Barsur: Small yet big in its own way
This is an inspiring story of masang sabungeros breeding and fighting bloodlines for the common man yet making good, very very good right in their rookie year in the circuit.
Congratulations Barsur Game farm for tying for the National Federation of Gamefowl Breeders (NFGB) Breeder of the year (BOTY) Award with 19 points, after finishing 10-2 in Bakbakan and 9-1 in Bullangbullang, Its another feather in your cap. Throughout the successful season Barsur was fighting RB Sugbo/Scorpion Ox bloodlines.
Throughout the successful season Barsur was fighting RB Sugbo bloodlines.
Congrats Jimmy and Rener Camposano, and Lemuel Go for awesome performances. We are proud of you!
Here is the story of Barsur (written prior to the finals of Bullangbullang and published on Roosterman E-Mag No. 38):
In sports, the term Cinderella finish is used to refer to a competitor achieving far greater success than would reasonably have been expected. Call it Cinderella story then, because the 2014 Eastern Visayas Gamefowl Breeders Association (EVGBA) Breeder of the Year (BOTY) made it to the top on his first attempt.
Yes, Jimmy Camposano was then a rookie member of EVGBA, yet he bagged the coveted BOTY award with an astounding 17 wins out of possible 20.
An impressed, EVGBA president Luis Alilin who asked Jimmy where he got his materials and were they imported was even more surprised with Jimmy’s answer: “Sa Cebu lang po galing, mga bloodline na pangmasa .”
RB Sugbo. Sir Luis smiled and said I know it, Jimmy recalled.
Indeed, Jimmy and his brother Rener of Carigara, Leyte were recipient of Masang Nagmamanok (MANA) gamefowl dispersal program.
Three years ago the brothers Camposano availed of the baby materials from MANA which were of RB Sugbo bloodlines. They got a baby pair of Sugbo lemons, two ponkan (sweater) baby pullets and a blueface baby pullet. When these baby breeders matured they again called Rey Bajenting, the breeder and originator of the RB Sugbo bloodlines, for additional materials.
They were able to acquire an additional blue face stag bred at Scorpion Ox gamefarm and more importantly were told to see Lemuel Go in Tacloban because Lemuel has all of RB Sugbo’s bloodlines including then exclusive blakliz. At that time, Lemuel had been fighting RB Sugbo bloodlines with success for already some time. Some of his handlers also came from RB Sugbo that his farm became a virtual partner farm. Thus most queries about RB Sugbo bloodlines from Leyte were redirected to Lemuel.
Their meeting Lemuel resulted in an extra close partnership. “Parang kapatid napo ang turingan naming ni Lemuel,” Jimmy confided to Roosterman. From Lemuel they got the Blakliz, the flag bloodline of RB Sugbo. After which, on their reckoning, they were ready to try their luck in the EVGBA. They applied for membership, were accepted, and pulled an upset right on their first attempt.
The entry Barsur of the Camposanos opened its bid with a 6 wins 1 loss performance in the P5M 7-stag derby of the Luzon Visayas Mindanao Gamefowl Breeders Union. Since the solo champion scored only 6.5 points, Barsur’s 6 points was good for a runner-up finish. The derby was the first of three legs that constituted the basis for EVGBA BOTY.
The 2nd leg was the eliminations and semis of the Bakbakan. Barsur sweep the elims, 3-0. They faltered a bit in the semis 2-2. Barsur now had 11 out of 14. Barsur went on to sweep its Bakbakan pre-finals assignment 5-0. However, it was not part of the EVGBA BOTY count. But their 10-2 score in their first ever Bakbakan was again more than what was expected.
The stage was set for the BOTY bid. The last leg was the elims/semis of Bulangbulang last December 13. In a climactic finish to the Cinderella story, Barsur again swept the opposition 6-0 and bagged the BOTY award. Not only that, with the 6-0 sweep, Barsur has also positioned itself in the running for the NFGB BOTY with 16 points out of 18 (10-2 in Bakbakan and 6-0 in Bulangbulang). There are now only four bullstag fights in the finals of Bulangbulang in February at Araneta Coliseum that separates Barsur from the NFGB plum.
Barsur story is also a story of teamwork. Brothers Rener and Jimmy are both hands-on at the farm from breeding, raising to conditioning. Lemuel serves as adviser and also helps in the very important aspect of pointing of the rooster. Lemuel is fond of RB Sugbo methods and a graduate of MANA’s PMA Live training seminar.
They must be good as erstwhile mentor Rey Bajenting is set to pay them a visit in Leyte, this time not to teach but to learn from them.
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