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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
Reg'l
Palaro opens today
BY CHRISTIAN IRL TAN
The 2006 edition of the Western Visayas Regional Athletics Association Meet, showcasing the top Region VI school-based athletes in the elementary and secondary levels, opens at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz today, a day before action in eleven disciplines fire off.
Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas, former Department of Trade and Industry secretary, will be the keynote speaker, while Philippine Sports Commission chairman William "Butch" Ramirez will give his message of encouragement during the opening rites of the regional meet.
Hostilities in athletics, lawn tennis, volleyball, softball,
sipa, table tennis, badminton, sepak takraw, baseball, football and
basketball will take centerstage tomorrow, with majority of the events
taking place at the Villareal Stadium. 
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'Young
champs hope Two young boxers fought their hearts out yesterday and emerged as champions, taking their first step as they follow the path of their idol, Manny Pacquiao. El Jean Hermedalla and Joren Labordo outboxed their opponents to rule the 24 and 26-kilogram categories, respectively, of the "Tinapungulay Sa Punta Taytay" at the Barangay Pta. Taytay Multi-Purpose Gym in Bacolod City. The reed-thin Hermedalla, a Grade 3 student at the Sum-ag Elementary
School, said he has idolized Pacquiao since he started boxing at
the age of 6. His father Juncent convinced him to engage in the
sport. |
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PVF
forms marketing arm A marketing committee has been formed by the Philippine Volleyball Federation to look for corporate sponsors that will fund the staging of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championships from May 24 to 30 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila. The marketing group will try to tap corporate sponsors that will
give financial support to hold the Asian volleyball event, which
needs at least P3 million to be staged, PVF president Roger Banzuela
said. Banzuela, who also serves as the president of the newly formed
Beach Volleyball Association of the Philippines, said the P3 million
proposed budget will be used to pay the venue rental and hotel accommodations
of the competing squads. |
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