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Billiards And Snooker At The 2019 SEA Games
The billiards and snooker competitions at the 2019 SEA Games in Philippines were held at the Manila Hotel Tent. Medal table Medalists Carom Pool Snooker Results Men’s 9-Ball Pool Singles Last 18 {, class="wikitable " , - !width=200, Player !width=60, Score !width=200, Player , - , , , align="center", 9-4 , , {{nowrap, {{flagIOC2athlete, Muhammad Azim Abu Bakar, BRU, 2019 Southeast Asian Games , - , {{flagIOC2athlete, Aung Moe Thu, MYA, 2019 Southeast Asian Games , , align="center", 6-9 , , {{flagIOC2athlete, Toh Lian Han, SGP, 2019 Southeast Asian Games {{col-end {{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes , RD1=Last 16 , RD2=Quarterfinals , RD3=Semifinals , RD4=Finals , team-width=185 , score-width=20 , RD1-team1={{flagIOC2athlete, Hongsavady Vongxay, LAO, 2019 Southeast Asian Games , RD1-score1=8 , RD1-team2={{flagIOC2athlete, Phone Myint Kyaw , MYA, 2019 Southeast Asian Games , RD1-score2=9 , RD1-team3={{flagIOC2athlete, Duong Quoc Hoang, VIE, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Hotel
The Manila Hotel is a 550-room, historic five-star hotel located along Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines."Manila Hotel" Arkitektura.ph. Retrieved on September 27, 2013. The hotel is the oldest premiere hotel in the Philippines built in 1909 to rival Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines and was opened on the commemoration of American Independence on July 4, 1912. The hotel complex was built on a Land reclamation, reclaimed area of at the northwestern end of Rizal Park along Bonifacio Drive in Ermita. Its penthouse served as the residence of Douglas MacArthur, General Douglas MacArthur during his tenure as the Military Advisor of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1941. The hotel used to ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Orcollo
Dennis Orcollo (born January 28, 1979), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed " RoboCop" and has been called "The Money-Game King" throughout the Philippines and the United States. Early life Orcollo is the second of four brothers. His father was killed in a boating accident caused by a windstorm when he was young. He started practicing pool at 8 years of age through his grandfather's table. Because of financial problems, he gave up school at third grade, and focused on his sport. Career Orcollo began competing outside the Philippines in 2002. That year, he competed in the WPA World Nine-ball Championship where he finished 17th place. In 2006, Orcollo began his campaign in the U.S. There he won a number of tournaments, including the Reno Open, the Hard Times Nine-ball Tournament and two events. Because his compatriots had entered a less prestigious event in Asia, Orcollo was the only player from the Philippines to compete in the inaugural World Straight Pool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (, born 24 May 1999), better known as Baipat Siripaporn, is a Thai snooker player who is the reigning world women's snooker champion. With compatriot Waratthanun Sukritthanes, she won the 2019 Women's Snooker World Cup. Career Baipat, from Chonburi, started playing snooker aged nine, coached by her stepfather Pisit Chandsri, a two-time world over-40s champion. In 2014, she won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation six-red snooker championship with a 4–2 victory over Anastasia Nechaeva in the final, having earlier eliminated former IBSF world champion Ng On-yee. Aged 15, she defeated Mink Nutcharut 4–2 in the final of the 2015 International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Under-21 Championship. Baipat whitewashed Vidya Pillai 4–0 in the final to win the 2016 IBSF 6-reds snooker title. In 2022, she won the Thailand national 9-ball pool title by defeating Sukritthanes 11–8 in the final, having earlier won Thailand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waratthanun Sukritthanes
Waratthanun Sukritthanes (; born 5 December 1993) is a snooker player from Thailand. She was the 2018 IBSF World Snooker Championship Women's Champion, and was the runner-up in 2017. Biography Sukritthanes reached the 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship Women's final, losing 2–5 to Wendy Jans, who won the tournament for the sixth consecutive time (and seventh overall). Sukritthanes won all of her four group matches 3–0, then beat Arantxa Sanchis 4–2 and Nutcharut Wongharuthai 4–0 to reach the final, where she lost the first two to Jans before levelling at 2–2 Jans then took three frames in a row to win the title. In the 2018 ISBF Championship, Sukritthanes again came through the group stage without conceding a frame, winning her three matches 3–0, and topping the qualifying table ahead of Ng On-yee, the only other player not to have lost a frame. She then won past Arantxa Sanchis 4–2, Anastasia Nechaeva 4–0 and Amee Kamani 4–2 to set up a rematch of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Kok Leong
Lim Kok Leong () is a Malaysian professional snooker player. He won the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship, and will compete as a professional on the World Snooker Tour as of the 2024-25 snooker season. Career Snooker In May 2022 he was runner-up to James Wattana at the delayed 2021 Southeast Asian Games snooker tournament. His run to the final included a 4-0 semi-final win against Passakorn Suwanawat. He also won the Men's snooker 6-red singles at the same event. That win was reported to be on his 27th birthday, on 18 May 2022, and included a 5-3 win the final against Jeffrey Roda of the Philippines. In November 2022 he beat Amir Sarkhosh of Iran 5-0 in the final of the IBSF World Snooker Championship player in Antalya, Turkey. His run to the final included a 4-0 win over Eden Sharav. He became the first Malaysian snooker player to win the amateur title. In May 2023 he was a bronze medal winner at the 2023 SEA Games, losing to Sunny Akani at the semi-final stage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moh Keen Hoo
