Chua bags Masters crown in 44th PBC-Boysen Philippine Open

Philippine team standout and TBAM-Prima mainstay Kenneth Chua kept his composure to thwart the tough challenge by Noli Pabilonia of ATBA and win the Masters crown in the 44th PBC-Boysen Philippine Open held Sunday at the Sta. Lucia Bowling Center in Cainta, Rizal.

Chua carded a 3313 score after 14 games to pocket the P100,000 grand prize, while Pabilonia posted a 3173 to settle for second. Krizziah Tabora, another member of the Philippine team and of TBAM-Prima, wound up third with 3136.

The finals series turned into a three-way fight among Chua, Pabilonia, and Tabora onwards from the 5th game. Pabilonia vaulted into second spot after rolling a perfect score in the 6th game, cutting Chua’s lead to just 12 pins. But Chua countered with his own 300 in the 7th game to keep his lead.

Chua nearly rolled another perfect score in the 9th game, missing the 10-pin in his last throw to post a 289.  That enabled Chua to coast to victory till the final game.

The other winners in the two-week event:

Graded Masters — Kenzo Umali, TBAM, champion; Eric Aranez, MCTBA-UPHS, 1st runnerup; Miguel Pardo, TBAM, 2nd runnerup.

Associate Masters — Poch Araullo, Sletba, champion; Nikki Ko, Sletba, 1st runnerup; Ramil Bonus, MTBA, 2nd runnerup.

Ladies — Jane Diaz, PBA, champion; Emma Banez, Imus, 1st runnerup; Daphne Custodio, TBAM-Prima, 2nd runnerup.

Youth — Rjoy Daval-Santos, champion; Dale Lazo, 1st runnerup; Daphne Custodio, 2nd runnerup; all from TBAM-Prima.

Senior Masters 1 — Pet Agluba, Sletba, champion; Ted Victorino, Sletba, 1st runnerup; Nilo Penado, PBA, 2nd runnerup.

Senior Masters 2 — Bobbit Agustin, Sletba, champion; Nelia Santos, PBA, 1st runnerup; Samuel Matias, Sletba, 2nd runnerup.

Fro the complete results, please go to www.sletba.com.