2008 AMWAY WOMEN'S WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS SET NEXT MONTH
RUBILEN AMIT, the country's top women's pool player is aiming to improve his runner-up place finish as she competes in the forthcoming 2008 Amway Women's World Pool Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
"I will try my best to bring honor to our country just like what our men players are doing," said the 25-year-old Cebuana Amit, who lost to eventual winner Xiao-Ting Pan of China, 11-5, in the last year's finals. Pan pocketed the top purse of $20,000 while Amit went home the runner-up prize of $10,000.
"Pero alam ko po na mahirap muli ang daraanan ko," said Amit, who took the 9-ball gold and a bronze medal in the 8-ball pool competition in the 2007 Thailand Southeast Asian Games.
On the way to the last year's finals, Amit needed to dispose of Allison Fisher of England, 5-3, and two-time (2004-2005) world champion Ga Young-Kim of Korea, 7-5, before facing Pan for the crown.
Unlike Amit, who is already seeded into the main draw, compatriot Mary-Ann Basas will have to go through the qualifying round slated on March 29 to 31, also in Taiwan according to national women's coach Boyet Asonto.
The main draw, which will be led by Pan, Kim, Fisher, world's no.1 Jasmine Ouschan of Austria and Karen Corr of Ireland among others, on April 1 to 7 in Taiwan.
The two are in the middle of rigid training under coach Asonto. They train Mondays, Wednesdays, Friday, 2-7 pm at the Makati Cinema Square and physical work-out and training at the 2nd floor Medicine Building, Game Bowl in Rizal Memorial Coliseum from 3-6 pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays.
Irish Rañola, meanwhile failed to compete in the Amway Women's World Pool Championships according to Asonto, the former (Rañola) is currently based in Virginia, USA and schedule to compete in the US pool circuit.
Contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO
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