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The Municipality of Carigara, Leyte lies between the Cities of Tacloban and Ormoc if you take the Palo-Carigara-Ormoc road, the main route from Tacloban to Ormoc.
Carigara is said to be the first town established in Eastern Visayas.
It is also known for its handcrafted “Sundang” a native bolo knife that is mainly used for farming and livelihood. An essential tool to Filipino farmers.
It is also home of Barsur Gamefarm of brothers Jimmy and Rener Camposano. And, Barsur is the reigning Breeder of the Year of both the regional Eastern Visayas Gamefowl Breeders
Association (EVGBA) and of the National Federation of Gamefowl Breeders (NFGB), the biggest federation of game fowl breeders in the Philippines.
The NFGB BOTY plum could be considered as among the most if not the most coveted title by Filipino game fowl breeders, in as much as to win it one has to register the highest combined scores in the Bakbakan 12 stags and Bullangbullang 10 bullstags, the countries most prestigious breeders’ derbies.
Yes Barsur did it with a 10-2 in Bakbakan and 9-1 in Bulangbullang. Actually Barsur tied for the NFGB title with Bakbakan champion "NJMAR Gamefarm" of Nerwin Rico Hermoso (12-0; 7-3). The two succeeded “Firebird Gamefarm” of Biboy Enriquez who was NFGB BOTY for 2013-2014.
First try
What made Barsur’s feat the more astounding was the fact that the brothers Camposano and their partner Lemuel Go are by no means classified as big breeders. And Barsur Gamefarm did it on its rookie year with EVGBA, its mother GBA.
Barsur was hardly noticed at the onset of the EVGBA circuit, although it scored 6 wins 1 loss in the Luzon Visayas Mindanao Gamefowl Breeders Union P5M stag-derby, which also served as opening leg among EVGBA members for their association’s BOTY award.
Then the Camposano stags swept the Eastern Visayas elims of the Bakbakan, 3-0 to put the team in contention for the EVGBA BOTY as the Bakbakan elims and the subsequent semis also counted for the EVGBA BOTY race. Barsur got stalled when it only managed a 2-2 score in the Bakbakan semis. However, during the Bakbakan pre-finals in Cebu, Barsur swept its remaining assignment, 5-0.
The Bakbakan pre-finals did not count in the EVGBA BOTY contest but it was tallied in the NGFB BOTY race.
Then came the Bullangbullang. By sweeping the elims and semis 6-0, Barsur did not only put to rest all doubts in winning the EVGBA BOTY plum, but also position itself seriously in the running for the NFGB BOTY as they now had a total of 16 points out of possible 18.
The Camposanos finally wrapped it up with a 3-1 performance in the Bullangbullang finals in Araneta Coliseum for a total of 9 in the Bullangbullang and 19 overall that tied for the NFGB award.
Materials for the common sabungeros
Another outstanding features in the Barsur story is that the team made it to the top not with expensive bloodlines but with bloodlines for the masang nagmamanok.
An impressed, EVGBA president Luis Alilin who asked Jimmy where he got his materials and were they imported was surprised with Jimmy’s answer: “Sa Cebu lang po galing, mga bloodline na pangmasa. Sa RB sugbo.” Indeed, Jimmy and his brother Rener of Carigara, Leyte were recipient of Masang Nagmamanok (MANA) gamefowl dispersal program.
Some 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.
Jimmy also joined MANA’s Pinoy Manok Academy Live in February 2013 after which they were able to acquire an additional blue face stag bred at Scorpion Ox gamefarm.
Another turning point in the saga was when the Camposano brothers were told by Bajenting 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 tatlo ni Lemuel,” Jimmy confided to Roosterman. From Lemuel they got the Blakliz, the signature bloodline of RB Sugbo. After which, on their reckoning, they were ready for the EVGBA. So, they joined, they fought, they conquered.
