By Jonas Terrado
Rubilen Amit and Chezka Centeno blanked Indonesia’s Fathrah Masum and Nony Andilah 7-0 to win the women’s 9-ball doubles gold in the 30th Southeast Asian Games Tuesday at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel.
Chezka Centeno, left, and Rubilen Amit bag the women’s 9-ball doubles gold after blanking their Indonesian foes in the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel. MB Photo / Ali Vicoy)
After splitting their two all-Filipino showdowns in 10-ball and 9-ball singles, Amit and Centeno joined forces to hardly give their Indonesian counterparts a chance and end their campaign in the biennial meet with two golds apiece.
Their victory gave the Philippines four golds in billiard sports at the conclusion of these Games.
Centeno claimed the women’s 10-ball singles gold 7-3 over Amit before the latter turned the tables by taking the women’s 9-ball singles via the same score.
The other gold came from veteran Dennis Orcollo, who ruled the men’s 10-ball singles after edging Vietnam’s The Kien Do 9-8 last Monday.
Aside from Orcollo, the men’s team struggled to produce medals with the men’s snookers duo of Alvin Barbero and Jeffrey Roda settling for silver.
Five bronzes were all claimed by the men’s side after semifinal defeats by the great Efren “Bata” Reyes (carom) and the tandems of Carlo Biado-Johann Chua and Warren Kiamco-Jeffrey Ignacio (9-ball doubles).
Other bronze medalists were Roda (snooker singles) and Francisco dela Cruz (carom).
Centeno produced her best SEA Games performance ever with her two golds and one silver while Amit achieved her first double gold since the 2009 Games in Vientiane.
The twice wins also gave Amit eight SEAG golds, the most by any female cue artist in the regional sports spectacle.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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