Moh Keen Ho () is a Malaysian former professional snooker player. Career Moh turned professional in 2005, as the winner of the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship. In his first season on the main tour, he entered four of the ranking tournaments, but was unable to win a match in any. At the Grand Prix, he was whitewashed 5–0 by Ryan Day, while at the UK Championship, he recovered a 0–3 deficit to lead Paul Davies 7–6, but eventually succumbed 7–9. In the Malta Cup, he lost 2–5 to Hugh Abernethy, and at the China Open, he again failed to win a frame, losing 5–0 to Scott MacKenzie. Moh withdrew from the 2006 World Championship and, having finished the season ranked 92nd, lost his professional status thereafter. Moh did not play competitively for the next eight years; however, he entered the 2014 World Amateur Championship, where he overcame five opponents, including Lucky Vatnani and Au Chi-wai, to progress from his group. He reached the last 32, but lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (; born 16 December 1988 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai snooker player. He was the Asian Snooker Champion in 2016. Career At the 2014 Six-red World Championship Lertsattayathorn defeated defending champion Mark Davis in the last 16 before being defeated 7–2 eventual winner Stephen Maguire in the semi-final. In 2016 Lertsattayathorn entered the Asian Snooker Championship in Doha as the 13th seed. Lertsattayathorn went on to reach the final and defeated Mohammed Shehab 8–2 to win the championship, as a result he was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016–17 and 2017–18. At the 2016 English Open, Lertsattayathorn beat compatriot Boonyarit Keattikun 4–3 and Michael White 4–1. In the third round he was 3–2 up on Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gilchrist (billiards Player)
Peter Gilchrist (born 1968 in Middlesbrough) is an English-born Singaporean English billiards player. He won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, and 2013 (long format), and 2019. Career Peter Gilchrist played in Teesside Boys Billiards League as a youth. he was the English Amateur Champion in 1988. He won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, 2013 (long format) and 2019. He has won International Billiards and Snooker Federation world titles in 2015 (short format), 2016 and 2019 (long up). In 2003, he moved to Singapore to become the national billiards and snooker coach, and in 2006 he became a Singaporean citizen under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. He renounced his British citizenship at the same time. Gilchrist represented Singapore in the SEA Games in 2009, where he won Gold for English Billiards Singles, and Bronze for the doubles. Gilchrist set the world record for highest break in billiards (1346) under mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chezka Centeno
Chezka Centeno (born June 30, 1999) is a Filipina professional pool player from Zamboanga City. In 2023, Centeno claimed her biggest career win after she defeated multiple WPA World Nine-ball Champion Han Yu of China, 9–5, to win the Predator WPA women's World Ten-ball Championship. Early life Chezka was born to Fausto Albert and Josephine Centeno in 1999 and is the sixth of seven children. She started playing billiards at five years old and her potential was discovered at age eight when she played in local tournaments in the family's hometown. Career At the age of 11, she entered the Philippine National Games and finished third. When she was 12, she was invited to the Kremlin Cup in Russia and finished in the top 32. After being recruited into the national team, Chezka participated at the 2014 Asian Junior Championship and won 1st place under the girls' single category. She later won the nine-ball women's single at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, facing fellow Filip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubilen Amit
Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit (born October 3, 1981) is a Filipino female professional pocket billiards (pool) player. Amit is the first Filipino woman to become a world pool champion. Biography Rubilen Amit was born in Mandaue, Cebu. Amit began playing during her teens, often tagging along with her father Bobby at the Super Bowl in Makati. In college, she studied accountancy at the University of Santo Tomas. She participated in and won the 2000 and 2001 College of Commerce and Business Administration's billiards tournaments. After graduating in 2004, Amit worked as a call center agent for a year. In 2005, she was accepted to the Philippine pool national team. However, in early 2013, Amit, along with other top Filipino pool players, was removed from the national team due to a controversial reorganization of the national team by the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines. Titles * 2005 Southeast Asian Games Eight-ball Singles * 2005 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Chua
Johann Gonzales Chua is a Filipino professional pool player from Manila. His nickname is "Bad Koi". Early life Born and raised in Bacolod in the central Philippines, Chua began playing pool at the age of nine. He was often accompanied to the local pool hall by his father who gave him the nickname "Bubwit" or little mouse due to the fact that he was too little to be seen behind the pool table. Chua quit schooling at 13 to pursue his passion and began playing professionally at the age of 19. Career In October 2011, Johann Chua was ninth at the BSCP National Open Pool Championships Overall. In December, he finished 17th at the Manny Pacquiao International 10-ball championship held in General Santos. In November 2012 he achieved his first major international success with third place at the Japan Open. In 2013, he finished 17th at the China Open. He was third again at the Japan Open 2013. In 2014, Chua managed to reach the final in the China Open. In the last 16 he lost against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's List of cities proper by population density, most densely populated city proper. Manila is considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC). It was the first chartered city in the country, designated as such by the Philippine Commission Act 183 of July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Hispanic America, Spanish Americas through the Manila galleon, galleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
