Tuesday, August 9, 2011

2011 Philippine Juniors Championship

2011 Philippine Junior Champion Jonas Magpantay (3rd from left front) with BSCP Executive V-P Edgar Acaba (center) flanked by junior cue artists
Star Billiards Center, Quezon City -
Jonas Magpantay clinches the 2011 Philippine Junior Pool Champion title edging Kenneth Arpilleda 9-4. Winning 3rd place was Husley Jusayan beating Rodlin "RJ" Bautista 9-4.

17 year old Jonas of Mindoro won the slot to represent the Philippines in the World Pocket-Billiard Association's World Junior Pool Championship on August 31 - September 4, 2011 in Kielce, Poland.

The 2-day eliminations held from August 5-6 was particpated by a total of 14 young Filipino pool players aging 18 years and younger, as follows:


  1. Aaron Cedric Gonzales
  2. Dan Neilo Zambrano
  3. Hans Juris Pablo
  4. Hushley Jusayan
  5. James De Leon
  6. Jonas Magpantay
  7. Joseph Basal
  8. Lawrence Mark Romero
  9. Marvin Pastor
  10. Paul Kenneth Arpilleda
  11. Raven Setiar
  12. Rodlin John Bautista
  13. Ryan Reo Atienza
  14. Zedric Schneider