THERE’S always room for another cage tournament in this basketball-crazy country.
A nationwide tournament dubbed the `1st Handy Fix Super League National Barangay Championship’ will be launched next month in an effort to create an opportunity for barangay athletes to compete in the national level.
Covering Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the meet will run from September to November in the different barangays in the country.
League organizer Darren Evangelista of Evangelista Aquatics and Sports Management Inc., together with Magna Prime Distribution Corporation general manager Derreck Tan, and Unilab representative Ferdy Bruegerra were present in last Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Avenue and talked about the Super League.
Evangelista said the national champion will receive P25,000, while runner up gets P15,000. Second and third runner ups go home with P10,000 and P5,000, respectively.
The league will only accept six barangays per city on a first come, first serve basis.
Registration and eliminations will be held in Manila, Pasay, Paranaque and Taguig in Luzon, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Talisay and Cebu in the Visayas, and Davao, Panabo, Tagum and Digos in Mindanao.
Registration fee is pegged at P1,000 per team.
Regional Finals will be set to all city champions in their respective regions.
Luzon and Mindanao finalists will avail of an all-expense-paid trip to Cebu for the National Finals set Nov. 12-13.(PSA PR)
Monday, August 22, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Thailand remains team to beat, says Go
THE Philippines will have its hands full as it vies for the gold medal in athletics, the centerpiece event of the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia in November.
Go Teng Kok, president of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association, told Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s UN Avenue that Thailand remains the team to beat.
“In Southeast Asia it’s still Thailand. Then there’s Vietnam and Indonesia. But we’re catching up along with Malaysia,” said the long-time head of Philippine athletics.
But the Patafa chief, who promised his all-out support to his so-called GTK Army, said the Philippines will be good for six or seven of the 46 gold medals at stake in athletics.
“I told all my athletes that I’ll give them all the support they need as long as they show their commitment for the country. And they all responded positively,” he said.
The Filipinos won seven gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the 2009 SEA Games in Laos, and is once again expected to provide the most number of medals for the country in November.
“We won seven gold medals the last time. Of this seven, I’m counting on six to defend the their crowns. Then maybe we can pull off some surprises in the other events,” said Go.
Gold medal winners for Phl in 2009 were Rene Herrera (3000-m steeplechase), Eduardo Buenavista (men’s marathon), Arniel Ferreira (hammer throw), Danilo Fresnido (javelin), Joan Banayag (women’s marathon), Marestella Torres (long jump) and Rosie Villarito (javelin).
Go said he has 24 young and promising athletes, aged 18 to 22 years, who can pull off a surprise in Indonesia, considering that they’ve already won medals in international competitions.
He was referring to Nino Espinosa (long jump), Jayson Ramil Sid (400 meters and 400m long hurdles) and Eliezer Sunang (shotoput) who all performed well in the recent Vietnam Open.
Head coach Josehy Sy said these athletes have shown tremendous improvement over the recent months, and by the time the SEA Games are held, they could be ready for battle.
“These are our future champions so I’m now appealing to the Philippine Sports Commission to include them in the national pool. Right now, they are on their own, and we at Patafa spend for them,” said Go.
Go did not identify the other athletes who can win medals in Indonesia because he’d rather wait for the actual competition. He said other Southeast Asian countries were surprised to see how these young athletes performed in Vietnam.
“They kept on asking who these athletes are and where they came from. They didn’t even know them and they won medals in Vietnam. I want them to be as surprised in the SEA Games,” he said.
“If these athletes continue to show improvement heading to the SEA Games, I promised them I would take them there,” added Go.(PSA PR)
Go Teng Kok, president of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association, told Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s UN Avenue that Thailand remains the team to beat.
“In Southeast Asia it’s still Thailand. Then there’s Vietnam and Indonesia. But we’re catching up along with Malaysia,” said the long-time head of Philippine athletics.
But the Patafa chief, who promised his all-out support to his so-called GTK Army, said the Philippines will be good for six or seven of the 46 gold medals at stake in athletics.
“I told all my athletes that I’ll give them all the support they need as long as they show their commitment for the country. And they all responded positively,” he said.
The Filipinos won seven gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the 2009 SEA Games in Laos, and is once again expected to provide the most number of medals for the country in November.
“We won seven gold medals the last time. Of this seven, I’m counting on six to defend the their crowns. Then maybe we can pull off some surprises in the other events,” said Go.
