Youth bowler Santos scores first 300 game in 38th Philippine International Open
06/07/09
Youth bowler Jerht Santos became the first player who shot a 300 game in the 38th Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships on Saturday at Paeng's Midtown Bowl at the Robinson's Place Ermita in Malate, Manila.
Making adjustments to his swing and using a new ball – a 15-pound Ebonite Smashtime – Santos completed his perfecto on lanes 17 and 18 while competing in the Class O men's trios competitions with TBAM-Prima teammates Jeff Chan and Collins Jose in the event sponsored by University of Perpetual Help System, Department of Tourism, AMWAY Philippines, the Philippine and Philippine Sports Commission.
After a mediocre 184 in his opening game, the 19-year-old Ateneo sophomore student found himself in a zone to record his first 300 in a major tournament while his brothers Jerold and Aaron looked on in the event also supported by Chowking, PAGCOR, Colgate-Palmolive Philippines, USAct, Pearl Garden Hotel, Paeng's Midtown Bowl, Nestle, Goldbridge Dental Services, The City Bowling Shop, and Pan Pacific Manila, the tournament's official hotel.
"I was using the outer lane and another ball in my first game, so I decided to change to a new one and made adjustments," said Santos of his feat that earned him a P250,000, four-year scholarship courtesy of the UPHS. "It was God's grace."
Together with his 556 in the singles, 468 in the doubles earlier, plus his 484 in the trios, the TBAM-Prima-BX player likewise vaulted to the top of the men's all-events standings with a combined tally of 1508 sweeping past national players Chester King (1,484) and Biboy Rivera (1,466).
With Santos' achievement, succeeding perfect games will now look forward to the Chowking King of the Lanes Award which offers a PHP 50,000 cash pot. Aside from this, another special prize of PHP 50,000 worth of dental services courtesy of Goldbridge Dental Services is being offered to the second local bowler to achieve a perfect 300 game.
It was also a big day for PBAP-Bowlmart's Lara Posadas, who came up with a six-game series of 1,348 to capture first place in the Ladies' Class O qualifying, bumping off national team mainstay Liza del Rosario to second (1,304), while Kim Lao dropped to third (1,272).
TBAM-Prima-RP's Jonas Baltasar, who earlier fell short of scoring the tourney's first perfect game by a pin, shot lines of 178, 228 & 299 for a 705 total to jump to second place in Men's Class O Singles in the tournament organized by the Philippine Bowling Congress and sanctioned by the World Tenpin Bowling Association.
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Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30-14 June, 2009)
Youth bowler Jerht Santos became the first player who shot a 300 game in the 38th Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships on Saturday at Paeng's Midtown Bowl at the Robinson's Place Ermita in Malate, Manila.Making adjustments to his swing and using a new ball – a 15-pound Ebonite Smashtime – Santos completed his perfecto on lanes 17 and 18 while competing in the Class O men's trios competitions with TBAM-Prima teammates Jeff Chan and Collins Jose in the event sponsored by University of Perpetual Help System, Department of Tourism, AMWAY Philippines, the Philippine and Philippine Sports Commission.
After a mediocre 184 in his opening game, the 19-year-old Ateneo sophomore student found himself in a zone to record his first 300 in a major tournament while his brothers Jerold and Aaron looked on in the event also supported by Chowking, PAGCOR, Colgate-Palmolive Philippines, USAct, Pearl Garden Hotel, Paeng's Midtown Bowl, Nestle, Goldbridge Dental Services, The City Bowling Shop, and Pan Pacific Manila, the tournament's official hotel.
"I was using the outer lane and another ball in my first game, so I decided to change to a new one and made adjustments," said Santos of his feat that earned him a P250,000, four-year scholarship courtesy of the UPHS. "It was God's grace."
Together with his 556 in the singles, 468 in the doubles earlier, plus his 484 in the trios, the TBAM-Prima-BX player likewise vaulted to the top of the men's all-events standings with a combined tally of 1508 sweeping past national players Chester King (1,484) and Biboy Rivera (1,466).
With Santos' achievement, succeeding perfect games will now look forward to the Chowking King of the Lanes Award which offers a PHP 50,000 cash pot. Aside from this, another special prize of PHP 50,000 worth of dental services courtesy of Goldbridge Dental Services is being offered to the second local bowler to achieve a perfect 300 game.
It was also a big day for PBAP-Bowlmart's Lara Posadas, who came up with a six-game series of 1,348 to capture first place in the Ladies' Class O qualifying, bumping off national team mainstay Liza del Rosario to second (1,304), while Kim Lao dropped to third (1,272).
TBAM-Prima-RP's Jonas Baltasar, who earlier fell short of scoring the tourney's first perfect game by a pin, shot lines of 178, 228 & 299 for a 705 total to jump to second place in Men's Class O Singles in the tournament organized by the Philippine Bowling Congress and sanctioned by the World Tenpin Bowling Association.
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