Manila Patriots

Manila PatriotsManila were a new entrant to the APC in 2013 that was held in Jakarta.

Manila Patriots hosted the team event at Resort World Manila in 2014. They performed very strongly and finished in second place. In 2015, the Manila Patriots traveled to Jakarta and found the tournament was very tough but managed to finish in 5th place.

The Patriots next challenge was in HCMC, Vietnam in 2016. Their performance was similar to 2015 and finished 5th again.

In 2017, the Manila Patriots came to Bangkok with a much stronger team. They finished in 2nd place and were without doubt the big improvers on the competition.

APC 2018 was hosted in Manila giving a home town advantage to the Manila Patriots who finished in second place at APC Bangkok 2017. Unfortunately, they did not live up to expectations and finished in 4th place.

In 2019 the Manila Patriots traveled to Jakarta to play in APC JAKARTA 2019. On the first day of play they were very competitive and were in second place only one point behind the leader. Unfortunately, lady luck was not on their side and they finished the tournament in 5th place.

Due to Covid 19 the event was postponed until 2022 when we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Asia Pool Challenge.

APC was held in Bangkok and the Manila Patriots were again competitive on the first day, however they finished in 4th place one position higher than the previous event in 2019.

in 2023 the Manila Patriots traveled to Phnom Penh for APC 2023. It was not one of their better performance and finished in 5th position 13 frames behind the APC Champions, Jakarta All stars. The Manila Patriots have some fine players but stringing winning frames together is a problem. Onwards and upwards.

Contacts for inquiries:

Tim Gosnell – tgosn6@aol.com

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