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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
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Billiard aces assure
RP of 1st Asiad gold
PAYLA EYES GOLD; TIPON GAINS FINALS
BY CHRISTIAN IRL TAN
The agonizing wait for the Philippines' first gold in the 15th Asian Games is finally over, thanks to a pair of billiard aces.
Cue artists Antonio "Gaga" Gabica and Jeffrey De Luna beat separate rivals last night to arrange an all-Filipino finals in the men's 9-ball singles hostilities, following the victory of Negrense Joan Tipon in the semifinals of the boxing competitions 11 days into the Asiad in Doha, Qatar.
The 34-year-old Gabica cruised to an easy 11-5 triumph
over Young Hwa Jeoung of Korea in the semis, while De Luna defeated
Chinese Taipei bet Ching Shun Yang, 11-7, at the Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose
Hall. The Filipinos were set to battle each other at 12:30 this morning
for the country's first gold medal. 
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5 squads battle for finals seats Five squads are vying for the two finals seats in the Cebuana Lhuillier Open Trio Bowling Tournament at the Super Lanes of the Goldenfield Complex set at 6 p.m. tonight. Triple-C ASSFBI of Fred Reyes is comfortably assured of the first seat after posting a two-round collection of 2,182 pinfalls. The four-cornered race for survival for the final showdown on
Thursday will be contested by Amor ASSFBI with 2,066; Negros Professional
Bowlers Club MJS/Cebuana, 2,041; Barangay I/ASSFBI, 2,041, NPBC
Cebuana LJP, 2,003 and Centrum Fireballs, 1,999. But other teams
are still in contention for the last two slots with a good performance
in the last day of the elimination phase. |
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