Lita dela Rosa

Lita dela Rosa (died July 1994) was a Filipino 4-time World champion in Tenpin Bowling from Cebu, Philippines. She was posthumously inducted in the World Bowling Hall of Fame[2] and in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[3]

Lita dela Rosa
Sport
Country Philippines
SportBowling
Achievements and titles
World finals
Medal record
Representing  Philippines
Women's Bowling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Bowling Championships 3 2 1
Asian Games 1 1 –
Asian Championships 1 – –
Southeast Asian Games 4 1 1
Total 9 4 2
World Tenpin Bowling Championships
Gold medal – first place1979 Manila Singles
Gold medal – first place1979 Manila Doubles
Gold medal – first place1979 Manila Masters
Silver medal – second place1979 Manila Trios
Bronze medal – third place1979 Manila All Events
Silver medal – second place1983 Caracas Trios
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1978 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place1978 Bangkok Trios
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place1978 Bangkok Doubles
Gold medal – first place1984 Singapore Doubles[1]
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first placeManila 1981 Doubles
Gold medal – first placeManila 1981 Trios
Silver medal – second placeManila 1981 Team
Gold medal – first placeSingapore 1983 Team
Bronze medal – third placeSingapore 1983 Doubles
Gold medal – first placeBangkok 1985 Team

Career

World tournaments

Lita won the AMF Bowling World Cup in Bogota, Colombia, in 1978.[4] In 1979 IX Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs World Championship that was held in Manila, Philippines (at the Celebrity Sports Plaza), she won the gold medal in Women Single,[5] as well as the prestigious Masters title.[6] She won another gold medal in Women Doubles teamed up with country woman Bong Coo,[7] and added another silver medal in Trios with Coo and Nellie Castillo.

Dela Rosa is only one of two women who have won the AMF Bowling World Cup and the FIQ/WTBA Masters in successive years (the other is Annette Hagre Johansson of Sweden (1986 AMF Bowling World Cup, 1987 FIQ/WTBA Masters)).[8]

In the following world championships in 1983 X Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs held in Caracas Venezuela, Lita, Bong Coo and Arianne Cerdeña took another crack at the Trios but tied with the United States team for the silver medal.[9]

Dela Rosa is a recipient of government incentives as a past achiever per R.A. 9064 through the Philippine Sports Commission.[10]

Asian tournaments

In the 1979 5th FIQ Asian Zone Championships at Ploenshit Bowling Center in Bangkok, Lita combined with Nellie Castillo for the Women Doubles Gold medal.

GSIS employees welcome Lita after the World Cup Bowling Championships
Welcome party to Lita (top center) at the GSIS office

International and National Hall of Fame

She was posthumously elected to the WBW International Bowling Hall of Fame in 2000 [2] and posthumously inducted in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame with compatriots Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno and Olivia "Bong" Coo on October 12, 2019.[11]

Duckpin

Dela Rosa was also one of the best Duckpin bowlers in the Philippines, also having won the silver medal at the World Cup of Duckpin.

Death

She died in July 1994, at the age of 57, following a heart bypass operation. She was honored by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for faithfully serving it for 32 years.[12] She retired in April 1994 with the rank of Technical Assistant in the GSIS Manpower Development Division.

References
  1. Multiple sources:
  2. "International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum".
  3. "Lydia, Paeng, Coo inducted to Hall of Fame".
  4. "1978 AMF World Cup".
  5. "Lita wrests title with record total". The Straits Times. 1 December 1979. p. 38.
  6. Multiple sources:
  7. "Filipinas bag another gold". The Straits Times. 3 December 1979. p. 31.
  8. The Freeman (April 25, 2019). "Top Cebuano personalities Lita De La Rosa (Bowler par excellence)". FREEMAN CEBU.
  9. "European Tenpin Bowling Federation World Championships Medal History".
  10. "Sports Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001".
  11. "Diay, Paeng, Coo lead new batch of inductees into PH Sports Hall of Fame".
  12. "Bowling's Lita de la Rosa dies". Manila Standard. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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