| Marlon Manalo
Wins Stop 19 |
Owners Minny, Manny and Marlon |
"Marvelous Marlon" Manalo, the runner-up
to the IPT’s multi-million-dollar North American Open
8-Ball Championship in July, came back from a quarterfinal loss
to win the Blaze 9-Ball Tour’s 19th stop. Held at Castle
Billiards in East Rutherford, NJ, the two-day, double-points
stop pulled in 42 entries for the August 12-13 weekend.
Manalo faced off against fellow IPT pro and Blaze Tour points
leader Mike Davis in a grueling match that Davis ultimately
won double-hill. The other half of the winners' side showed
less eye candy for the crowd, even though Teddy Garrahan defeated
Joey Kong by a solid 9-4 margin. Garrahan then faced Davis in
the hot seat match, and before long Davis showed why he leads
the tour, as he completely dominated the match with a 9-1 score.
Action then progressed on the one-loss side as Manalo faced
Kong. Early on it seemed to be anyone's game, but then Manalo
decided he was ready to continue and eliminated Kong 7-4. Manalo,
with only one match between him and the finals, gave Garrahan
his second thrashing, eliminating him 7-0.
With the rematch on, no time was wasted as Davis and Manalo
clashed. Before long it was clear that something was different,
and their previous hill-hill match morphed into an 11-2 victory
for Manalo, making his first visit to the Blaze Tour a success.
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| Complete Results: |
1st Marlon Manalo
2nd Mike Davis
3rd Teddy Garrahan
4th Joey Kong
5th Gerard Soriano
Noel Bensurto
7th Rob Hart
Scott Evans |
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Top 5 Points Leaders
through stop #26 |
1. Eddie Abraham 6630
2. Matt Krah 3840
3. Rob Pole 3690
4. Joseph Testa 3495
5. Shaun Wilkie 2970 |
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| Entry Fees |
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$100 Open/Pro Men
$75 Pro Women/A
$50 B/C/D
$40 Juniors |
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Tour Membership Fee: $35/yr
Non Member Fee: $15/event |
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64 Player Fields
Double Elimination
Races to 7
Finals 1 Race to 9
Alternate Breaks |
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Doors open at 10 am
Matches begin at Noon |
November 23rd, 2008
$1000 Added |
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Rockaway Billiards
353 Rte. 46
Rockaway, NJ 07866
973-625-5777
directions |
November 30th, 2008
$1000 Added |
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Atlantic City Billiard Club
6701 Blackhorse Pike
Egg Harbor, NJ 08234
609-645-7576
directions |
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