Frankie Miñoza golf tees off today
TOP Cebuano junior golfers will once more take to the greens as they seek to win their divisions in the last leg of the Frankie Miñoza Junior Golf Circuit at the Cebu Country Club (CCC) today.
CCC golf prodigy Angelo Jose “Gio” Gandionco, who topped the class A division for boys 15 to...
Pantino scores twinkill in Toby’s
CEBU’s rising junior tennis player Arthur Craig “Iggy” Pantino easily routed Brysl Libao, 6-1,6-0, to secure the 14-Under boys title of the 11th edition of the Toby’s Sports Annual Summer Tennis Festival at the Rizal Memorial tennis courts.
Pantino, from the University of San Carlos-...
Brothers dominate Recyclable Regatta
THE tandem of Earl and Garry Perez ruled the all-men 100-meter race on board their man-made boat using 80 percent recycled materials in the Columbia Recyclable Regatta- Cebu leg at the Shangrila Mactan, Cebu.
The tandem’s boat cut through the currents of the Mactan sea and the pair won...
Echavez scores grand slam
PRIVATE Schools Athletic Association multiple gold medal winner Loren Dale Echavez scored a grand slam in the women’s 6K competitive Open Water swim of the 5th Olango Challenge at the Tambuli East, Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City.
The 18-year-old Echavez of the University of San Carlos crossed...
Gandionco takes crown
PATIENCE was all it took for 16-year-old golf prodigy Jose Angelo Gandionco to win the Boys Group I title of the Philippie Junior Amateur Open, which ended yesterday at the Cebu Country Club.
Gandionco, a member of the PHL junior national team, trailed in the first day, placing fourth to...
20 join Regatta
TWENTY teams will join the Columbia Recyclable Regatta today at the Shangrila Resort and Spa in Mactan, Cebu.
The activity is mainly to promote concern for the environment and a better understanding of recycling said Dax Ang, an outdoor specialist from the Everest outdoors.
He...
Pantino splits matches
CEBU’s rising junior tennis player Arthur Craig “Iggy” Pantino routed Gabriel Tiamson, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the semifinal round of the Boys 14-Under division of the 11th Toby’s Sports Annual Summer Tennis Festival at the Rizal Memorial Tennis yesterday.
Seeded second, Pantino will...
Charity open swim to raise funds for Olango
TRIATHLETES and swimmers enlisted themselves in the 5th Olango Challenge tomorrow, 10 a.m. at the Tambuli East, Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City.
Organized by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), along with Philippine Swimming (Philswim), it is an open-water marathon swimming...
Queban secures hole-in-one in Jr. Amateur Open
CEBU had etched a mark in Justin Queban’s heart after securing a hole-in-one shot in hole No. 5 in yesterday’s second round of the Philippine Junior Amateur Open at the Cebu Country Club (CCC).
The tournament, which is also considered as the 4th leg of the Globe Business Amateur Golf...
Malaysian takes lead
THE visiting Malaysian junior golfer Fezley Ahmad Chua scored the lowest gross of 71 to lead the first round of the Boys Group 1 (14-17 years and below) of the Philippine Junior Amateur Open, which started yesterday at the Cebu Country Club (CCC).
Felicia Medalla and Bianca Pagdanganan...
Cebuanos dominate Negros Beach Volley
THE duo of Erika Verano and Jusabelle Brillo dominated the all-Cebuano final of the Vallehermoso Beach Volleyball Open last weekend in Negros Oriental.
Verano and Brillo defeated compatriots Apple Eve Saraum and Rochelle Rica of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF), 21...
Gullas Cup attracts top netters
SEVERAL top junior netters signed up for the 17th Gullas Cup set on May 21 to 26 at the Consolacion International Tennis Center.
This year, the organizers opted to change the venue to CITC so that all players will be accommodated in one venue.
420 runners in tribute race for hotel founder
FOUR hundred twenty runners to date confirmed their participation in the Hunat Sugbu 2 (Dagan Para ni Maning) slated on June 24.
