Castro tallied 797 pinfalls in the men’s division while Taitano — who won seventh place in August — garnered 718 in the women’s division.
Taitano averaged 179.5 pins per game and was the only female bowler to pass the 700-mark. Second ranked Yho Villavicencio, a first runner-up in September, trailed the champion with 667. Diane Chong won third place at 646 pinfalls with a 161.5 average.
October, July, and March queen of the lanes Gloria Omechelang dropped to fifth place this month, piling only 627 pinfalls while Myrna Santos ranked fourth at 640.
Taitano reached her peak in game four, scoring 190. She posted 179, 167, and 182 pinfalls in games one to three.
Castro notched a game high 236 pinfalls in his fourth game last Monday to average 199.25. Men’s second place finisher Roger De Guzman wasn’t far behind with a 768 total. Paul Pangelinan fell behind both bowlers at 705 pinfalls, followed by Raymond Angeles (700) and October champion Simon Manacop (693).
Castro earned 162, 164, and 235 pinfalls in his first three games to claim the monthly title this weekend. He drew seventh place last month, knocking 719 pins.
Villavicencio recorded 173, 153, 168, and 173 to average 166.5 pinfalls per game while Chong scored 145, 134, 165, and 202 for a 161.5 average.
De Guzman posted 189, 210, 197, and 172 pinfalls in games one through four. Pangelinan mustered 168, 166, 186, and 185 to fend off Angeles from the men’s top three.
Both Castro and Taitano now join this year’s list of monthly winners, which includes Omechelang, Manacop, Elena Soll, Angeles, Ron Cal, Robert Talavera, Diane Camacho, Sto. Domingo, Jonathan Eparwa, Villavicencio, and Raymond Zapanta.
Taisacan is new prince of the lanes
Meanwhile, the Fiji Water Prince or Princess of the Lanes Tournament greeted a new champion this month — John Taisacan.
Marion Mckenzie, who dominated this year with junior bowler MJ Aldan, settled for second place at 578 pinfalls.
Taiscan, who had 615 overall, scored 140, 149, 155, and 171 in games one through four and averaged 153.75 pinfalls per game.
Mckenzie got off to a bad start on Sunday after knocking only 110 pins in game one. He completed the next three rounds with 153, 153, and 162.
Nikko Gutierrez rallied to third place with 547 pinfalls and a 136.75 average.
Aldan, who disappeared from the top three this weekend, finished fourth at 492 pinfalls. Ryan Batac followed Aldan with 479.
Mckenzie clinched last month’s title while Aldan won first runner-up.
