Marlon Manalo

Marlon Manalo – HANOVERDOUBLE world champion Ronnie Alcano and former Asian snooker titlist Marlon Manalo, and the tandem of Lee Van Corteza and Warren Kiamco, scored contrasting wins in the 8-ball event to keep the Philippines in the thick of the fight in the first World Pool-Billiard Association World Team Championship here.
Alcano and Manalo squeaked past their Norwegian foes, 6-5, while Corteza and Kiamco easily disposed of their rivals, 6-3, as the Philippines beat Norway, 4-2, to march into the quarterfinal round of this first-ever world team tournament. Alcano also ripped Vegar Kristiansen, 8-2, in the 9-ball competition, while Dennis Orcullo, one of the best bets of Bugsys Promotions of businessman/sportsman Perry Mariano, crushed Tommy Wolf, 7-1, in the 10-Ball event to clinch the tie for the Philippines.With the win, the Philippines joined Poland, Russia, Great Britain, China, Switzerland, Greece and Germany II in the next round. Matibay na kalaban talaga natin dito yung Great Britain and China, Mariano told Standard Today. Pero maganda ang tsansa natin. Puwede tayong mag-champion. Poland swept a Finland team led by reigning World 10-Ball champion and worlds no.1 player Mika Immonen, 4-0; Russia defeated Denmark, 4-2; Great Britain blanked host Germany beefed up by world champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann, 4-0; China crushed Serbia, 4-1; Switzerland ousted Japan, 4-1; Greece nipped the United States, 4-3; and Germany II edged Sweden, 4-3. Rey Joble Top

Marlon Manalo – MANILA, Philippines Team Philippines is set to battle Norway for a quarter-final berth when the first-ever World Team Cup Championship resumes late Thursday (Manila time) at the Hall 13 Hannover Exhibition Grounds in Hannover, Germany. The Nationals, led by former World no.1 Dennis Orcollo, WPA 9-ball and 8-ball ruler Ronato Alcano, 2-time National Pool champion Lee Vann Corteza, former snooker champ Marlon Manalo, Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Warren Kiamco, and Japan-based Antonio Lining, got a much needed rest on Wednesday after posting back-to-back victories in the first two rounds over Great Britain II (4-0) and Czech Republic (4-1). Team Norway, composed of Malvin Bjelland, Vegar Kristiansen, Mats Schjetne and Tommy Wolff, is coming off a win over Iran, 4-1. They lost their preliminary round match to Great Britain, 5-1, then bounced back to contention by eliminating Aruba, 4-2, in the losers brackets. If Nationals play correctly, Im pretty confident they can beat Norway. Huwag lamang silang magiging over confident, said Bugsy Promotions President Ceferino Perry Mariano. The RP squad is backed up by the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP), Raya Sports, Bugsy Promotions and Negros Billiards Stable (NBS). Mahalaga makauna agad sila, cumulative kasi ang score sa tatlong disciplines (9-ball, 8-ball Scotch doubles and 10-ball), said NBS. Its now win or go home, said BSCP chairman Florentino Yen Makabenta. The Nationals are now assured of $10,000 (roughly P470,000) for making it to the Sweet 16. The 48-nation tournament, the first of its kind and sanctioned by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA), has a total purse of $400,000 (roughly P19.2 million) and uses a point-system scoring patterned after the famous Davis Cup of international tennis. The champion team will get $100,000 (roughly P4.7 million).

Marlon Manalo – MANILA, veterans PhilippinesWith Ronnie Alcano and Lee Van Corteza offer decisive victories, Argentina came from behind to beat Russia 4-1 and reach the final of the World Cup Pool Team Championship in Hannover, Germany. Compensate its loss in the 8-ball double Scotch with Marlon Manalo, Alcano, 2006 World 9-Ball Champion Ruslan has Chinakhov, 7-1, in 10-ball game dominates the victory for the Filipinos in a promotion that welcome to guarantee a championship like the sky in the UK. Bark losing finalist in the 2009 World 10-Ball Championship in Manila, has recovered from the novel Prucha, 6-4, in their grief, 9-Ball, before feeding Egor Plishkin Antonio, 6-4, shooting, the Philippines is set-point victory. Warren Kiamco and former world No. 1 Dennis Orcollo tied the game with a 6-4 victory in double-Ball 8 seconds Scot. Actually caused by Orcollo 2-0 Konstantin Stepanov in 10 of the second game when Alcano wrapped the victory for the Filipinos, whose victory was against England II (4-0), (4-1 Czech Republic), Norway (4-2 ), Poland (4-2) and Russia (4-1). Britain under the leadership of former world champion Daryl Peach and Darren Appleton, turned against a team from Greece, 4-2, in the other semifinal of the 48 countries, the U.S. $ 100,000 ’s questions championship team. The association between Alcano Manalo explosives and not really for the RP team in the first 8-Ball Scotch Doubles match supply. Yung parang talo Panggising Namin, Marlon and his 8-Ball whiskey (defeated Marlon and I took the 8-Ball was like a wake up call), Alcan, a former finalist at the U.S. International said in a telephone conversation with his old benefactor and Bugsy Promotions head Perry Mariano. P. Cedelf Tupas

