Last set of the Filipino Invasion photos from the World Wide Collectibles released in 1993.
It's my very good friend, the late Leonardo "Dodong" Andam, aka The Rattlesnake, ️ and Rolando Vicente.
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Leonardo Andam
Card Number 105
Team Philippines
Nickname: "Dodong"
Leonardo Andam is another of the powerful players on World Team Billiards Team Philippines.
He began playing pool at age 11 and went Pro at just 17.
An international player with presence, skills and knowledge, he is a perfect fit with his teammates to win any tournament that Team Philippines participates in.
Andam captured four Gold Medals in the Sea Games, as well as countless local pool and snooker championships.
When not playing pool, Leonardo enjoys basketball and spending time with his wife and seven children.
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Rolando Vicente
Card Number 109
Team Philippines
Rolando's mother owned a billiard parlor where he learned to love the game.
In '79, at the age of 12, he entered and won his first tournament playing rotation in Angeles City.
He attended college for two years at the Holy Angel University in the Philippines studying for C.P.A. in accounting, but his love for the game was so strong that he decided to be a professional pool manager instead.
Vicente promotes local and international tournaments in Manila when he's not touring with the team and is the Business Manager and Coach of Team Philippines.
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Team Philippines
Card Number 70
The intensity of World Team Billiards is exemplified in this group photo of Team Philippines.
As Bustamante positions himself for the shot at the one ball, his fellow teammates look on with anxious anticipation.
Once considered a solo sport, pocket billiards has been completely revised with the new team format, placing players who normally in competition against one another, together on the same team as one force.
A new sense of pride is instilled in the players as they share the joys of victory and the agonies of defeat with their fellow countrymen.
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Team Philippines
Card Number 103
Jose Parica
Leonardo Andam
Francisco Bustamante
Rodolfo Luat
Efren Reyes
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It's my very good friend, the late Leonardo "Dodong" Andam, aka The Rattlesnake, ️ and Rolando Vicente.
.
Leonardo Andam
Card Number 105
Team Philippines
Nickname: "Dodong"
Leonardo Andam is another of the powerful players on World Team Billiards Team Philippines.
He began playing pool at age 11 and went Pro at just 17.
An international player with presence, skills and knowledge, he is a perfect fit with his teammates to win any tournament that Team Philippines participates in.
Andam captured four Gold Medals in the Sea Games, as well as countless local pool and snooker championships.
When not playing pool, Leonardo enjoys basketball and spending time with his wife and seven children.
.
Rolando Vicente
Card Number 109
Team Philippines
Rolando's mother owned a billiard parlor where he learned to love the game.
In '79, at the age of 12, he entered and won his first tournament playing rotation in Angeles City.
He attended college for two years at the Holy Angel University in the Philippines studying for C.P.A. in accounting, but his love for the game was so strong that he decided to be a professional pool manager instead.
Vicente promotes local and international tournaments in Manila when he's not touring with the team and is the Business Manager and Coach of Team Philippines.
.
Team Philippines
Card Number 70
The intensity of World Team Billiards is exemplified in this group photo of Team Philippines.
As Bustamante positions himself for the shot at the one ball, his fellow teammates look on with anxious anticipation.
Once considered a solo sport, pocket billiards has been completely revised with the new team format, placing players who normally in competition against one another, together on the same team as one force.
A new sense of pride is instilled in the players as they share the joys of victory and the agonies of defeat with their fellow countrymen.
.
Team Philippines
Card Number 103
Jose Parica
Leonardo Andam
Francisco Bustamante
Rodolfo Luat
Efren Reyes
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