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                    [Title] => Del Rosario rules Malaysian Open
                    [Summary] => PETALING JAYA, Malaysia – Filipina Liza del Rosario edged Malaysian wonder Shalin Zulkifli, 255-246, Saturday to crown herself champion of the 26th Malaysian International Open at the Pyramid Megalanes here.


Del Rosario, a 25-year-old charmer, thus avenged her semifinal loss in the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam Finals in Singapore last January to Zulkifli, who topped the event.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192147 [Title] => RP coach cops Asian Tour title [Summary] => SINGAPORE – Teacher knows best.

This proved true for Philippine team coach Purvis Granger when he overcame serious challenges from his players Sunday to crown himself men’s champion in the 2002 Aviva Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam Finals at the Cathay Bowl Safra Resort here.

First on his casualty list was Filipino student Chester King, whom Granger trounced in a tense semifinal duel, 202-187, to arrange a final showdown with another protégé, Guam’s Duane Camacho.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192001 [Title] => 3 Pinoy keglers reach Asian semis [Summary] => SINGAPORE — Liza del Rosario reduced the strong Malaysian challenge from three to two as she smashed Wendy Chai, 211-173, Saturday to barge into the semifinals of the 2002 Aviva Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam Finals at the Cathay Bowl Safra Resort here. [DatePublished] => 2003-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191912 [Title] => Granger, King, del Rosario advance to quarterfinals [Summary] => Singapore — Three in, two out.

This was the fate of the Philippine campaign as three of the five RP bets barged into the quarterfinal round of the 2002 Aviva Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam Finals at the Cathay Bowl Safra Resort here.

The coach-player duo of Purvis Granger and Chester King finished second and third places in the men’s division with a total pinfall of 3941 and 3935, respectively, while Liza del Rosario sustained her superb game by finishing fifth in the women’s side with an aggregate score of 3299.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191782 [Title] => Liza holds own vs Malaysians [Summary] => SINGAPORE — Liza del Rosario banked on a mighty start as she kept in step with the rampaging Malaysians in Thursday’s start of the 2002 Aviva Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam Finals at the Cathay Bowl Safra Resort here.

A Manila leg finalist, del Rosario won five of her first eight games for a total pinfalls of 1767, good enough for third place going into Friday’s last seven games.

Unlike del Rosario, Irene Garcia-Benitez could not get going as she could only come up with an aggregate score of 1534 for 14th place in the 16-woman field.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191669 [Title] => Paeng leads RP campaign in Asian Tour Grand Slam [Summary] => SINGAPORE — Hopes are high for legendary Paeng Nepomuceno and four other local bets as they compete against the region’s best in tomorrow’s start of the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam Finals at the Cathay Bowl here.

Nepomuceno, Purvis Granger, Chester King, Irene Garcia-Benitez and Liza del Rosario were just five of the 34 bowlers—18 men’s and 16 women’s–who made it to the last stop of Asia’s most prestigious bowling tournament.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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