The race, which will start and finish at the Ayala Center Cebu, is a tribute to the late Cebu Parklane International Hotel President Manuel Ting.
In...
Carmen to put up wakeboarding facility
SPORTS enthusiasts and adventure seekers may soon have another destination, Carmen.
After hosting a trail running event, Carmen wants to develop an idle 20-hectare property into a water park, which will include a wakeboarding facility, to boost the town’s sports tourism.
This was...
Dalaguete to make duathlon an annual event
AFTER hosting the first first Mantalongon off-road duathlon, Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Cesante wants to hold the race every May to help boost the town’s tourism.
Cesante, who is also planning to add a triathlon race, said he sees so much potential in his town to become one of Cebu’s sports...
Viñan surprises field in Mantalongon duathlon
NEWBIE Warren Viñan bested Cebu’s male top duathletes while Mirasol Abad topped the women’s division in the Mantalongon Off-road duathlon race in Dalaguete,Cebu.
The 20-year-old Viñan, a promising mountainbike rider, couldn’t believe that he beat seasoned participants.
“I didn’t...
Hayco eyes conditioning center for Sports Institute
Mary June D. Villasawa and Christy Ann Carbona Norsu Mass Comm Interns
ASIDE from being the first to offer a massive grassroots program through the Cebu City Sports Institute, the Cebu City Sports Commission could set another first by including a sports conditioning center in its plan to...
Verano, Brillo top Siargo women’s beach volleyball
CEBU’s top beach volleybelles Jusabelle Brillo and Ericka Verrano beat University of Mindanao-Tagum’s Lourdilyn Catubag and Karen Kay Quilario, 21-19,21-16, to capture the Siargao Women Beach Volley tournament.
According to Philippine Sports Commission beach volley consultant Eric Lecain...
SWU suffers 3rd loss in Shakey’s V-League
THE Southwestern University Lady Cobras suffered their third straight loss, this time bowing out in straight sets to heavy favorites Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19 in the elimination round of the Shakey’s V-League at The Arena in San Juan,Manila.
The win...
USC’s Arriola, Ocampo rule Oceanman
NINETEEN-year-old Jess Arriola Jr. reclaimed his reputation as Cebu’s Oceanman as he ruled the men’s open of the Oceanman @Portofino last Saturday at the Portofino Beach Resort.
In the women’s open, Karmel Alyssa Ocampo of the University of San Carlos (USC) took the title.
“I...
Bohol invasion
ONE of Cebu’s most promising junior tennis players, Kristin Renee “Kara” Salimbangon, will shot for her third Girls 12-Under title in the Cebuana Lhuillier Age Group Tennis Tournament in Ubay, Bohol on May 7 to 11.
Salimbangon, 11, who played in her first tournament only last January and...
Tan, Chiongbian make top 10 in Subic race
CEBUANOS Rochelle Tan and Justin Chiongbian made impressive finishes in their division in the K-Swiss ITU Subic Bay International Triathlon 2012 Asian Cup yesterday in Subic Bay, Philippines.
The 19-year-old Tan got seventh place in the junior elite division, which was won by a...
Cebu bets face big test
CEBUANOS Rochelle Tan and Justin Chiongbian gear up for today’s K-Swiss ITU Subic Bay International Triathlon (Subit) at the Subic Bay Freeport.
The 19-year-old Tan, who got the spot through the last stretch of the national grassroots program for the U23/junior Pre SUBIT Camp, will be...
Cebu’s top athletes join Mantalongon duathlon
SOME of Cebu’s top athletes have confirmed their participation in the first Mantalongon Off-road Duathlon Race on May 12 in Dalaguete,Cebu.
This was disclosed yesterday by Sugbutriathlon’s Benjoe Gimenez, who will be handling the technical side of the event. Gimenez attended yesterday’s...
SWU falls to mighty NU
THE Southwestern University (SWU) Lady Cobras lost to National University (NU), 25-21, 25-17, 25-17, in the ninth Shakey’s V-League yesterday in San Juan City.
SWU head coach Jordan Paca admitted that NU had a solid defense and tall players.
“The level of play here is far different...
