palma were ousted in the single knock-out format.
On Thursday, 2004 Taiwan World 9-Ball Champion Alex Pagulayan and Jason Aperin and 2007 Oslo, Norway 9-Ball Champion Roberto Gomez and John Rebong followed the early exit of other favored pairs
Champion pairs: Gandy Valle and Jay Jay Millares (P140,000)
Runner-up pairs: Carlo Biado and Mark Mendoza (P80,000)
Losing Semi-finalists pairs: Jech Jech Limen and Roberto Dy (P40,000) and Victor Arpilleda and Fidel Punzalan (P40,000)
(Reports and Photos from MARLON BERNARDINO)
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