Gomez to Face Peach for World billiard Title
The final of the 2007 Philippines World pool Championship will be an England v Philippines affair as Daryl Peach of Blackpool takes on Roberto Gomez of Manila in a race-to-17 match at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City at 15.30 local time on Sunday.
Both players won through their quarter [...]
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Gomez Reaches Finals
Filipino billiards player Roberto ‘Superman’ Gomez has won a place in the final of the 2007 Philippines World pool Championship and is favourite to beat England’s Daryl Peach in tomorrow’s showdown.
Gomez, 29, from Zamboanga City, Mindanao but currently residing in Manila, looked the complete player once again as he beat England’s game Karl [...]
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Peach Reaches Finals of 2007 Philippines World pool Championship
English pool player Daryl Peach has dreamed the impossible dream and is through to Sunday afternoon’s race-to-17 final of the 2007 Philippines World pool Championship.
He followed up his epic 11-10 win over Francisco Bustamante in the quarter-finals with a cool, controlled performance to beat Vilmos Foldes of [...]
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Boyes Beats Bustamante at Philippines World pool Championship
Karl Boyes is the second English player to make it through to the semi-finals of the Philippines World pool Championship following a hard-fought 11-8 win over local hope Joven Bustamante.
Earlier, Daryl Peach, who also comes from the same English town as Boyes - Blackpool - caused a shocking [...]
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billiards Ref Rees Makes Right Call
Referee Nigel Rees was adamant that his hugely-controversial decision in the Daryl Peach v Francisco Bustamante billiard match was the right one. Bustamante thought he had won the quarter-final when the 9-ball dropped into the pocket with the score at 10-9 in his favor.
But Rees immediately asked for the [...]
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Peach Wins in Controversy
English billiard player Daryl Peach is through to the semi-finals of the 2007 Philippines World Championship following a sensational last eight victory against Filipino legend Francisco Bustamante.
The game went all the way to a deciding final rack and there was plenty of drama and controversy as Bustamante, leading 10-9, thought that he [...]
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