TOPICS ranging from shooting, basketball, football and chess will be the subject of a busy discussion on Tuesday’s session of the PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave.
Philippine Football Federation (PFF) officials Cathy Rivilla and Bonnie Ladrido lead the panel of guests in the session aired live over DZSR Sports Radio 918 and presented by Smart, Outlast Battery, Shakey’s, and PAGCOR. The two are going to talk about the World Cup qualifying match between our own Philippine Azkals against Sri Lanka on July 3 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Joining them are executives and organizers of the forthcoming Bolo Cup shooting championships, as well as former national coach and Coca-Cola Hoopla commissioner Joe Lipa and Carlo Singson of NBA Asia as they elaborate on next week’s visit of former NBA star Horace Grant in the country.
Also gracing the public sports program are officers of University of Perpetual Help Dalta System, host of this year’s NCAA season, headed by school president and Policy Board chairman Anthony Jose Tamayo and Mike Del Mundo, NCAA ManCom chairman, together with National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCF) executive director Jayson Gonzales, who will be coming over for the Artillery Foundation of the Philippines (AFPI) Chess For A Cause.[PSA PR]
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Ateneo battle-ready in UAAP Season 74
IT’S’ not going to be easy, but host Ateneo is battle-ready and prepared to defend its UAAP men’s cage title when basketball competition of Season 74 formally comes off the wraps on July 10 at the Araneta Coliseum.
The three-time reigning champion may have lost key players Ryan Buenafe and Eric Salamat, although it will parade new faces in national team player Greg Slaughter and former high school phenom Kiefer Ravena in its quest for a fourth straight varsity championship under coach Norman Black.
The Blue Eagles, newly crowned FilOil 2011 champions, however, expect a rough road back to the top as the rest of the field beefed up their respective rosters in the hope of toppling what has become an Ateneo basketball dynasty in the country’s premiere college league.
From Season 74 president Ricky Palou, Ateneo Board representative Emmanuel Fernandez, to Blue Eagles team manager Paolo Trillo, the consensus is that Far Eastern University Tamaraws and Adamson Falcons are the two elite teams expected to crowd out the Katipunan-based school for the coveted crown.
“It’s a tough league and any team can beat any team,” said Trillo, who comprised the Ateneo panel which appeared in Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave. “But if you’re asking which are the teams that pose as major threats, I would say its FEU and Adamson because of their intact lineup.”
Reigning league MVP RR Garcia and Smart Gilas-Pilipinas standout Aldrech Ramos are again at the forefront of the Tamaraws’s bid to reclaim the title they last won in 2006, while Alex Nuyles, Jan Colina and Eric Camson will be back for another tour of duty for the Falcons.
Palou, who is also Ateneo athletic director, is likewise not discounting the threats of bitter rival La Salle and the rejuvenated National University squad, whose athletic director, June Baculi, was present too, in the same session presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Shakey’s and Outlast Battery.
The Bulldogs, coming off a championship stint in the recent Fr. Martin’s Cup, will again be bannered by last year’s Mythical 5 member Emmanuel Mbe, although additional firepower is going to be provided by former national youth team stalwarts Kyle Drexler Neypes, Cedrick Labing-isa and the much-heralded Bobby Ray Parks.
Baculi considers NU and La Salle as possible dark horses, but really likes the Bulldogs’ chances if and when Parks will be given the go-signal to play by the UAAP Board.
The son of legendary former PBA import Bobby Parks is still doubtful to play for the Bulldogs owing to illegibility issue, which the Board won’t addressed until July 5.
“We will present the documents to the Board,” said Baculi, pertaining to papers certifying that the 16-year-old Parks attended secondary schooling at NU.
“So it is up to the Board to decide if he (Parks) can play this season or not.”
According to Palou Ateneo is leaving nothing to chance to make the school’s hosting this season special.
Unlike before when basketball competition formally ushers the new season, this year will have Season 74 being unveiled behind an Olympic-style opening at the Marikina Sports Complex on July 9.
Palou said athletes representing all sports calendared in the UAAP will be in attendance during the fiesta-like gathering which has for its theme `All Out, All Heart.’
