Thursday, 6 November 2008

World Ten Ball Championships

Last month, from the 1st - 6th October, the world 10 ball championships was held for the first time ever, Philippines was the host for this first time event, Brunei was given two slots to join the championship, so Me(Azri Roslee) and Teo Che Soon went to Manila to join the championships, thanks to master Alim(hehe) for hotel and shirt sponsor and also thanks to Malar Setia who also chipped in to sponsor some for our ticket. It was a scary and exciting experience, World championships man, iatah scary but siok jua, Ah Soon first match was with Philippines current national champion, Marlon Monalo, The match ended with the score of 9-6 to Marlon Monalo, it was a double knock out, so ada chance dari blakang lagi, my first match was with James Delahunty from Australia, banyak mistakes and so kalah 9-3. Then Ah Soon next game on the loser side was to Hudji See from Holland, final score was 9-5. So out of tournament, My next game was against Dharminder Singh Lilly from India, played abit better but still lost 9-4 and so aku pun out of tournament. Holiday time came abit too early for me and Ah Soon after kalah 2 game. But still everyday went to venue to learn and watch the other players play their games. So hopefully next year ada chance lagi to play in these championships and hopefully can play better and win some games. Here are the pictures from Manila.Me and Ah Soon at the airport before leaving for Manila to join the World ten ball championshipsTeam Brunei with Alim(coach) and Paul(Committee) at the airport before departing for Manila Ah Soon with Charlie Williams
Place to eat at the venue and from here we can watch the game on the TV table

Ah Soon with Steven and Wu Chia Ching


Ah Soon and Wu Chia Ching



Filipino referee during welcome dinner




Ah Soon with Thailand player


Ah Soon with Yang Chin Shun













Ah Soon with Tony Drago







Ah Soon with Furuta from Japan







Iran Player during welcome dinner






Ah Soon with Ooi from Japan





Ah Soon and Alwi






Rico (Malaysia) and Elvis(Philippines player) during welcome dinner.






Ah Soon with Malaysia and China player






During welcome dinner for all players and officials, all players waiting for draw to see who they play the next day for the championship.







Me with players from China and Malaysia





Team Brunei with Team Malaysia(Rico and Ben)




Me and Rico





Ah Soon and Rico





Ah Soon with European Players






Outside Tables, table 2-5







Tv Table








Me with Steven(taiwan coach) and Wu Chia Ching






Tv table during Jeff De Luna Match






TV table, Wu Chia Ching being interviewed after his semi-final match







Tv Table







Spectators seats for outside tables





Players lounge, can watch TV and warming up for match, Pare(iman) looking at the practise table






Iman banyak action saja arah practise table, haha.







Tv in Players lounge


Me and Kawabata


Me and Jhonny Archer


Me and Charlie Williams


Team Brunei at airport before leaving for Manila

Me, Ah Soon, Pare(Philipines/tapi perasaan Brunei) and Alwi(indonesia)


Me and Alwi