MANILA, PHILIPPINES---2005 double world champion Wu Chia-Ching and reigning Guinness 9-ball champion Chang Jung-Lin will lead a Taiwanese contingent of six players in the Puerto Princesa Mayor's Cup of the Philippine Pool Tour which begins on June 16.
This was announced Wednesday (May 28) by Mr. Tu Yung-Hui, president of the Chinese Taipei Billiards Association, in a letter to the PPT organizing committee.
Organized by the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) and
presented by San Miguel Corporation, the Puerto Princesa ten ball event will be hosted by Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn. It will take place in two stages: Stage 1 (Elimination Rounds) on June 16-17 at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City, and Stage 2 (Main Tournament) on June 19-22 at the Puerto Princesa City Coliseum in the capital of Palawan.
The four other Taiwanese players are Ko Pin-Yi, the reigning 2007 world junior champion, Lu Hui-Chan, Kuo Chun-Nan, and Chung Chien-Te. The 18-year-old Ko has had recent success playing in the big leagues. He won the Supercup in Taiwan in December last year and a tournament in Bangkok in April this year, beating Filipino Dennis Orcullo in the finals. And he was one of 16 players who saw action at the recent World Poolmasters in Las Vegas.
The PPT organizing committee has awarded Wu and Chang PPT Tour Cards by virtue of their achievements in the WPA world championships and the Guinness 9-Ball Tour. A PPT Tour Card guarantees the cardholder an automatic spot in Stage 2 of the PPT leg in Puerto Princesa.
Chung also earned a Stage 2 spot by virtue of his placing in the top 16 of the Mandaluyong Mayor's Cup last May 6-11.
Ko, Lu and Kuo will see action in Stage 1 of the tournament.
The Puerto Princesa Cup has a prize fund of $30,000. A top prize of $10,000 goes to the winner of the championship. Prizes are awarded up to 32nd place.
The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Pocket Billiards Union (APBU) and listed in the 2008 calendar of events of the World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA).
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO, edited by jovie sison
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