Players bowled over by successful title defence

Dubai: The Dubai Filipino Bowling Club (DFBC) successfully defended their overall championship title at the 13th GCC All-Filipino Bowling Tour held in Doha last week.

Leading the Dubai charge was Uella Marcial, as the team picked up a total of five gold medals in the team, trios, doubles and masters events along with another gold clinched by their male counterparts in the men's trios event.

This was Marcial's fourth Masters Champion title, adding to her earlier triumphs in 2005, 2006 and 2007, making her the only four-time winner of the highest individual title in the 13-year history of this tournament.

Leading the onslaught was the formidable DFBC ladies' team, led by Masters Champion Marcial, all events and singles champion Clarisse Corpuz, two-time singles champion Elsie Marcial, team champion members Liza Lugto, Tess Victoria and newcomer Tina Tabon.

The men's team, who clinched the trios event gold, had in their line-up former Masters Champion Ricky Reyes and previous team champion members Philip Raymundo, Jordan Evan, Ed Sakkam, Danny Torres and JR Yjares.

Medal winners

The DFBC total of 35 points from five gold medals and two silvers was enough to hand them the overall crown for a second year in a row, closely followed by hosts Qatar with 34 points and Kuwait with 22 points settled for third place. The four-day event was hosted by the Filipino Bowlers Federation of Qatar under the helm of Oliver Fabros at the Qatar Bowling Centre.

Next year's event will be hosted by the Sharjah Filipino Bowling Club.

Results

Women: Team Event (4 games): Gold: DFBC Dubai (3,563 pts); Silver: Qatar UFBQ1 (3,558); Bronze: Kuwait 1 (3,517). Womens Trios (4 games): Gold: DFBC Dubai (2,247); Silver: ADFBC Abu Dhabi (2,165); Bronze: Al Khobar 1 (2,141). Womens Doubles (4 games): Gold: Uella and Elsie Marcial (DFBC-1,552 pts); Silver: Raquel Hayes and Marilyn Gumawa (ADFBC-1,529); Bronze: Lennie Dela Paz and Alice Apolto (Al Khobar-1,431). Womens Singles (6 games): Gold: Elvie Sotio (Kuwait, 1,161 pts); Silver: Raquel Hayes (ADFBC, 1,131); Bronze: Merlen Pamintuan (Jeddah - 1,116). Womens All Events: Gold: Raquel Hayes (ADFBC-3,403 pts); Silver: Uella Marcial (Dubai-3,311); Bronze: Merlen Pamintuan (Jeddah, 3,276). Womens Masters: Gold: Uella Marcial (DFBC Dubai); Clarisse Corpuz (DFBC Dubai); Llany Manza (Qatar UFBQ).

Men: Team Event (4 games): Gold: Qatar AFTC (4,164 pts); Silver: Kuwait (4,050); Sharjah (4041). Men's Trios Event (4 games): Gold: Dubai (2,487); Al Khobar 1 (2,427 ); Al Khobar 3 (2,397 ). Men's Doubles (4 games): Gold: Kuwait 1 (1,631 pts); Silver: Qatar UFBQ (1,621); Bronze: Qatar AFTC (1,617). Men's Singles (6 games): Gold: Edwin Avelino (Al Khobar 1, 1,338 pts); Silver: JP Macatula (Qatar, 1,300); Bronze: Nonato Yap (Jeddah 1, 1,359). Men's Masters: Gold: Edwin Latoja (Kuwait); Rey Alfaro (Qatar AFTC); Willy Cuison (Qatar UFBQ).

Overall Champions: DFBC Dubai (35 pts); Qatar (34 pts); Kuwait (22 pts).