Pagulayan stops Corteza in all-Pinoy duel
December 3, 2005 | 12:00am
The teeth of its campaign in billiards and snooker competition in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games has already netted the Philippines with comfortable lead, which is impossible to overhaul, according to billiards officials.
"We have already gone beyond our expectations a minimum of four but our aim here actually is to give our local players the needed exposures in international meet like this (SEAG)," said Ernesto Fajardo, president of Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines.
At last count, the Philippines has already cornered six of the nine events contested, and the last two days of competition still carry bright hope of boosting its medal haul.
Only last night, Alex Pagulayan and Lee van Cortez posted similarly stirring semifinal wins over separate rivals in the mens 8-ball pool singles. The two were still fighting for the gold as of press time
Pagulayan outplayed Indonesias Yudarman K, 9-6 in just about the same time Lee Van Corteza disposed off Singaporean Tey Choon Kiat in the same score, 9-6, in a pair of semifinal encounters at the Makati Coliseum.
Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar have one gold medal each. Vietnams lone gold was courtesy of Nguyen Thahn Long, who ruled the mens English Billiards singles two nights ago after beating Myanmars U Kyaw Oo, 3-0.
Myanmar struck for the gold in mens English billiards doubles Wednesday night as its pair of Kyam Oo and Aung San Oo defeated Thailands Sujaritthurakarn and Chaihanasakun, 3-0, in last Wednesdays finals. It also has one silver.
The four events left to be contested are mens 9-ball pool singles, womens 9-ball pool singles, mens snooker singles, and mens one cushion carom singles. Arman Carandang
"We have already gone beyond our expectations a minimum of four but our aim here actually is to give our local players the needed exposures in international meet like this (SEAG)," said Ernesto Fajardo, president of Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines.
At last count, the Philippines has already cornered six of the nine events contested, and the last two days of competition still carry bright hope of boosting its medal haul.
Only last night, Alex Pagulayan and Lee van Cortez posted similarly stirring semifinal wins over separate rivals in the mens 8-ball pool singles. The two were still fighting for the gold as of press time
Pagulayan outplayed Indonesias Yudarman K, 9-6 in just about the same time Lee Van Corteza disposed off Singaporean Tey Choon Kiat in the same score, 9-6, in a pair of semifinal encounters at the Makati Coliseum.
Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar have one gold medal each. Vietnams lone gold was courtesy of Nguyen Thahn Long, who ruled the mens English Billiards singles two nights ago after beating Myanmars U Kyaw Oo, 3-0.
Myanmar struck for the gold in mens English billiards doubles Wednesday night as its pair of Kyam Oo and Aung San Oo defeated Thailands Sujaritthurakarn and Chaihanasakun, 3-0, in last Wednesdays finals. It also has one silver.
The four events left to be contested are mens 9-ball pool singles, womens 9-ball pool singles, mens snooker singles, and mens one cushion carom singles. Arman Carandang
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