Gold medal winners for Phl in 2009 were Rene Herrera (3000-m steeplechase), Eduardo Buenavista (men’s marathon), Arniel Ferreira (hammer throw), Danilo Fresnido (javelin), Joan Banayag (women’s marathon), Marestella Torres (long jump) and Rosie Villarito (javelin).
Go said he has 24 young and promising athletes, aged 18 to 22 years, who can pull off a surprise in Indonesia, considering that they’ve already won medals in international competitions.
He was referring to Nino Espinosa (long jump), Jayson Ramil Sid (400 meters and 400m long hurdles) and Eliezer Sunang (shotoput) who all performed well in the recent Vietnam Open.
Head coach Josehy Sy said these athletes have shown tremendous improvement over the recent months, and by the time the SEA Games are held, they could be ready for battle.
“These are our future champions so I’m now appealing to the Philippine Sports Commission to include them in the national pool. Right now, they are on their own, and we at Patafa spend for them,” said Go.
Go did not identify the other athletes who can win medals in Indonesia because he’d rather wait for the actual competition. He said other Southeast Asian countries were surprised to see how these young athletes performed in Vietnam.
“They kept on asking who these athletes are and where they came from. They didn’t even know them and they won medals in Vietnam. I want them to be as surprised in the SEA Games,” he said.
“If these athletes continue to show improvement heading to the SEA Games, I promised them I would take them there,” added Go.(PSA PR)
Monday, August 8, 2011
Go takes the limelight on Tuesday
EMBATTLED sports leader Go Teng Kok takes the limelight on Tuesday’s session of the PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave.
The long-time president of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (Patafa) is expected to answer issues that have been hounding him of late.
Members of the Philippine track and field team competing in the coming Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia will accompany Go in the public sports program presented by Smart, Outlast Battery, PAGCOR, and Shakey’s to talk about their training and preparation for the biennial meet set this November.(PSA PR)
The long-time president of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (Patafa) is expected to answer issues that have been hounding him of late.
Members of the Philippine track and field team competing in the coming Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia will accompany Go in the public sports program presented by Smart, Outlast Battery, PAGCOR, and Shakey’s to talk about their training and preparation for the biennial meet set this November.(PSA PR)
Friday, August 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Bahay Aruga to benefit from Run for Knowledge @Evia
THE Bahay Aruga, a halfway house for abused women and children, will be the beneficiary of the Run for Knowledge @Evia set on Saturday near the Evia lifestyle center in Daang Hari, Alabang Muntinlupa City.
Organized by Tri-Danic Events management led by Irma Ignacio and Cat Deogracias, the fun run will have 3K, 5K and 15K categories with cash prizes and gifts up for grabs, race director Thumbie Remigio said on Tuesday’s PSA forum at the UN Avenue branch in Manila.
Remigio added that the charity runnning event was inspired by the visit of Ignacio and Deogracias to Bahay Aruga in Paranaque where they witnessed the plight of the maltreated women and children there.
“They hope to provide the children there with books and school supplies so they can continue their education,” he said during the session sponsored by PAGCOR, Shakey’s, Smart and Outlast Battery.
Site of the races is the Evia-A Diverse City, a 600-hectare residential and commercial property developed by Vista Land straddling the city of Las Pinas and the towns of Bacoor and Dasmarinas, Cavite. Remigio said.
Registration fee to the 3K contest is P500, 5K P600 and 15K P700, said Deogracias, who thanked Gardenia, Nova snackbar, Toby’s, Reebook and WTJ Travel and Tours for supporting the event.
Interesed runners who want to join Run for Knowledge @Evia can register at all Toby’s sports shop branches.(PSA PR)
Organized by Tri-Danic Events management led by Irma Ignacio and Cat Deogracias, the fun run will have 3K, 5K and 15K categories with cash prizes and gifts up for grabs, race director Thumbie Remigio said on Tuesday’s PSA forum at the UN Avenue branch in Manila.
Remigio added that the charity runnning event was inspired by the visit of Ignacio and Deogracias to Bahay Aruga in Paranaque where they witnessed the plight of the maltreated women and children there.
“They hope to provide the children there with books and school supplies so they can continue their education,” he said during the session sponsored by PAGCOR, Shakey’s, Smart and Outlast Battery.
Site of the races is the Evia-A Diverse City, a 600-hectare residential and commercial property developed by Vista Land straddling the city of Las Pinas and the towns of Bacoor and Dasmarinas, Cavite. Remigio said.
