SANS PAGULAYAN, RP POOL READY TO DEFEND SEAG TITLE TODAY
DESPITE the absence of Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, the RP billiards billiards and snooker teams are ready to defend their over-all title when the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gets underway today at the Sima Thani Hotel Grand Ballroom in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand.
"We are very confident that our Filipino pool and snooker athletes will perform well in the biennial meet," said Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) president Ernie Fajardo in an interview yesterday.
Pagulayan, the 2005 Manila SEAG billiard and snooker most bemedalled athlete will miss this edition due to various reasons.
The Philippines won a total of eight gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in the 23rd SEA Games it hosted in 2005.
"Y'un nga lang nagbawas ng event ang Thailand ngayon lalong-lalu na sa pool event." Added Fajardo, where the men's one-cushion carom singles, men's 9-Ball pool doubles, men's snooker team and women's 9-ball pool singles starts today.
Former world champion Ronato Alcano, Asian Games gold medalist Antonio Gabica, national champion Lee Vann Corteza, Marlon Manalo, Dennis Orcollo, Reynaldo Grandea, Benjamin Guevarra Jr., James Al Ortega, and Emilio Villariza will carry the country in the men's side.
While reigning Amway Women's World Champion Rubilen Amit, Iris Ranola and Mary Ann Basas will also seeing in action in the women's events.
The RP billiards and snooker teams are under the watchful eye of coached Ricardo Ancaja and Edgard Asonto.
Other events include men's snooker doubles, men's English Billiards singles and doubles, men's 8-Ball Pool singles, women's 8-Ball pool single and men's 6-Red snooker singles, among others.
Report from MARLON BERNARDINO
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