Sabaldan: Quality sports

Monday, January 9, 2012

THERE are suggestions to broaden the advocacy in sports tourism with former PSC chairman Butch Ramirez as our next DCL speaker which Grand Men Seng forum jumps to its 675th breakfast fellowship since the trio of Aster Uyboco, Paul Go and Dr. Diosdado Tech established the group in 1982.

The first speakers of the year complete our cravings, food for thoughts and the body with Ptr. Doming Dizo and Leo Avila III sharing to us a well-studied, balance, careful evaluation of Mayor Sara Duterte's consistent stand against the coal-fired power plant.

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Councilor Emmanuel Galicia was there egging for more questions instead of comments. Only one question, why did God made so much coal? Avila answered, there's a good reason for that but that it is still left for man to properly manage natural resources.

If Butch will be available, DCL will have an experienced evaluation of sports and its role as one of the active engines of growth.

Football in the Philippines is the most improved sport with all its marquee players competing against mommy Dionisia and John Lloyd in the number of commercial endorsements both in print and TV ads. But that's not all. The rebirth of the United Football League Philippines will be the key to our national success in this particular game. The UFL with Ian Araneta and Chieffy Caligdong’s 2011 champion team Air Force returns to the pitch this weekend as a doubleheader to the Azkals charitable games against players from world cup champions Spain.

Here in Davao. Jed Diamante, when he was only 7 years old thinks that he was Rooney when he slides tackle the ball at the goalkeeper’s area. Many of us thought that Jed played older than his age when he started gracing the DFA football field. He had just grown bigger at 13 and did not disappoint Joy and Dapoy Diamante with his recent award as the MVP of the football championship in Manila sponsored by Alaska.

Jed and Javi are the inseparable duo of child football in Davao. Javi Romero-Salas had grown bigger, handsomer and stronger as a midfielder.
The main sports forum in Davao remains to be the Davao Sportswriters Association and the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines. DSA is our pioneering venue for sports fora. One of the original members, Lito delos Reyes is now president of Scoop-Davao. In the same breadth as Charles Maxey of the Davao Sportwriters Association.

The hotel hosting Scoop is owned by the family of top child basketball player Francis Gabriel Escandor. I thought that Juan Manuel Marquez owns the biggest alias in sports as "El Dinamita." Not so with Francis Gabriel having been assigned the big boy moniker as "El Aparador."

For all your sports concerns, announcements, photo opportunitiess, Scoop holds its weekly forum every Tuesday starting at 11 am at the mezzanine floor of the Royal Mandaya Hotel. DSA is housed at Tower Inn, one the chains of hotels in the country owned by Liga Dabaw chairman Willie Torres. The group meets every Thursday starting at 11 a.m.

Carmela Marie Estarija is our next star for karatedo, Sydney Tancontian for Judo and coaches Rommel Tan and Paolo Tancontian, respectively.

Chess caps a yearlong sports programming with the Pahalipay Sa Pasko ni Mayor Inday Sara and Vice-Mayor Rody Duterte being successfully managed by tournament director Sammy Yu and considered to be the biggest gathering of chess players last December 26,27,28,29 2011 open category and the age-group respectively at the spacious activity center of the NCCC Mall.

Team Davao Runners had staged a noble act heeding the call from city councilors to make fun run activities more charitable and sensitive to the needs of the less fortunate. Their recent rain-or-shine fun run had a pile of food and clothing donations as registration fees from runners to be sent to typhoon Sendong victims.

Basic needs: More bountiful, healthy, peaceful year. - Councilor Edgar Ibuyan