Registration fee to the 3K contest is P500, 5K P600 and 15K P700, said Deogracias, who thanked Gardenia, Nova snackbar, Toby’s, Reebook and WTJ Travel and Tours for supporting the event.
Interesed runners who want to join Run for Knowledge @Evia can register at all Toby’s sports shop branches.(PSA PR)
PFF-Smart Club C'ships kick off Aug.9
EIGHT top teams from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao vie for the prestige and honor of becoming the first champion of the PFF-Smart Club Championships whose group competitions kick off in Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo on Aug. 9.
“This tournament is part of our continuing commitment to football and the Philippine Football Federation,” said Epok Quimpo of Smart Sports in yesterday’s PSA Forum at the Shakey’s U.N. Avenue branch in Manila.
Joining Quimpo in the session sponsored by PAGCOR, Smart, Outlast Battery and Shakey’s was PFF competitions head Cyril Dofitas, representing PFF president Mariano Araneta Jr., who disclosed the teams competing and the mechanics of the tournament.
Dofitas said that vying in Group A in Cagayan de Oro are Iligan, Leyte, NCR 2 and Rizal while in Group B in Iloilo are Baguio-Benguet, Davao, Iloilo and NCR 1.
“With this event, the PFF aims to strenghen club competitions at the provincial level while giving opportunities for aspiring football players a showcase for their talent would not be available for them had this tournament not been around,” Dofitas said.
Quimpo pointed out that the sponsorship of the PFF-Smart Club Championships is part of the P80 million that Smart chief and business tycoon Manny Panglilinan invested for the long-term development of the sport.
Both Quimpo and Dofitas said that some national players will be suiting up for some clubs with the Younghusband brothers, Phil and James, seeing action for the Rizal side that will be carrying the colors of Smart San Beda FC mentored by former national coach Aris Caslib.
On the other hand, Chieffy Caligdong and Ian Araneta will be playing for Teknika, which will be participating in Cagayan de Oro tournament as the second squad that qualified from the National Capital Region.
Smart Stallions FC, representing Iloilo, will have former national stalwarts Jovanie Simpron, Ruben Doctora and three youthful but skillful South Korean students from Central Philippines University - Kim Seong Jin, Nam Yeoh No and Lee Jeo Young.
The Don Gregorio Pelaez Memorial Stadium will be the venue of the Cagayan de Oro tourney while the Barotac Nuevo football field will host the Group B matches in Iloilo.
The top two teams after in both groups after single-round play will advance to the crossover semifinals scheduled Aug. 16 and 17 at the University of Makati Stadium, with the Group A topnotcher facing the Group B runner-up while the Group B first placer takes on the runner-up in Group B.
Similar to the Suzuki Cup and the recent World Cup qualifiers, the two finalists will dispute the championship on a home-and-away basis on Aug. 20 and Aug. 23.
“Depending on the outcome of the semifinals there is a possibility that we might stage both championship matches at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium,” both Quimpo and Dofitas said.(PSA PR)
“This tournament is part of our continuing commitment to football and the Philippine Football Federation,” said Epok Quimpo of Smart Sports in yesterday’s PSA Forum at the Shakey’s U.N. Avenue branch in Manila.
Joining Quimpo in the session sponsored by PAGCOR, Smart, Outlast Battery and Shakey’s was PFF competitions head Cyril Dofitas, representing PFF president Mariano Araneta Jr., who disclosed the teams competing and the mechanics of the tournament.
Dofitas said that vying in Group A in Cagayan de Oro are Iligan, Leyte, NCR 2 and Rizal while in Group B in Iloilo are Baguio-Benguet, Davao, Iloilo and NCR 1.
“With this event, the PFF aims to strenghen club competitions at the provincial level while giving opportunities for aspiring football players a showcase for their talent would not be available for them had this tournament not been around,” Dofitas said.
Quimpo pointed out that the sponsorship of the PFF-Smart Club Championships is part of the P80 million that Smart chief and business tycoon Manny Panglilinan invested for the long-term development of the sport.
Both Quimpo and Dofitas said that some national players will be suiting up for some clubs with the Younghusband brothers, Phil and James, seeing action for the Rizal side that will be carrying the colors of Smart San Beda FC mentored by former national coach Aris Caslib.
