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Jun de Guzman (2nd from left) enjoys his championship time with his friends from Sletba.
Jun de Guzman of Sletba defied the challenge of Filipino bowling legend Paeng Nepomuceno to win the final of the Senior Masters division on Saturday at the 7th GMTBC-Nilo Penado Open Championships in Sta. Lucia Bowling Center in Cainta, Rizal.
De Guzman rolled a total of 1710 pinfalls for the 8-game series, followed by Tosi Alcasid of PSB with 1638, Vener Reasonda of PTBA-Henrich with 1619, Nepomuceno, representing Sletba-GMTBC, with 1606, and Billy Hernandez of GMTBC- DFBC with 1568 .
All winners get cash prizes.
The 5 players actually made it a close battle in the first four games, until De Guzman started to pull away with high games in the 5th and 6th games.
“Naka-tsamba ako (I got a break),” said De Guzman in response to the greetings he received from the other finalists and Sletba’s teammates, especially for the comments about him beating Nepomuceno.
Friday’s event was the first final held in the week-long tournament presented by the Philippine Bowling Federation.
The finals for mixed youth masters and class masters will be held on Saturday, March 11.
The championship matches for the senior and open masters divisions will be played on Sunday, March 12.— Abel Ulanday
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