Connect with us

Bowling

CALIP STUMPS FIELD FOR MAIDEN TITLE

PRESS RELEASE – A fifth seed armed with ball speed and power complimented the short oil condition that thrust Bruce Calip to his first career bowling title. Calip stumped his opponents in the first elimination round rolling eight strikes in a row after a slow start to cruise into the semi-final round with a 233 game upending 4th seed Shannon Bukikosa 190 and 6th seed Jim Pinaula’s 155 game.

3rd seed Manny Tagle opened the semi-final round with a double to open a slight lead over 2nd seed Greg Borja and Calip. However an error in the fourth frame swung momentum towards Borja and Calip as both bowlers begun stringing strikes. Borja’s single pin miscue in the seventh frame spelled disaster as Calip took control of the game by connecting another eight bagger to close out his opponents with a 250 game which set up the finale.

Calip closed out the match with a lopsided victory in the finale against top seed Joey Miranda III in a must beat top seed twice format. Calip dominated from the onset as he smashed the pins in the first game of the finals with a 268-174 drubbing of the tournament’s top player and then cruised with a 226-204 set in the rubber match to claim the title and championship prize.

Miranda, Calip and Pinaula jockeyed for the top post during the six game qualifier held earlier in the day with Miranda taking the early lead via a 246 game to open the series. Pinaula poured on a 267 second game to snatch the lead after two as Jonathan Duenas lurked in second after a 289 game. Pinaula held pole after three games, four pins ahead of Duenas as Miranda and Calip made their move, ten pins adrift. A 238 score in the fourth game vaulted Calip to the top with Miranda’s 235 two pins behind as Pinaula and Duenas struggled. Miranda then took advantage of the low scoring fifth game before catapulting into the top spot closing the series with a 273 game. Miranda’s set of 1356 pins included games of 246, 180, 240, 235, 182 and 273 that beat the field by 104 pins. Borja jumped to second place with a 1252 total followed by Tagle’s 1248 as Bukikosa’s handicap played a factor in her fourth place finish from where Calip fell to fifth, finishing with 1238 total while Pinaula salvaged the final spot in the elimination round with a 1225 set.

Ad

GPS Sports Calendar

June

July 2025

August
SU
MO
TU
WE
TH
FR
SA
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
Events for June

1st

Events for July

2nd

Events for July

3rd

Events for July

4th

Events for July

5th

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Events for July

6th

Events for July

7th

Events for July

8th

Events for July

9th

Events for July

10th

Events for July

11th

Events for July

11th

No Events
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Events for July

12th

No Events
Events for July

13th

No Events
Events for July

14th

No Events
Events for July

15th

No Events
Events for July

16th

No Events
Events for July

17th

No Events
Events for July

18th

No Events
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Events for July

19th

No Events
Events for July

20th

No Events
Events for July

21st

No Events
Events for July

22nd

No Events
Events for July

23rd

No Events
Events for July

24th

No Events
Events for July

25th

No Events
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
Events for July

26th

No Events
Events for July

27th

No Events
Events for July

28th

No Events
Events for July

29th

No Events
Events for July

30th

No Events

COMING SOON …

FD Alumni Basketball Tournament June 27-July 18

Pacific Mini Games June 29-July 9

 

QUICK HITS

Guam’s Jeremiah Camacho shot a perfect game at the 48th Hong Kong Open. The 22-year-old Guam National Team Member shot his 18th career perfect game on lanes 1 and 2 at Top Bowl Lanes in Hong Kong.
————————————————–
Guam’s athletes performed well in the Spartan Race in Capas Tarlac, Philippines, picking up two division wins and two 2nd place finishes.
Belen Sidell 43 yrs (1st)
Phil Law 58 yrs (1st)
Tess Esma 48 yrs (2nd)
James Sardea 55 yrs (2nd)
Charles Esma 18 yrs (12th)

More in Bowling