THE 1st Vandal 10-Ball Amateur Handicapping Billiard Tournament is slated on May 17 at the Vandal Sports Bar, 107 Mother Ignacia Avenue, Quezon City.
The champion will earn P70,000 plus a trophy. The second placer will get P30,000 plus a trophy, third P15,000 plus a trophy and fourth P8,000.
Fifth to 8th will earn P3,000 each while Ninth to 16th placer will went home P1,500 each.
Eric "Billiard Cop" Bayhon, the 2017 Los Angeles, California World Police and Fire Games 5th placer, suffered a defeat in the on-going 2019 J&P Navigator Japan 9-Ball Cup Championships being held at the AMF-Puyat Bowling and Billiards Center, Superbowl, 3rd Level, Makati Cinema Square, Pasong Tamo in Makati City on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
by Marlon Bernardino
Filipino pool sharks Marlon "Marvelous Captain" Manalo will head to United States with hopes of improving his world ranking aside from bringing again honor for the country.
INTERNATIONAL snooker/billiards champion Marlon "Marvelous Captain" Manalo will showcase his talent in the money-rich 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship on April 21 to 26, 2019 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
He will make his return to the pool world after a long hiatus when he competes in this year’s $300,000 total pot prize tournament, the US Open 9-ball, the longest-running pool tournament in the United States.
2016 Olympic super heavyweight silver medalist Joe Joyce (7-0, 7 KOs) has been elevated to #7 in the World Boxing Association’sheavyweight rankings following his recent first round knockout victory over Joe Hanks (23-3, 15 KOs) on December 1 on the undercard of Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The victory over Hanks has Joyce sitting in a strong spot #5, within striking distance of a title shot against WBA Super World champion Anthony Joshua, and in position to go after the eventual winner of the vacant WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight title.
By Noli Cruz
“Captain Marvel-ous” Marlon Manalo booked a seat in the knockout stage of the 2018 World 9-Ball Championship after posting eight wins in 10 group matches at the Al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha, Qatar.
MANILA, Philippines---Veteran campaigner Marlon Manalo has all the opportunities to be the world’s best.
But for now, he is determined to follow the footsteps of Filipino world champions in the likes of Efren "Bata" Reyes (WPA World 9-ball and 8-ball champion), Ronato "Volcano" Alcano (WPA World 9-ball and 8-ball champion), Francisco "Django" Bustamante (WPA World 9-ball champion), Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan (WPA World 9-ball champion), Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo (WPA World 8-ball champion), Carlo Biado (WPA World 9-Ball champion) and Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit (WPA Women's World 10-ball champion).
JAMES LIM bested Jiro Alvero in a duel of fancied bets in the finals to capture the Elite Class (Class A/O) crown while Ronald Allan Oca ruled Advanced Class (Class B/C) division in the Makati Pool Players Association (MAPPA) Christmas 10-Ball Cup 2018 at the AMF-Puyat Superbowl in Makati Cinema Square, Makati City last Saturday.
THE on going 7th annual J&P 10-Ball Cup Championships gets a big boost as Navigator Japan CEO Ryotaro Horiuchi announced its sponsorship of the prestigious competition featuring the country's finest executive and amateur players.
