Team PRO9 Champion in 3 gun match competition during the 2nd Bato Cup Shooting Competition in Lipa, Batangas

By Jong Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (May 9, 2017) - The Police Regional Office 9 (PRO9) shooting team led by the energetic Regional Director PCSUPT BILLY B BELTRAN excels in the recent 2^nd Bato Cup held at Front Sight Firing Range, LPL Estates/Summit Point, Barangay Inosluban, Lipa City, Batangas on May 2-7, 2017 after the team PRO9 emerged as the champion in 3gun match competition, 5^th runner-up in the over-all team handgun match (pistol) and champion in the individual award for Handgun Match for Jr. PNCO, official said.

PRO9 Information Officer PSUPT ROGELIO C. ALABATA disclosed that The team PRO9 adjudged as the 5^th runner-up in the over-all team handgun match (pistol) and champion 3 gun match completion, edging out the participants from the 79 teams from 18 Police Regional Offices and 24 National Support Units of the PNP. PO3 Fhunzar Jubail also emerged as the champion in the Jr. PNCO for Handgun Match.

The team PRO9 is composed of PCSUPT BILLY B BELTRAN, PCSUPT JONATHAN V ABLANG, PSSUPT JOSE BAYANI L GUCELA, PSSUPT ALAN M NAZARRO, PCINSP HELEN L GALVEZ, SPO2 RANDY M BALINGIT, SPO2 EDENCIO G GRANADA, SPO2 RENCHIE A MAGO, PO3 JILBERT T ESCOBIN, PO3 DELAILAH B ZAMORA AND PO3 FHUNZAR C JUBAIL.

PSupt Alabata said that the Chief PNP Bato Cup shooting match is the PNP’s continuing effort to promote competence, professionalism and responsible gun ownership among shooters both in the police service and the civilian sector.

PSupt Alabata further said that the competition was graced by no less than the CPNP PDIR RONALD M DELA ROSA and participated by PNP uniformed personnel from different units/offices PNP wide, local and international shooters and other gun enthusiasts in the country. The said match is sanctioned by the Philippine Shooters and Match Officers Confederation (PSMOC) and officiated by the Match Officers Organization (MOO).

As this developed, PCSupt. Billy B. Beltran, Regional Director, extended his congratulatory remarks to the team PRO9 and commended the PRO9 shooters for excelling above others in the said prestigious shooting competition, he added.