2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – Reigning champs through
Philippines hold off battling Chile 23 September – 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool Russia 7 – 6 Japan Finland 7 – 0 Korea Philippines 7 – 5 Chile DEFENDING CHAMPIONS the Philippines got their 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool campaign underway successfully as they edged past a gutsy Chile side that had started out as huge underdogs but almost managed to silence a big Filipino contingent at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. 7-5 was the final score but there was plenty of heart shown by the South American side consisting of Alejandro Carvajal and Enrique Rojas. The pair had endured a tortuous journey that had taken them from Santiago to Sao Paolo, across to Paris and then onto London and then Portsmouth. It didn’t help that there was a lengthy delay in Brazil factored into the itinerary and at the end of that trek were reigning champs Dennis Orcollo and Lee Vann Corteza They stayed with their more illustrious opponents in the early stages and the Chilean pair took the fifth rack and […]