RIYADH, 12 September 2003 — The Overseas Filipino Workers Bowlers of Riyadh (OFWBR) chaired by Noli T. Ritual will organize the 2003 Past & Present OFWs Balikbayan Worldwide Yuletide All Filipino Bowling Tournament on Dec. 28, 2003 at the GameworX Cosmic Bowling Center located at the 4th Level Anchor A, Festival Supermall, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines.
The OFWBR is privileged to host this year’s OFWs worldwide yuletide tournament which is aimed at bringing a measure of happiness to the special children of our society and also to highlight OFWBR’s social role and commitment to our less privileged “kababayans” in our own small way.
“OFWBR expresses its deepest appreciation to the management of the GameworX through its Marketing Director, Christopher Datol and General Manager, Ms. Vinia Yabut for supporting the event by way of sponsoring the balikbayan souvenir T-shirts which will be given-away to all the participants.
The ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel (TFC) and the Bantay-Bata 163 crew will cover the event live on Dec. 28, 2003.
“It is important for people to see that children with special needs and normal people can get together to help the community as much as we can,” Ritual said. Qualifying round: All eligible past and present OFW balikbayan will play a six game series (6) scratch (male). Female bowlers will be given 20 points handicap per game. There will be lane movement every two (2) games.
Depending on the number of participants, i.e. more than 150 players, the Top 40 qualifiers will advance to the semifinal round. In case of a tie in the 40th position, the high and low difference will apply to break the tie and to determine the player who will occupy the 40th position.
Semifinal round: The top forty (40) male qualifiers will play another six (6) games series scratch to determine the Top Ten (10) players who will advance to the final round. Scores from the qualifying round will not be carried forward and all the scores are back to zero. Female bowlers will be given 20 points handicap per game.
There will be lane movement every two (2) games. In case of a tie in the 10th position, the high and low difference will apply to break the tie and to determine the player who will occupy the 10th position.
Final round: The Top Ten (10) players after the semifinal round will play a six-game series scratch (male) to determine the champion and runners-up via sudden death format. Female players will have twenty (20) points handicap per game.
Prizes: Cash prizes that will be awarded to the Top 10 finalists will be computed based on the total number of entries. Champion: PHP80,000, 2nd place: PHP40,000, 3rd place: PHP20,000, 4th place: PHP10,000 and fifth place: PHP5,000.
The top five finishers, high game holder and 300 perfect holder will receive trophies. The members of the Tournament Committee are Noli Ritual, Miles Rodillas, Joey Maningas, Fred Zacarias and Jimmy Medina.
The final distribution of prizes will be announced immediately before the start of the games. Forty percent of the net proceeds will be given to Bantay-Bata 163 and partly to Jun Canar personally during the awarding ceremony.
