9th Flight of Eagles, Kadayawan bowling tourney set

9th Flight of the Eagles bikefest set to take off


ORGANIZERS will give away cash prizes to special awardees when the 9th Flight of the Eagles blasts off from the People's Park to Malagos Park in Calinan on Sunday.

Co-organizer Dominador A. Lopez, chair of the Watershed Management Coordinating Council, said Thursday the biggest delegation, family finisher riders, oldest rider, youngest rider, heaviest rider, heaviest bike and lightest bike are the special prizes to be given out.

"Cash prizes will also be awarded to the top three finishers of the fun race for junior below 17 years old and below, masters 40-above and fat boys rider 100 kilograms above and fat look categories," Lopez said during the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Tower Inn.

He said some 540 cyclists riders are expected to join the 40-kilometer fun ride that is dubbed, "Biking for the Watersheds of Davao."

Lopez said former city councilor Leonardo Avila III, who spearheaded the event for the past eight years, will give the welcome remarks during the brief opening rites while current Davao City Councilor Marissa Salvador Abella, 1977 Mutya ng Dabaw, will flag off the riders.

Abella, chair of the City Council committee on environment and natural resources, had taken on Avila's program being a staunch advocate of environment protection herself.

Reigning Mutya ng Dabaw Jenelle Lee will also be among the guests during the affair.

The fun ride is also backed up by the Davao City Water District (DCWD), Federation of Off-Road Cycling Enthusiasts (Force), WMCC, Office of Councilor Abella and Avila, among others.


Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on August 13, 2010.







Kadayan bowlfest underway


CLOSE to P20,000 in total cash prize will be up for grabs in the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Open Bowling Tournament that was set to open last night at the Fairlanes Bowling Center.

Organizing Sunday Bowlers Club (SBC) president Emie Orteza, gracing Thursday's regular Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Tower Inn, said the champion will receive P8,000 while the next three placers will go home with P5,000, P3,000 and P2,000, respectively.

He said they expect some 20 teams seeing action in the bowlfest that will also hold a masters game.

"There will be a qualifying event for the masters game set next Thursday. Prizes also await the highest pinning, highest individual single and double, highest team single and double and highest average," Orteza said.

He added that regular players from Cotabato are coming but they will be joining in other Davao City teams.

The meet, which will be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays for two weeks, is organized in celebration of the 25th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival. (MLSA)


Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on August 13, 2010.