The following day, action in basketball begins, with FEU taking on La Salle in the 1 p.m. opener and Ateneo opening its title retention bid against Adamson at 3 p.m.[PSA PR]
The three-time reigning champion may have lost key players Ryan Buenafe and Eric Salamat, although it will parade new faces in national team player Greg Slaughter and former high school phenom Kiefer Ravena in its quest for a fourth straight varsity championship under coach Norman Black.
The Blue Eagles, newly crowned FilOil 2011 champions, however, expect a rough road back to the top as the rest of the field beefed up their respective rosters in the hope of toppling what has become an Ateneo basketball dynasty in the country’s premiere college league.
From Season 74 president Ricky Palou, Ateneo Board representative Emmanuel Fernandez, to Blue Eagles team manager Paolo Trillo, the consensus is that Far Eastern University Tamaraws and Adamson Falcons are the two elite teams expected to crowd out the Katipunan-based school for the coveted crown.
“It’s a tough league and any team can beat any team,” said Trillo, who comprised the Ateneo panel which appeared in Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave. “But if you’re asking which are the teams that pose as major threats, I would say its FEU and Adamson because of their intact lineup.”
Reigning league MVP RR Garcia and Smart Gilas-Pilipinas standout Aldrech Ramos are again at the forefront of the Tamaraws’s bid to reclaim the title they last won in 2006, while Alex Nuyles, Jan Colina and Eric Camson will be back for another tour of duty for the Falcons.
Palou, who is also Ateneo athletic director, is likewise not discounting the threats of bitter rival La Salle and the rejuvenated National University squad, whose athletic director, June Baculi, was present too, in the same session presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Shakey’s and Outlast Battery.
The Bulldogs, coming off a championship stint in the recent Fr. Martin’s Cup, will again be bannered by last year’s Mythical 5 member Emmanuel Mbe, although additional firepower is going to be provided by former national youth team stalwarts Kyle Drexler Neypes, Cedrick Labing-isa and the much-heralded Bobby Ray Parks.
Baculi considers NU and La Salle as possible dark horses, but really likes the Bulldogs’ chances if and when Parks will be given the go-signal to play by the UAAP Board.
The son of legendary former PBA import Bobby Parks is still doubtful to play for the Bulldogs owing to illegibility issue, which the Board won’t addressed until July 5.
“We will present the documents to the Board,” said Baculi, pertaining to papers certifying that the 16-year-old Parks attended secondary schooling at NU.
“So it is up to the Board to decide if he (Parks) can play this season or not.”
According to Palou Ateneo is leaving nothing to chance to make the school’s hosting this season special.
Unlike before when basketball competition formally ushers the new season, this year will have Season 74 being unveiled behind an Olympic-style opening at the Marikina Sports Complex on July 9.
Palou said athletes representing all sports calendared in the UAAP will be in attendance during the fiesta-like gathering which has for its theme `All Out, All Heart.’
The following day, action in basketball begins, with FEU taking on La Salle in the 1 p.m. opener and Ateneo opening its title retention bid against Adamson at 3 p.m.[PSA PR]
Monday, June 20, 2011
UAAP execs to grace PSA Forum
THE coming 74th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) will be up for discussion on Tuesday’s session of the PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave.
Leading the guests list are Season 74 president Ricky Palou of host Ateneo, Emmanuel Fernandez, Board representative of Ateneo, and Paolo Trillo, team manager of the three-time defending champion Blue Eagles.
Joining them in the weekly session aired live over Sports Radio 918 and presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Outlast Battery, and Shakey’s is National University athletic director Junel Baculi, whose rejuvenated Bulldogs are considered among the top contenders for this year’s men’s basketball championship.[Philippine Sportswriters Association PR]
Leading the guests list are Season 74 president Ricky Palou of host Ateneo, Emmanuel Fernandez, Board representative of Ateneo, and Paolo Trillo, team manager of the three-time defending champion Blue Eagles.
Joining them in the weekly session aired live over Sports Radio 918 and presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Outlast Battery, and Shakey’s is National University athletic director Junel Baculi, whose rejuvenated Bulldogs are considered among the top contenders for this year’s men’s basketball championship.[Philippine Sportswriters Association PR]
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