Asian body suspends BSCP; POC takes over

The Asian Confederation of Billiard Sport (ACBS) suspended the Billiard Sports Confederation of the Philippines (BSCP) and asked the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to run the affairs of the sport at least for the next three months.

In a letter to the POC dated 9 March, Michael Al Khoury, secretary-general of the Qatar-based ACBS, said that the organization’s board of directors decided during its meeting last 18 February in Doha to suspend the national sports association, a move that was ratified by the continental body’s general meeting on the next day.

The ASBC informed the POC, through secretary-general Atty. Wharton Chan, to form a disciplinary committee “to investigate the violations of the BSCP, including conflicts of interest, the failure to hold elections for a long time, organizing international tournaments without the necessary approvals from either Asian or world governing bodies and not properly taking care of the Philippines Billiard Athletes.”

The POC promptly officially informed the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) of the BSCP’s suspension by its Asian governing body.

“With this decision, the POC shall temporarily assume the tasks of the BSCP, including the supervision of arrangements and entitlements for national athletes under Billiard Sports, during the period of suspension,” Chan wrote PSC chairman Richard “Dickie” Bachmann.