The 1st ALP bowling tournament was held last August 12, 2007 at Playdium Bowling & Billiard Center at Araneta Avenue , Quezon City. ALPers who participated in the event were James Kevin Ty, Peter Benedict Tubalinal, Kristy Anne Abello, Sheri Mae Domingo, Melisa Bata, Ma. Belen Pabunan, Richard de Dios, John Lawrence Uy, Edgar Ang, Jomar Lacson, Theodore Marc Gutierrez, & Omar Turqueza. 

It's showtime !!!	ALPers watch their scores after finishing their frames.
Edgar (left): Hey Richard!  Dami mo drama ah!  Throw the ball na!  Ang bigat ng bowling ball na ito sa kamay ko!	ALPers sit and relax while enjoying each other's company after every game.

The tournament started at around 2:30pm with the 12 participants vying for the 6 slots for the 1st elimination round. A double game heat was implemented for the elimination round. This  means a player will play 2 games and the highest score out of the 2 games will be used to determine  if he/she will be qualified to advance to the next round. The results of the 1st elimination round were as follows:

* Next Round Qualifiers

From above final score, Omar Turqueza , James Kevin Ty, Theodore Marc Gutierrez, Richard de Dios, Peter Benedict Tubalinal , Sheri Mae Domingo advanced to the next round. 

On the second round, the double game heat rule was again implemented for the 2nd elimination round. The top 4 qualifiers will advance to the semi-final round.  

The results of the 2nd elimination round were as follows:

* Next Round Qualifiers

From above final score, Omar Turqueza , Sheri Mae Domingo , Theodore Marc Gutierrez and James Kevin Ty advanced to the next round.

This is how to relax after finishing your game :) LOL	James aims for a strike so he can get a good start.
Theodore was a consistent bowler in all rounds.	Omar plays like a pro and outshines all the ALPers in the tournament!  Astig!

The semifinal round will determine the top 2 players who will enter the championship round while the remaining 2 players wlll compete for the 2nd runner-up trophy. The double game heat rule was again applied on this round. Results were as follows:

* Qualifies to Championship Round

From above final score, Omar Turqueza , Sheri Mae Domingo enter the championship round while Theodore Marc Gutierrez and James Kevin Ty will compete for the 2nd runner-up trophy. This time, the total pins scored from 2 games will be used to determine the champion, 1st & 2nd runner-up.

Sheri Mae was busy preparing her bowling bowl while Theodore aims for a strike!

Richard (middle):  Pose muna before I give the final score for the championship round :) LOL

Result of the championship round were as follows:

Result for the 2nd runner-up were as follows:

Congratulations to the winners of this year's ALP bowling tournament!

CHAMPION - OMAR TURQUEZA

1ST RUNNER-UP - SHERI MAE DOMINGO

2ND RUNNER-UP - THEODORE MARC GUTIERREZ

Overall, the ambience of the event was exciting!  Everyone also had a good time in competing not only for the awards but also have time to chat with each other while at the same time having fun! We hope next year's event will be even more competitive as well as participated by more members!

ALPers posed for posterity after the conclusion of the 1st ALP Bowling Tournament.