Marlon Manalo – Marlon Manalo – MANILA, Philippines “Lee Vann Corteza sets his sights foreign competition in January, with the hope of his conquest of the last 4 BSCP National Pool Championship. OEI, do the world tour of carnivores in Spain and 1 World Team Cup in Germany next month, said: while Wednesday Bark Christmas Negros Billiards Stable of Jonathan Sy hunters in Pasay City. Boxer Negros Billiards Stable organized defeated reigning Prince Predator 10-Ball Championship Dennis Robocop Orcollo in the semifinals before falling to a murderer giant Marilao Edgie Rodrigo Geronimo in the national final. native of Davao City as OETH Slayer known in the field of swimming, is gaining momentum since his victory in the Derby City Classic 10-Ball Challenge this year. His other accomplishments in 2009 include a second place in the Ten Ball Championship and Derby City Classic 9-Ball Challenge, third place in the world in doubles mixed and fourth place in U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship have. Corteza Add Orcollo in World Cup squad, WPA 8-Ball and 9-Ball Champion Ronato Alcano, Antonio Food, Warren Kiamco and Marlon Manalo. We a good opportunity, but Corteza, Orcollo, Alcano, plates, Kiamco and Manalo, said the president of the BSCP and Raya Sports president Yen Makabenta. The team members were based on past performance and international tournaments after of BSCP. Members intensive training contact select to play whoever is elected as discipline, Makabenta. The Olympic pool is 8-Ball will feature 9-Ball and 10 balls with the champion, the lion’s share of $ 100,000. – Marlon Bernardino

Marlon Manalo – Led by former double world 9-ball champion Ronnie Alcano, the six-man Philippine team begins its campaign in the 1st World Team Pool Championship this Saturday at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds in Germany. Billiards Snookers Congress of the Philippines chair Yen Makabenta said the all-male team is now in Germany and is ready to compete for the distinction of being the first champion country in the tournament that stakes $400,000 (P19.2 million) total purse. They are already in Germany, Makabenta said Friday. The event uses a point-system patterned after the famous Davis Cup in tennis. Joining Alcano are two-time national pool titlist Lee Vann Corteza, former world no. 1 Dennis Orcollo, former Asian Snooker champion Marlon Manalo, veteran campaigner Warren Kiamco and former All-Japan champion Antonio Lining. I see our team being installed among the Top 10 favored teams in the tournament, BSCP vice president Edgar Acaba, who accompanied the team in Germany, said. The RP team left Manila Thursday via KLM Airlines. Billiards great Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, however, won’t see action as they are currently competing in the United States. The tournament will mark the first time that three disciplines the 8-Ball, the 9-Ball and 10-Ball will all be played at the same time in a single event that is sanctioned by the WPA. The 8-Ball will be played in a Double Scotch format and bears two points for every team. The 9-Ball and 10-Ball match win is equivalent to one point.

