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The 2008 SK Federation Summer Sportsfest opens on May 17 at the Davao City Recreation Center.

The opening ceremony will be attended by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Vice Mayor Sara Z. Duterte and other officials after the parade that starts at 7 a.m.

Basketball, volleyball, chess, badminton, athletics and taekwondo are featured in the sportsfest for 15 to 18 years old participants that ends on June 7.

SKF president and Davao City councilor Halila Sudagar said on Thursday’s Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Tower Inn that they designed the event to keep the youth away from vices during the summer.

With the theme of “Magdula Ta Para Iwas Droga”, Sudagar said that this will reinforce the other summer activities being organized in the city but placed emphasis that their events are designed to create a stronger youth sector through sports with the help of the City Government of Davao and the Philippine Sports Commission.

Athletics will be played at the Davao City National High School with various events like the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 800-meter run, 1,500-meter run, shot put, long jump and relay events on May 23 to 25.

Basketball is set to start on May 19 that will select the best and youth cagers while badminton will be at the 4Play court.

Sudagar thanked the local sports associations for helping them in organizing the event which she hopes will be organized every summer.

University of Mindanao-Davao City walloped UM-Tagum City, 3-0 to start on a high note in the volleyball event of the 2008 Tagum City Summer Sports Festival, Wednesday night, in Tagum City.
The Big City spikers led all the way and engineered a 25-18, 26-24, 25-19 win.
They will face Happy Feet, winner over the Tagum All-Stars, for their next assignment.
Prizes are up for grabs in the tournament presented by Mayor Rey T. Uy and supported by the Tagum Volleyball Association headed by Vilma Manulat.

Tibor Marcelino banked on his familiarity of the course to emerge over-all gross champion in the 3rd Pomelo Tee Invitational Golf Tournament, recently, at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club.

Marcelino fired a 74.

Sharing the honors too was Mark Oropeza whose 94 gave him the over-all net title.

Bayani Garcia scored a 73 to win the gross title in class A while Bobby Wee submitted an 86 for the net crown.

Leo Yap finished the round with a 60 for the class B gross crown while Victor Co’s 84 was enough for him to take the net title while Paul Puyat’s 52 gave him the class C gross top honors and Susumo Yamaguchi submitted an 88 en route to winning the net title.

Glenn Yap was the only hole-in-one winner while Bayani Garcia received a special award for the longest drive contest at 284 yards.

In the team event, Jon and Steven Tan combined for 181 for the net title while Marcelino teamed up with Christopher “Boyet” Tan for a 131 and the gross crown.

Jing Tan and Peter Baruis collected 173 to take the first runner-up honors, followed by the Manuel Licup-Andres Caro II tandem with 168, Ho Bong Kang and Manuel Eser with 166, Raniel The and Rey Masing with 164.

Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club manager Jose Albert Casenas, sports committee chairman Jaime Tan and director Vicente Santos awarded the prizes to the winners of the tournament also presented by Davao Corrugated Carton Corp., Sta.Lucia Realty and Development Inc. with the support of South Pacific Golf and Country Club, Royal Caribbean International, Yamaha Golf Cart, Mitsubishi Motors-Kar Asia, the Philippine Sports Commission and Land Bank of the Philippines.

Brgy.Sasa overcame fatigue to stop Brgy.Crossing Bayabas, 25-13, 25-11 and capture the  Inday Sara Women’s Volleyball Tournament title, late Wednesday afternoon, at the Rizal  Park.
Brgy.Sasa relied heavily on most valuable player Thelma Robledo and best blocker Rema Teves for the straight sets win.
Brgy.Baliok placed second after losing to Brgy.Sasa via quotient system after both teams  tallied a 3-1 win-loss card in the championship round.
Vice Mayor Sara Z. Duterte increased champion’s prize to P20,000, P15,000 for Brgy.Baliok and P10,000 for Brgy.Crossing Bayabas as third placer.
Lourdes Gupit of Crossing Bayabas won as best digger awardee and teammate Krysna Caur Corral took the best attacker title. Baliok’s Charmane Daug Daug was voted best setter and May Joy Nietes as best server.

