JEDDAH. Upcoming bowler Cesar Monares survived the last berth of Class C with a pin escape (782-781) from Sean Balingasa and bowled strong against Jay Bengco, Voi Ycong and Archie Alcantara in the semis then went all the way up till he clinched the January 2010 men’s title of the Filipino Expatriate Damayan Bowling Group at the Bowling City here.
Monares, who is becomingly known as a bowling pundit with deep arsenal, convincingly out-scored other semifinalists with his 227, franchising him to challenge the top qualifier Serge Rivera.
Balance trade of marks displayed perfect conditions for both players which battle was decided by their endurance on the last frame wherein a mark Monares for a 208-200 success over Rivera to become class C titlist.
Head on against other class champions, Monares was consistently pacing class A titlist Joel Nidoy while Priz Calidro (B champ) and Rolly Vistal (D champ) show decisive pursuit. Nidoy win the A championship over Jun Henoguin, Calidro over Faisal Relativo and Vistal over Paolo Allegro. Monares was edging Nidoy till the 6th frame but the latter caught up on the 8th. But Nidoy rolled a split on the 9th frame thus smudging his overall monthly title bid. With the other finalists hardly mount a chase on this 4-bowler race finals, Monares emerged January champion with 217 with runners-up being Nidoy with 204, Vistal with 189 and Calidro 174.
On the ladies’ division, multi-titlist Aisah Silabay was on the 10th place with Puri Parena waving the banner with 223 in front at the outset. Sally Sañosa (204), Malou Nidoy (195) and Minda Guevarra (194) join Parena in top four. A 203 drive jacked Silabay to 3rd place with 370 after the second salvo. Sañosa is now on top with 403, Parena (385) and Imelda Sayago showed contention with 368 on 4th place. Third game was Guevarra’s charge as the lefty class C momentarily occupied the top with 579 on her 214 blitz. Sañosa is on second with 577 while class A Fatima Jintarat suddenly zooms into third spot with 554 on a 201 chase. Silabay was clinging on 4th with 545.
The last game then was a fierce struggle. Silabay went on bagging marks for 206 to clinch the January 2010 ladies’ title on 4-game handicap series of 751 evading Jintarat’s challenge with a pin escape at 750. Jintarat took the second place.
But from nowhere Nurissa Ramos from 17th place on the first half startled other contenders as she toppled the third place with 737. Ramos enabled to catch up with her sizzling 222 and 224 on the last two games. Sañosa survived 4th place with 732 while May Lourdes failed the winning bracket at 728.
