Posts Tagged ‘Villar Cup’

ANILA, Philippines - Efren “Bata” Reyes snapped a three-year title drought by beating Ramil Gallego, 11-5, and captured the Manny Villar Cup Kadayawan leg crown before a big Sunday crowd at the NCCC Mall Activity Area in Davao City. Reyes, 55, bucked early miscues and battled back from a 2-5 deficit to repulse Gallego, pouncing on ... Full story

MANILA, Philippines – For winning the inaugural Women’s World 10-Ball Championship, Rubilen Amit has been seeded to all legs of the Villar Cup series. “Rubilen’s victory did not just make us, Filipinos, proud. It also shown to the world, once again, how competitive the Filipinos are,” said Sen. Manny Villar, adding he would file a Senate ... Full story

LIPA CITY – Francisco “Django” Bustamante made a short work of Mike Takayama as the former world no.1 easily disposed off the young turk, 9-1, to become the first man in the quarterfinals of The Manny Villar Cup Calabarzon leg yesterday at the SM City Mall here. Using his overwhelming advantage ... Full story

Santiago City – The cream of the Philippine billiards’ crop, led by no less than Efren “Bata” Reyes, compete with the rising stars and local hopefuls in the main draw of The Manny Villar Cup, which begins today at the La Salette High School gymnasium here. Reyes, the 55-year-old pool icon, is looking ... Full story

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Another veteran may have won the crown, but the recent leg of The Manny Villar Cup showed that it is slowly achieving its main goal – to develop more young local talents into world-class cue artists. “I’m very happy to see the emergence of some young players as it ... Full story

Normal 0 false false false BAGUIO CITY – Francisco “Django” Bustamante got off to a strong start but needed an even ... Full story

(photo caption): Teenage phenom Johann “Bubwit” Chua is among the players competing in the Villar Cup qualifiers. Dozens of up and coming cue artists try to barge into the elite circle of the country’s world-class pool stars as they ... Full story

Mike “The Lightning Kid” Takayama hopes to live up to his tag as the best among the bunch of promising local cue artists when he vies in the Senator Manny Villar Cup Panagbenga leg slated from February 20 to 22 at ... Full story

The country’s multi-titled cue artists hope to break the trend of upsets that prevailed in the Senator Manny Villar Cup last year and finally hold the prestigious title that eludes them when the island-hopping series begins its second season with the Panagbenga leg on ... Full story