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WU CHIA CHING
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 421317 [Title] => World nips RP cue artists [Summary] => Team World leaned on Wu Chia Ching’s brilliance and pool savvy to turn back Team QC-Philippines, 7-5, in their sudden death team duel to capture the QC Philippines vs The World “The Grand Villards Showdown” championship at the Trinoma in Quezon City late Thursday night. [DatePublished] => 2008-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 410356 [Title] => Orcollo, Pagulayan bow to Taiwanese [Summary] => The Philippines’ Dennis Orcollo and Alex Pagulayan crashed out of the semis yesterday after losing to their respective ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 405121 [Title] => Appleton kampeon sa 10-Ball [Summary] => Matapos mabigyan ng pagkakataon si Darren Appleton, sinamantala niya ito tungo sa pagkopo ng titulo sa kauna-unahang WPA ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348038 [Title] => Reyes bumigay kay Wu [Summary] => Ipinamalas nina pool legend Efren Bata Reyes at reigning 2005 World Pool champion Wu Chia Ching ang kanilang pagiging worlds greatest cue artists sa kanilang pagsagupa kahapon sa 9-ball laban sa mga piling cast ng Asias pool elite upang bumandera sa 2006 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour Exhibition leg.
Ang dalawang manunumbok ay kapwa nagpamalas ng kani-kanilang tikas sa finals ng exhibition tournament at nagbigay ng umaatikabong aksiyon sa 9-ball dito sa Asias City of Flowers sa Guangzhou, China.
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Ang tagumpay ni Alcano ang nagbigay din sa kanya ng sapat na tour points para umusad sa World Pool Champion-ships sa July.
Ang top 10 finishers sa ranking ay awtomatikong kuwalipikado sa naturang event.
Si Alcano ay may 80 puntos na sa kanyang 9th place.
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Valle was threatened only on the 15th rack when the Taiwanese bet moved to within 7-8 but the Taiwanese himself succumbed to pressure while Valle, a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, held his own to march into the $10,000 race- to-13 championships.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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