General Luna in Siargao venue of first ever SEA Games surfing tilt-GMANews.tv

General Luna in Siargao venue of first ever SEA Games surfing tilt

05/12/2011 | 02:05 PM

BUTUAN CITY — Asia's surfing capital "Cloud 9" in General Luna town in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province, has been chosen official venue of the first ever surfing competition of the 26th Southeast Asian Games which will be held November 11 to 25 this year with Indonesia as host country.

General Luna Mayor Atty. Jaime Rusillon has said he received formal communications from SEA Games organizers and the Department of Tourism central office in Manila informing General Luna officials that the town was chosen official venue of the SEA Games' surfing competition.

Eleven Southeast Asian countries take part in SEA Games with some 6,000 athletes competing in 666 events in 56 sports.

Rusillon said he was very happy that General Luna, which had hosted several local and international surfing competitions, has been chosen as venue of the SEA Games surfing tilt.

Countries that will be competing in the SEA Games are the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia, Brunei, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Vietnam and Singapore. — Ben Serrano/LBG, GMA News

Fw: Sisgados bags CRAA's first gold medal- MARIZ REVALES

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Subject: Sisgados bags CRAA's first gold medal- MARIZ REVALES

                                                                        

Dapitan City -His gold in the triple jump took Rolando Sisgados, Jr. in his ultimate dream to become a Palaro winner and region 12's first day medal snatcher in this year's Palarong Pambansa held here in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.

"I longed to be a Palaro player and now I am not only a player but a Palaro gold medalist," Sisgados beamed in vernacular, beating his two other opponents from Central Visayas in his best distance of 11. 58 meters.

However, Sisgados, a grade five pupil of Polomolok Central Elementary School in South Cotabato, is a Palaro first timer but could no longer compete next year because of his age although he will return with a vengeance in 2013, according to two-time Palaro coach in athletics Carlito Catubig, as told to him by his favorite player Rolando.

"With his determination, perseverance, and his age he would eventually came nearer to 2010 Palaro triple jumper Mark Harry Diones' 14.44 meters of region 2 when he resume his game in 2013 as a high school player," Catubig said confidently.

Meanwhile, Mary Jane Lawas of General Santos City bagged a silver medal in shot-put elementary in her best distance of 8.96 meters, just a split lower against Terenzecel Medina of the host region Zamboanga Peninsula.

In an interview, region 12 training director Pedro Dajay commented, "The region is doing well in its first day."

The region's elementary football team lambasted CARAGA region, 9-0, advancing them in the next game today while four boxers from General Santos City, both elementary and secondary, have spent their best moments last night as they grabbed the chance to move up in the qualifying hit with another three games this afternoon.

In basketball, the Mindanao cagers clashed in yesterday's game 4, emerging region 12's high school cagers against ARMM, 82-44.

CRAA tankers and arnis players will commence their event today. (With reports from Roel Revales)

 

Sisgados bags CRAA's first gold medal- MARIZ REVALES

                                                                        

Dapitan City -His gold in the triple jump took Rolando Sisgados, Jr. in his ultimate dream to become a Palaro winner and region 12's first day medal snatcher in this year's Palarong Pambansa held here in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.

"I longed to be a Palaro player and now I am not only a player but a Palaro gold medalist," Sisgados beamed in vernacular, beating his two other opponents from Central Visayas in his best distance of 11. 58 meters.

However, Sisgados, a grade five pupil of Polomolok Central Elementary School in South Cotabato, is a Palaro first timer but could no longer compete next year because of his age although he will return with a vengeance in 2013, according to two-time Palaro coach in athletics Carlito Catubig, as told to him by his favorite player Rolando.

"With his determination, perseverance, and his age he would eventually came nearer to 2010 Palaro triple jumper Mark Harry Diones' 14.44 meters of region 2 when he resume his game in 2013 as a high school player," Catubig said confidently.

Meanwhile, Mary Jane Lawas of General Santos City bagged a silver medal in shot-put elementary in her best distance of 8.96 meters, just a split lower against Terenzecel Medina of the host region Zamboanga Peninsula.

