Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Velarde bags P20T in SM Bowling Cup
Rey Velarde pocketed the top purse in the cash-rich 6th SM Bowling Cup Monthly Center Finals over the weekend at the SM Bowling Center.
Velarde topped the nine-game tournament to claim the P20,000 cash prize. Velarde, who with a handicap of 32, had a scratch total of 1,752 pinfalls in the entire tournament for him to take the crown.
Christopher Foyle finished in second place after knocking down a total scratch of 1,699 pins.
Meanwhile, the third place diadem was hotly contested between Inday de Gracia and eventual winner Cythia Kua, who had her handicap to thank for her win.
De Gracia, a 34 handicapper, toppled a total of 1,553 pins after nine games, while Kua only had 1,458. Kua however sports a 48 handicap, which when added to her total scratch came up with 1,890, which is 31 points more than de Gracia’s 1,859 total point after adding in her handicap.
With this, Kua completed the winners’ circle and was the only lady bowler among the top three. Foyle pocketed P10,000, while Kua received P6,000.
De Gracia’s efforts, however, had not gone to waste as she still managed to collar the highest game diadem after scoring 269 in one game. Her male counterpart is Velarde, who had a game-high of 279 points.
Rounding up the top 10 in the tournament are Benth Ngo, Boy Gacho, Melchor Petracorta, Robert and John Gasataya and Jake Yap. (MCB)
