Meet the Ateneo de Davao Aikido Club outstanding practitioners

Sheldon Wong, 16, (left) performs the Kotegaeshi (wrist throw) against Lorenzo Sato, 17, during the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum, June 26, at the Tower Inn. The two aikido practitioners from the Ateneo de Davao Aikido Club will undergo first-degree blackbelt exams by 7th dan master Jun Nomoto Sensei of Tokyo on July 6 at the The Tent of Matina Town Square.(DAVAO SPORTSWRITERS ASSN.)




Fifteen-year-old Meg Castrillo (left) executes a Koshinage (hip throw) against Joshua Abella, 16, during the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum, June 26, at the Tower Inn. The two aikido practitioners from the Ateneo de Davao Aikido Club will undergo first-degree blackbelt exams by 7th dan master Jun Nomoto Sensei of Tokyo on July 6 at the The Tent of Matina Town Square.(DAVAO SPORTSWRITERS ASSN.)



(Left-right) Sheldon Wong and Lorenzo Sato (standing), (first row) Meg Castrillo, Carmela Arcena and Jacob and Joshua Abella of the Ateneo de Davao Aikido Club will undergo by 7th dan master Jun Nomoto Sensei of Tokyo on July 6 at the The Tent of Matina Town Square.(DAVAO SPORTSWRITERS ASSN.)

DSA tackles aikido, Primovit cagefest, chessfest at Tower Inn

Young Aikido practitioners and Primovit multivitamins officials are the guests of the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum on Thursday, June 26, 10:30 a.m., at the Tower Inn.

Sheldon Walter Wong, Nina Margarita Castrillo, Kevin Joshua Ian Abella, Kevin Jacob Ian Abella, Carmela Therese Arcena and Lorenzo Sato will be gracing the weekly public service sports program to talk about the Ateneo de Davao Aikido Club while Primovit's Reggie Radoc and Tiger Castanos will take up the basketball tournament that starts on June 28 at the Gaisano South Sky gym and the chess event that checks in on June 27.

Joining them are Joaquin "Boy" Sarabia, vice-president of the Davao Sports Council Inc. and UM sports director to discuss various topics ranging from the So Kim Cheng Sports Awards and UM sports calendar.

DSA president Charles Maxey is requesting members to come on time to the Forum sponsored by Genesis 88 Advertising and Tower Inn.

S.O.S. Children's Village race, MAP updates topics

Guests for June 19:

1.Dominic Carpio, DAPOBA president for the S.O.S. Children's Village fun ride and race for a cause.

2.Kelly Odiong, Muay Association of the Philippines (MAP) regional chief, for MAP updates and announcements.


DSA president and Sunstar Davao sports editor Charles Maxey is requesting members to come at exactly 10:30 a.m. to the weekly public service sports program sponsored by Tower Inn and Genesis 88 Advertising.

Guests on June 12

Guests on June 12 at the Tower Inn:
1.Edgardo Castillo, spokesman of the GET Golf Tournament
2.Ivy Fernandez, COO of Holiday Gym and Spa
3.Billy Cruzada, basketball coordinator of the SK Sportsfest

Primovit chess officials present chess tournament, Brgy.Panacan dribblers with their medals at DSA Forum

NCFP regional youth chess director and national arbiter Ronnie Tabudlong, Tyger Castanos and Hannah Co of Primovit multi-vitamins (left-right) announce the Primovit Youth Chess Tournament scheduled June 27 to 28 at the Gaisano South Citimall in Ilustre.

Alexis Caño, Al'Jibrail Intig, Jhon Axl Lupase, Mark Christopher Atinen (left-right) of Brgy.Panacan present their medals during Thursday's Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Tower Inn after winning the Batang Growee 3-on-3 Inter-Barangay Basketball Challenge.

Acedo, Batucan signal thumbs up sign at DSA Forum

Davao's youth standouts Rowelyn Joy Acedo and John Ray Batucan signal thumbs up on Thursday's DSA Forum at the Tower Inn. They are going to Vietnam on June 9 for the ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships on June 11 to 20.DAVAO SPORTSWRITERS ASSN.

NBTC Davao training to resume early

The second cycle of the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) in Davao is expected to be earlier than expected, said NBTC Davao commissioner Atty.Manny Nitorreda.

NBTC national director Eric Altamirano plans to hold the second phase in October but the impressive showing of Davao basketball students encouraged him to resume the training earlier.

On Thursday's Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Tower Inn , Nitorreda said that the 25 students who completed the course came up with an impressive showing that made Altamirano decide to continue the training with instructions to the local staff to look for more talents.

Forty students signed up for the program but only 25 were able to complete the course.

Tao Corp. has allotted P85 million for the project for the next three years with training centers also in the National Capital Region handled by Alex Compton and in Cebu under Mon Fernandez.

Altamirano, a former PBA coach, is handling the over-all program with the support of the BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.