In an interview, region 12 training director Pedro Dajay commented, "The region is doing well in its first day."

The region's elementary football team lambasted CARAGA region, 9-0, advancing them in the next game today while four boxers from General Santos City, both elementary and secondary, have spent their best moments last night as they grabbed the chance to move up in the qualifying hit with another three games this afternoon.

In basketball, the Mindanao cagers clashed in yesterday's game 4, emerging region 12's high school cagers against ARMM, 82-44.

CRAA tankers and arnis players will commence their event today. (With reports from Roel Revales)

 

Rominguit nakasungkit ng triple gold sa Palaro- MARIZ REVALES

            

DAPITAN, Zamboanga: Nakasungkit  ng kauna unahang triple gold ang  swimmer na si Swimmer Mark Joseph Rominquit ng National Capital Region at naging     kauna unahang  triple gold medalist sa 2011 Palarong Pambansa.

 Si Rominquit, ay Grade 7 student ng Lourdes School sa Mandaluyong, nagpakita ng gilas sa  elementary boys 100-meter (1:08.55) at 50m (28.37) backstroke sa larangan ng paglangoy na ginanap sa  Jose Rizal Memorial State University pool.

Nakuha rin niya ang 200m medley relay team sa pagkasungit ng gold medal  sa loob lamang ng 2  minuto at 7.33 secondos. Ang ibang kasamahan niya sa squad ay sina Abdulrahim Nooh, Andrae Miguel Pogiongko at Alnair Guevarra, na nakakuha din ng  korona sa elementary boys 200m freestyle. (2:11.15).

Ang Calabarzon Region  na nakakuha rin ng tatlong gold medal sina Fahad Alkhaldi na nanalo sa secondary boys 400-meter freestyle (4:11.03), Lea Margaret Martinez na nanguna sa  secondary girls 400m freestyle (4:42.89) at Catherine Bondad na nakakuha ng  top spot sa elementary girls 200m freestyle (2:19.26).

Sa athletics naman, ang  Western Visayas na si Ralph Efraem Gesulgon at Gerald Mark Layumas ay mga double-gold medalists matapos ang mga laro na ginanap sa Rizal Memorial State University sports complex.

Si Gesulgon, na bago pa lamang nagtapos sa  Kirayan National High School, ay matagumpay na nakuha ng korona  sa  secondary boys javelin throw  sa kanyang 52.30-meter. Ito ang kanyang ika apat na gold medal matapaos manalo noong 2008, 2009 at 2010 editions. Naging dominante din ito sa shot put event sa 13.68 meters.

"Ito ang aking unang  double-gold sa Palarong Pambansa," ayon kay 18-taong gulang  na si Gesulgon na freshman  BS Psychology student  sa darating na pasukan sa Mapua Institute of Technology.

 

Sinabi nito na susubukan niyang makakuha pa ng isang gold medal  sa Palarong Pambansa sa larangan ng  high jump competition.

Samantala , si Layumas, nakasungkit din ng  second gold medal matapos ang kanyang 14.34-meter mark sa secondary boys triple jump. Bago pa lamang  ito manalo sa sa long jump event sa 6.86 meters.

Ang defending champion  ng National Capital Region  na si Ma. Christina  Onofre  ay humataw naman sa  (35.65), si Khristel Punzalan (34.90) at Raya Angela Nazario (34.65)  ang lahat ng sumali  ay nagpakitang ng gilas at nanalo ng gold-silver-bronze matapos ang secondary girls individual all around. Nanalo din sila sa team event na may 105.20 points.

Ang kanilang elementary counterparts na sila  Rachel Arellano, Francine Balburias at Jillian Eunice Reyes ay hindi pinalad noong Lunes.

Sina Yna Perlita Ynot at John Edrick Manalng dumagdag ng isang gold bawat  isa sa secondary girls long jump (5.30) at elementary boys discus throw (33.18). (karagdagang ulat ni Roel Revales)