On the other hand, Chieffy Caligdong and Ian Araneta will be playing for Teknika, which will be participating in Cagayan de Oro tournament as the second squad that qualified from the National Capital Region.
Smart Stallions FC, representing Iloilo, will have former national stalwarts Jovanie Simpron, Ruben Doctora and three youthful but skillful South Korean students from Central Philippines University - Kim Seong Jin, Nam Yeoh No and Lee Jeo Young.
The Don Gregorio Pelaez Memorial Stadium will be the venue of the Cagayan de Oro tourney while the Barotac Nuevo football field will host the Group B matches in Iloilo.
The top two teams after in both groups after single-round play will advance to the crossover semifinals scheduled Aug. 16 and 17 at the University of Makati Stadium, with the Group A topnotcher facing the Group B runner-up while the Group B first placer takes on the runner-up in Group B.
Similar to the Suzuki Cup and the recent World Cup qualifiers, the two finalists will dispute the championship on a home-and-away basis on Aug. 20 and Aug. 23.
“Depending on the outcome of the semifinals there is a possibility that we might stage both championship matches at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium,” both Quimpo and Dofitas said.(PSA PR)
RP boxing team hopes to reap medals in Asian C'ships
THE Philippine men’s boxing team hopes to pick up from where AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships gold medalist Eumir Marcial left off as it leaves for Incheon, South Korea Wednesday to see action in the Asian Boxing Championships.
Guangzhou Asian Games gold medalist Rey Saludar banners the six-man squad coached by Ronald Chavez and Roel Velasco, bronze medal winner in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
And the group declares the 15-year-old Marcial is a big inspiration to them to do better in the August 5-13 meet.
“Yun din ang goal natin ang makakuha ng gintong medalya, dahil nagsisilbing inspirasyon si Eumir sa mga bata nating boksingero at mga seniors,” said men’s head coach Pat Gaspi in a rainy PSA Forum session yesterday at Shakey’s U.N. Ave. where Marcial joined the boxing delegation.
Added Gaspi, “sabi nga namin, kung nakaya niya (Marcial), mas maganda ang pag-asa ng elite team natin.”
On Saturday, Marcial, a native of Zamboanga, made history by becoming the first Filipino to win a gold medal in the world junior championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, highlighting his exploit with a 9-7 victory over Onat Cengiz of Turkey in the 52 kg. final.
A third-year high school student in Baguio, the soft-spoken teener, coached and trained by three-time Olympian Romeo Brin, said his triumph hopefully, will translate into more golds in the future, specifically in the Olympics.
“Yun lang naman po ang pangarap natin, ang maka-gold sa Olympics at makatulong sa pamilya ko,” said Marcial, who was joined in the forum presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Outlast Battery, and Shakey’s by his father Eulalio, a barangay tanod and occasional boxing trainer, and mother Carmencita, a plain housewife.
Upon arrival in the country Monday, Marcial was personally congratulated by Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) president Ricky Vargas, Executive Director Ed Picson and chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, who gave him a financial reward worth P300,000 for winning the gold.
“Sabi niya po sana gamitin sa mabuting paraan yung nakuha kong reward at ibigay ito sa mga magulang ko,” said Marcial of his chance meeting with the man they referred to as `MVP.’
Chavez said Marcial’s victory serves the boxing team in good stead, although he stressed competition in the Asian tilt is expected to be very tough.
“Hindi natin maaalis yung mga `tan’ countries (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan), siyempre, andiyan din `yung host country, China, and Thailand, kung pinayagan na sila ng AIBA na mag-compete,” added Chavez.
Aside from Saludar, others in the compact boxing squad are former Asian gold medal winner Joan Tipon, Charlie Suarez, Wilfredo Lopez, Orlando Tacuyan and either Victorio Saludar or Mark Anthony Barriga.
The showing of the six Filipino pugs will also be used as benchmark for their possible inclusion in the World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan this September.
The meet serves as one of two qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics.
“Kung maging maganda ang performance nila ditto sa Asian Boxing Championships, malaki ang posibilidad na makasama rin sila sa team for the world championship,” Chavez said.
“At the same time, dito rin natin ma-gauge yung mga contemporary natin sa Asia para mapag-handaan din natin sila Olympic qualifier.”(PSA PR)
Guangzhou Asian Games gold medalist Rey Saludar banners the six-man squad coached by Ronald Chavez and Roel Velasco, bronze medal winner in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
And the group declares the 15-year-old Marcial is a big inspiration to them to do better in the August 5-13 meet.
