Angel Tolentino Jr. and Ruby Barbosa: Joy in winning
CAINTA, Rizal — Angel Tolentino Jr. of Sletba beat a tough field to rule the Senior Masters division in the 26th Sletba-Liza Zapanta Open Championships on Saturday.
Tolentino mustered enough will and determination to ward off the challenge posed by Frank Bodon of USBC-PSB.
Article continues after this advertisementBodon rallied during the last game of the 8-game finals to score 204 with a five-bagger, but this fell short of overcoming the lead of Tolentino who rolled a 194.
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Samuel Matias of PPTBA is third with 1,721, followed by Selwyn Cabaluna of Sletba-GMTBC with 1,709, and Tony Zuleta of Sletba with 1,676.
Article continues after this advertisementIn the Ladies’ Classified finals held earlier in the day, Ruby Barbosa of STAI-Bowler X scored 1,408 in seven games to bag the title.
Article continues after this advertisementAlexa Nuqui of PBA is second with 1,384, trailed by Annie Estrada of Sletba with 1,372, Minnie Chua of STAI with 1,346, and Tintin Robles of PTBA-Henrich with 1,332.
Article continues after this advertisementThe finals of the two divisions were played at the Sta.Lucia East Grand Mall Bowling Centre in Cainta, Rizal. Still ongoing as of presstime is the finals of the Mixed Youth division.
The finals of the last two divisions—the Associate Seniors and Open Masters—will be held Sunday.
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