By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. After winning the Tenpin Masters Challenge (TMC) Season Four Shoot-Out Finale for September, Jasper Quimanhan currently leads the October event, currently underway at the East Bowling Center, located at the Lopue’s East Centre. He leads with 1,263 pinfalls, followed by Joemil Villarosa with 1,242, Herman Santos – 1,233, Billy Lopue …
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AFC Asian Cup qualification round Ott out
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Philippine national team and Ceres-Negros FC midfielder Manuel Ott was ruled out of tonight’s clash with Yemen at the Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar in the ongoing 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification round. According to a Twitter post, the German-born midfielder said he will be out for …
Bacolod City-based team to represent Western Visayas in U15 basketball competition
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Davies Paint Bacolod U15 girls team will represent the Western Visayas in the upcoming 2017 Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) 3×3 U15 national finals in Manila. The team, coached by Gerome Aledron, is comprised of Kiara Mejica of St. Scholastica’s Academy, Lynette Desendario of Brookside Garden Academy in Bago …
Inter-Molasses Traders, Brokers, and Haulers Silver Bowling Tournament 2017 JCB Landings, Inc. leads
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Defending champions Julieta Campos Benedicto (JCB) Landings, Inc. currently leads the ongoing Inter-Molasses Traders, Brokers, and Haulers Silver Bowling Tournament 2017 at the East Bowling Center, located at the Lopue’s East Centre. JCB Landings, Inc. currently holds a 118-pinfall lead, ahead of their closest rival SVG Phils, Inc., 6,629 to …
Royal Star Trading, Basecom notch wins
Fil-Sino Inter-Color Basketball Tournament By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Royal Star Trading recently defeated Sweet Crystals Sugar, 77-71, while Basecom beat the Huminova Tigers, 81-61, in the ongoing Fil-Sino Inter-Color Basketball Tournament at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. Royal Star Trading opened the game with a big 21-6 lead in the first period, …
SJI participating in competition
Milo BEST-SBP Visayas Regionals By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The St. John’s Institute (SJI) is currently in Iloilo City, taking part in the Basketball Efficiency Scientific Training- Small Basketeers of the Philippines (BEST-SBP) Visayas Regional championship at the Iloilo Sports Complex. SJI qualified for the competition last month, defeating Bacolod Tay Tung High School, 79-43, …
WBC names GAB ‘Commission of the Year’
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The World Boxing Council (WBC) recently named the Games Amusement Board (GAB) of the Philippines the 2017 “Commission of the Year” during a convention in Baku, Azerbaijan. “This is a recognition of all the hard work and dedication of the board,” said GAB Chairman Abraham Mitra. He added, innovations made …
Unigames athletes to be arriving in Dumaguete City on October 19
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Athletes from the 27 colleges and universities participating in this year’s Unigames in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, from October 22 to 28, are expected to begin arriving in the city on October 19, towards the end of the city’s Buglasan Festival, which ends on October 22. “There will be fewer …
Fil-Sino Inter-Color Basketball Tournament AACI Trading beats JSY Transport
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. AACI Trading defeated JSY Transport, 79-76, in the ongoing Fil-Sino Inter-Color Basketball Tournament at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. The eventual winners took a commanding 52-29 lead going into halftime; an advantage they held on going into the fourth quarter, up 71-52. The comeback attempt by JSY Transport …
Puentevella threatens to resign as PWA President
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Amid the call for the mass resignation of national sports association heads, Philippine Weightlifting Association (PWA) President Monico Puentevella yesterday said he would resign if every other association chief steps down. “We will discuss this in the [Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)] general assembly,” he said, which is currently taking place …