“Yun din ang goal natin ang makakuha ng gintong medalya, dahil nagsisilbing inspirasyon si Eumir sa mga bata nating boksingero at mga seniors,” said men’s head coach Pat Gaspi in a rainy PSA Forum session yesterday at Shakey’s U.N. Ave. where Marcial joined the boxing delegation.
Added Gaspi, “sabi nga namin, kung nakaya niya (Marcial), mas maganda ang pag-asa ng elite team natin.”
On Saturday, Marcial, a native of Zamboanga, made history by becoming the first Filipino to win a gold medal in the world junior championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, highlighting his exploit with a 9-7 victory over Onat Cengiz of Turkey in the 52 kg. final.
A third-year high school student in Baguio, the soft-spoken teener, coached and trained by three-time Olympian Romeo Brin, said his triumph hopefully, will translate into more golds in the future, specifically in the Olympics.
“Yun lang naman po ang pangarap natin, ang maka-gold sa Olympics at makatulong sa pamilya ko,” said Marcial, who was joined in the forum presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Outlast Battery, and Shakey’s by his father Eulalio, a barangay tanod and occasional boxing trainer, and mother Carmencita, a plain housewife.
Upon arrival in the country Monday, Marcial was personally congratulated by Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) president Ricky Vargas, Executive Director Ed Picson and chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, who gave him a financial reward worth P300,000 for winning the gold.
“Sabi niya po sana gamitin sa mabuting paraan yung nakuha kong reward at ibigay ito sa mga magulang ko,” said Marcial of his chance meeting with the man they referred to as `MVP.’
Chavez said Marcial’s victory serves the boxing team in good stead, although he stressed competition in the Asian tilt is expected to be very tough.
“Hindi natin maaalis yung mga `tan’ countries (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan), siyempre, andiyan din `yung host country, China, and Thailand, kung pinayagan na sila ng AIBA na mag-compete,” added Chavez.
Aside from Saludar, others in the compact boxing squad are former Asian gold medal winner Joan Tipon, Charlie Suarez, Wilfredo Lopez, Orlando Tacuyan and either Victorio Saludar or Mark Anthony Barriga.
The showing of the six Filipino pugs will also be used as benchmark for their possible inclusion in the World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan this September.
The meet serves as one of two qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics.
“Kung maging maganda ang performance nila ditto sa Asian Boxing Championships, malaki ang posibilidad na makasama rin sila sa team for the world championship,” Chavez said.
“At the same time, dito rin natin ma-gauge yung mga contemporary natin sa Asia para mapag-handaan din natin sila Olympic qualifier.”(PSA PR)
Monday, August 1, 2011
AIBA Jrs gold medalist to grace PSA Forum
AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships gold medal winner Eumir Felix Marcial joins the Philippine team bound for the Asian Boxing Championships on Tuesday’s session of the PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave.
The 15-year-old Marcial is facing the country’s sportswriting fraternity fresh from his golden feat in the tough ring tilt held at Astana, Kazakshtan and featuring some of the finest junior boxers in the world.
He and the boxing team competing in the Asian meet to be hosted by Incheon, South Korea, will be accompanied in the forum aired live over DZSR Sports Radio 918 and presented by Smart, PACGOR, Outlast Battery and Shakey’s, by Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) executive director Ed Picson.
Also appearing in the 10:30 a.m. public sports program are Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president Mariano `Nonong’ Araneta Jr. and Epok Quimpo of Smart Sports as they talk about the resumption of the PFF-Smart Club championships this Aug. 9-12 in Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo, respectively.(PSA PR)
The 15-year-old Marcial is facing the country’s sportswriting fraternity fresh from his golden feat in the tough ring tilt held at Astana, Kazakshtan and featuring some of the finest junior boxers in the world.
He and the boxing team competing in the Asian meet to be hosted by Incheon, South Korea, will be accompanied in the forum aired live over DZSR Sports Radio 918 and presented by Smart, PACGOR, Outlast Battery and Shakey’s, by Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) executive director Ed Picson.
Also appearing in the 10:30 a.m. public sports program are Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president Mariano `Nonong’ Araneta Jr. and Epok Quimpo of Smart Sports as they talk about the resumption of the PFF-Smart Club championships this Aug. 9-12 in Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo, respectively.(PSA PR)
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