Marlon Manalo THE six-member Philippine team which will compete in the first-ever World Team Championship in Hanover, Germany, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 7 will play in a tough, point-system tournament patterned after the famous Davis Cup in international tennis.
But that doesn’t mean the squad won’t be installed as among the favorites in the 45-nation field.
Edgar Acaba, the designated RP pool team manager, explained why.
“Our team will be composed of six crack players, who have played impressively in the World Ten Ball Championship, the Philippine National Championship and other international tournaments. I see our team being installed among the Top 10 favored teams in the tournament,” said Acaba, vice president of the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines.
“Germany, England, the United States, Japan, Chinese Taipei and China are touted as the favorites, but the teams of Mika Immonen [Finland], Marcus Chamat [Sweden] and Neils Feijen [Netherlands] may not get the support they need to make their teams more formidable,” he added.
Teams will compete in three disciplines—the 8-Ball, 9-Ball and 10-Ball. The 8-Ball will be played in a Double Scotch format and bears two points for every team. The 9-Ball and 10-Ball will have a point each.  
The Philippine team will be composed of two-time national pool titlist Lee Van Corteza, two-time world pool champion Ronnie Alcano, former world no. 1 Dennis Orcullo, former Asian Snooker champion Marlon Manalo and veteran campaigners Warren Kiamco and Antonio Lining.
Corteza fell short of becoming the Philippines’ fourth world champion after losing to Immonen in the finals of the second World Ten Ball Championship. The pride of Jonathan Sy’s stable is fresh from winning the Philippine National Championship this month. He is currently the highest-rated Filipino player (ranked no. 4 in the world).
Alcano and Orcullo are two of the best bets of Bugsy’s Promotions of Perry Mariano.
Manalo recently climbed his way to the Top 10 of the WPA rankings, while Kiamco and Lining also had a good run in the latter stretch of the year.

Marlon Manalo – MANILA, Philippines – Lee Vann Corteza is setting his sights in competing abroad in January following his successful conquest of the recent 4th BSCP National Pool Championship. “I hope to do well in the Predator World Tour in Spain and 1st World Team Championships in Germany next month,” Corteza said during Wednesday’s Negros Billiard Stable Christmas party hosted by sportsman Jonathan Sy in Pasay City. The prize fighter of Negros Billiard Stable recently defeated reigning Predator 10-Ball champ Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo in the semis before bringing down “giant killer” Rodrigo “Edgie Marilao” Geronimo in the National finals. The Davao City native, known as “The Slayer” in pool arena, is currently on a roll since winning the Derby City Classic 10-Ball Challenge early this year. His other 2009 accomplishments include a runner-up finish in the World Ten Ball Championship and the Derby City Classic 9-Ball Challenge, a third-place finish in the World Mixed Doubles and a fourth-place finish in the US Open 9-Ball Championship. Joining Corteza in the World Team Championship are Orcollo, WPA 8-ball and 9-ball champion Ronato Alcano, Antonio Lining, Warren Kiamco and Marlon Manalo. “We have a good chance though with Corteza, Orcollo, Alcano, Lining, Kiamco and Manalo,” said BSCP chairman and Raya Sports chairman Yen Makabenta. Team members were selected based on recent and international tournaments performances according to BSCP. “Members will go into intensive training to select who will play what discipline,” added Makabenta. The pool Olympics will feature 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball with the champion getting the lion share of $100,000. — by Marlon Bernardino

Marlon Manalo on the heels of the successful staging of the 2nd World Ten Ball Championship in Manila last November, Filipino pool players and fans will be treated to a big Christmas offering this December when the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) stages the 4th Philippine National Championships at the Star Billiards Center on December 20 to 22.

As the country continues to enjoy the conquest of Puerto Rico Pacquiao welterweight Miguel Cotto, the heavyweights in the world gather at the pool at the World Trade Center in Manila on 25-30 November at the World Cup competing ball ten (WTBC). “What we have here is the biggest event in the sport,” said Yen Makabenta, president of Raya Sports Organization and President of the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP). WTBC the pool is the only event this year with the title of the World Cup in question.

It is also the largest in terms of participation, not counting players in qualifying tournaments and abroad. The event is also generous with a prize of 262,000 dollars, said the top 64 players. The fact that Filipinos have a real opportunity to go all the way WTBC made even more special for the country. “All of our Top Guns are in competition,” said Makabenta.

Teresa good chance we have another world champion Filipino. “But Makabenta is also the first to admit that the hard way in people ahead of the pack, and said the best players in the world to come. Two world champion Ronnie Alcano and evaluate artist Cue Marlon Manalo a great pool cue player, Dennis Orcollo great pool cue player, Antonio “Gaga” states Dave Lee Vann Corteza and Jeffrey “Jeff Bata” Luna great pool cue player, to lead the charge against the defending champion Darren Appleton Visitors Countries on the cause of England.

Even in the area are the usual suspects Ralf Souquet great pool cue player and Thorsten Hohmann great pool cue player of Germany, Johnny Archer great pool cue player and Shane Van Boening great pool cue player of the United States to escape Wu Chia-ching great pool cue player and Yang Ching-Taiwan great pool cue player, Mika Immonen great pool cue player of Finland and Sweden’s Marcus Chamat great pool cue player.

