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GOLF
BASKETBALL
Rockets dethrone
Wolves, 21-14
THE
last few minutes of the game saw JC Caratang powering
his way with timely baskets to lead his Blazers team to victory.
by RAY POLICARPIO
ROCKETS took the Under10s basketball crown from defending champion Wolves with
a scintillating win, 21-14, at the
Rebound Miller Centre, Liverpool NSW recently.
The Rockets’ Miguel Randall
top-scored with 14 points, followed by teammates Luis Ladera with 4, Jaeryn Agustin with 2,
and Brandon O’Malley with 1
point and put a stop to the blueshirted Wolves’ reign.
The Wolves’ CJ Bayatao and
Jaylen Beltran led the scoring
with 8 points.
Randall was voted Most Valuable Player.
In the Under-14s, the Blazers
derailed the Vipers, 57-45
The Vipers’ sentinels were
led by the sweet-shooting Joshua Guatato on 20 points, Miguel
on 13, and Koe Evangelista on 12.
They knew that they would have
to muster enough strength and
talent to overwhelm their opponents as they continuously punctured the hoops with long toms
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and lay-ups.
But the Blazers countered
through the court generalship
of Latrell “Jordan” Cruz with 11
points. Cruz orchestrated transition plays that created scoring opportunities for the wily
JC Caratang on 19 points, bulky
center Earvin Dizon on 14, power-forward Gershon Gabriel on
8, Jaymarc Agustin on 3, and
Xavier Cerrado on 2.
The Blazers’ running game
perpetuated by Cruz, Caratang,
Dizon and Gabriel, coupled with
their defensive rotation was just
too much for the Vipers’ quintet
who could only answer with token jumpers and treys.
The last few minutes of the
game saw JC Caratang powering his way with timely baskets
to lead his Blazers team to victory.
The Most Valuable Player was
JC Caratang for his all-around
performance for the game.
NSW Team regains Friendship Cup
THE
team of Fil-oz Social Golf Club representing the state
of New South Wales finally won the 20th Fil-Aussie Interstate
Friendship Golf cup held for four days in Manila last month.
by RIC DE VERA
THE Sydneysiders overtook the
Queenslanders on the last day
after overcoming an 18 points
lead with final accumulated 776
points against 767 points of the
Queenslanders, who ended up as
the state team runner up.
The state champion was
awarded the monumental trophy
plus P5000 cash courtesy of Travelaccess.
‘We are extremely happy that
we got back the championship trophy after so many years” said Arnold Villamayor, the team captain
of Fil-oz Social Golf club. “This
was really a surprise to me as we
were trailing behind during the
first three days,” he said.
Individual over-all winners
were Troy Pashley (145 points)
from Brisbane as champion followed by Sam Akbar (141 poitns)
from Sydney as runner-up. They
were awarded trophies and cash
of P3000 and P1500, respectively,
also from Travelaccess.
Two daily ‘nearest the pins’ for
each division were also awarded
P300 each coming from the daily side betting by the participants.
Printed fairway towels courtesy of the host club and the coor-
dinator were given as souvenirs
for the participants. Since it was
the 10th year that the tournament
was held in Manila, loyalty t-shirts
were given to 20 golfers who has
continuously participated in the
event.
A total of 92 golfers from Victoria (39); NSW (23), Queensland
(13), Australian Capital Territory
(11), Northern Territory (4) and
WA (2), were transported daily by
luxury coaches from the Executive
Plaza Hotel to the golf courses.
This event is now considered the
biggest and most prestigious FilAussie Interstate golf tournament
in the Philippines.
The awards presentation and
dinner was held at Manila Southwoods Golf & Country Club.
During the program this writer,
as coordinator, acknowledged the
hard work of the host club headed
by Dino Francisco and committee members.
Oscar Parian, President of
40Love of Darwin, who will host
next year’s series thanked everyone for their participation. The
President of Pinoy golfers of Perth,
Nestor Jongko was master of ceremonies.
The 21st Fil-Aussie Interstate
Friendship golf cup will be held in
Manila in March next year hosted by 40Love of Darwin headed by
Oscar Parian.
Daily Individual winners awarded
trophies and cash prizes in their
respective divisions were:
Day one – Eagle Ridge Golf and
Country Club – Greg Norman Course
Champions: B Thompson (38) for A;
P Magpantay (36) for B and I Quinto
(37) for C.
Runners Up: T Magnaye (38) for A;
S Punj (36) for B and M Salinas
(36) for C.
Day two – Ayala Greenfields Golf and
Country club
Champions: N Martir (40) for A; P
Davis (37) for B and J Rodriguez
(35) for C.
Runners Up: T Pashley (38) for A;
R Saballa (37) for B and I Quinto
(33) for C.
Day three – Forest Hills Golf and
Country Club
Champions: D Sanchez (38) for A;
A Biding (38) for B and N Palomo
(39) for C.
Runners Up: E Quiaonza (37) for A;
L Briones (37) for B and N Hugo
(37) for C.
Day four – Manila Southwoods Golf
and Country Club
Champions: T Pashley (35) for A;
R Gutierrez (38) for B and N Vitug
for C.
Runners Up: E Quiaonza (35) for A;
A Biding (35) for B and A. Villamayor
(35) for C.