Good day!
I am glad to announce that six (6) members of the Triathlon Association of Davao (TRIAD) will be joining the upcoming Subic International Triathlon Competition which will commence on Sunday May 11, 2008 at the Boardwalk Area, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City . This is an International Triathlon Union (ITU) and Asia Cup Series event. Officiated by (Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) and International Technical Officials from Asia under the supervision of ITU/ASTC
Leslie Herrero of Metro Lifestyle Fitness Center , Paul Villocino, and yours truly (Paulo Dino F. Ouano of Holiday Gym and Spa) will be joining two (2) other Manilenyo triathlete to complete the Team A of SUNKIST TRIHARD TEAM in the Inter-Club Competition. Though racing as a team, each of us has the chance to grab a medal in our different age group categories.
On the other hand, consistent medalist in his age group (55-59year old category) Ernesto “Bong” Rivera is also set to grab another medal this year. Marathon athlete Cossette Plaza and Dive Master Felina Tadiaman will also be seeing action in the Olympic distance race.
Visit http://triathlon.org.ph/eventinfo/2008/subic_tri_08.htm for more information.
Thank you very much!

Paulo Dino F. Ouano
Finisher
IRONMAN Langkawi 2008

Brgy. Baliok walloped Brgy. 19-B in straight sets to rule the first district leg of the 2008 Inday Sara Women’s Volleyball Tournament, held over the weekend, at the Rizal Park.
Brgy. 5-A placed third.
Baliok advanced to the inter-district finals on Wednesday, May 7 at 8 a.m., along with Barangay Sasa, the Second District champion, and Crossing Bayabas, the Third District winner.
Sasa trounced Pandaitan, 25-14, 25-20 in the finals while Brgy.W.Aquino took the third spot after besting Brgy.Ilang, 25-16, 25-19.
Brgy.Crossing Bayabas booked the last ticket to the finals after beating Brgy.Sirawan, 25-20, 25-20 while Brgy.Tamugan whipped Brgy.Malagos, 25-20, 25-23 to settle for third place.
The awarding ceremony is scheduled at 4 p.m. with Vice Mayor Sara Z. Duterte leading the officials in the rites.

Mixed Martial Arts of Davao grabbed two gold, one silver and seven bronze medals in the recent Pan Asian International Grappling Challenge and Pan Asian Brazilian Jiu Jitsu International at the Mall of Asia.

Mars Cenojas won a gold in the No-Gi masters absolute class and added a bronze in the 72-kilogram division with Gi while Paolo Tancontian captured the gold in the 88-kilogram with Gi division.

Juanito Estimada contributed a silver medal in the 76-kilogram with Gi and clinched a bronze in the 85-kilogram with No-Gi while Marco Cenojas settled for the bronze medal in the No-Gi and 76-kilogram No-Gi.

Thirdy Escovilla won a bronze medal in the 88-kilogram with Gi and another bronze in the 85-kilogram No-Gi intermediate division even as Julius Macasaet took a bronze in the 60-kilogram with Gi.

The mixed martial artists thanked their sponsors led by Councilor Paolo Z. Duterte for backing their participation.

The adopted son of Davao City, Manny Pacquiao, is making waves again.

This time, he will be on a special-issue postage stamp.

We are proud of you Pacman!

The top four teams will square off for slots to the next round in the Inday Sara Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, May 3, at the Rizal Park.
Barangays 19-B, 5-A, 2-A and Baliok will see action starting at 8 a.m.for District 1.
The District 2 leg starts on May 4 with Barangays W.Aquino, Sasa, Ilang and Pandaitan entered while the District 3 swing gets going on May 5 featuring Barangays Crossing Bayabas, Sirawan, Ula and Calinan.
The winners will advance to the inter-congressional finals.
The tournament is presented by Vice Mayor Sara Duterte with the support of the Philippine Volleyball Federation-Davao under Daks Yambao and the Sports Development Division-City Mayor’s Office under city sports coordinator Christopher “Bong” Go.