Pool players Leonardo Didal and Elvis Calasang have gained important wins qualify for the Predator International 10-ball Tour in Anadia, Portugal.

Predator 10-Ball tournament being held in Portugal, to commence on September 10-12, is a qualification event for the World Ten Ball Championships November 25-30 in Manila.
Didal triumphed over Jeffrey de Luna, 11-8, Marlon Manalo, 11-8, and Jerico Bañares, 11-9, in the Eight Players’ Field Invitational held last Friday.

Calasang, meantime, scored victories over Demosthenes Pulpul, 11-3, Bañares and de Luna, 11-7.

It was Calasang who clinched the first berth in the Portugal 10-Ball tilt.

“I’m so very happy because I made it to the tournament proper of Predator Portugal 10-ball event,” Calasang said.

Meanwhile, Antonio Gabica and Mario Tolentino also participated in the invitational.

ELVIS Calasang and Leonardo Didal secured slots in the draw for the Predator International 10-ball Tour on Sept. 10 to 12 in Anadia, Portugal after a topping a qualification tournament on Monday.

The 39-year-old Calasang, swept the winners brackets by beating 2008 Manila World Ten Ball Championships semi-finalist Demosthenes Pulpul, 11-3, 2008 Reno World Junior 9-Ball Championships silver medalist Jerico Banares and 2007 Manny Pacquiao International 9-Ball Champion Jeffrey de Luna, 11-7 to earn the first spot in the Portugal 10-ball event.

The Portugal event is a qualifying meet for this year’s World Ten Ball Championships from Nov. 25 to 30 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

“I’m so very happy because I made it to the tournament proper of the Predator Portugal 10-ball event,” said Calasang.

The 44-year-old Didal, the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games 9-ball quarterfinalist, on the other hand, snared the last slot on Saturday by beating de luna, 11-8.

Didal’s other wins were against Japan World Games snooker silver medalist Marlon Manalo, 11-8, and Banares, 11-9.

Banares, last year’s RP Junior champion, meanwhile eliminated 2006 Doha Asian Games 9-ball gold medalist Antonio “Ga-Ga” Gabica, 11-8.

Philippine Open finalist Jeffrey De Luna and Demosthenes Pulpul have secured spots in the top 10 of the World Pool-Billiard Association rankings.

Strong finishes by De Luna, a runner-up to Ricky Yang in the Philippine Open, in the China Open and Qatar Open earned him seventh place in the world rankings. Pulpul, who is a semifinalist in the World Ten Ball Championship last year, is in eighth.

The latest WPA rankings also drew significant changes with reigning World Ten Ball Champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain overtaking erstwhile No.1 player Ralf Souquet of Germany.

Appleton snatched the top spot from the double world champion Souquet following the former’s third-place finish in the Qatar Open, which was won by Finland’s Mika Immonen.

Appleton garnered a total of 1,873 points after three ranking tournaments this year. He finished seventh in the Philippine Open then placed 17th in the China Open. Souquet has 1,765 points after only finishing 17th in Qatar.

Immonen jumped to No.3 in the world.

After skipping the first WPA tour, the Philippine Open, the former world champion finished 33rd in the China Open, but bounced back to rule the Qatar Open. He now has a total of 1,644 points.

Completing the Top 10 are Neils Feijen of the Netherlands (fourth), Shane Van Boening of the United States (fifth), Marcus Chamat of Sweden (sixth), Daryl Peach of Great Britain (seventh) and Thorsten Hohmann of Germany (10th).

Two more Filipino players are on the Top 25 list – former Asian Snooker champion Marlon Manalo and Asian Games gold medalist Antonio “Gaga” Gabica.

Manalo, who struggled in the WPA’s first three ranking events this year, is at 21st while Gabica, who finished fourth in Qatar, is ranked No.23.

Congratulations to Filipino pool player Marlon Manalo, aka The Marvelous, for winning the 3^rd International Pool Tour (IPT) 8-Ball Challenge Match! Marlon Manalo beat Rodney Morris, aka The Rocket, with a 15-10 score!

The Marvelous One made an impressive rally at 5-7 with four straight racks to realize the lead at 9-7! And from then on, it was Manalo all the way for the $5,000 cash prize. There was no doubt in eveyone’s mind – panalong-panalo talaga si Marlon Manalo! And I kid you not! Mabuhay ka, kabayan!

(from AnitoKid)