Negros settles for third
Local swimmers sink Ilonggo counterparts
Loptta age-group tilt set
NOKAF standouts shine

Local swimmers sink
Ilonggo counterparts
BY CEDELF TUPAS

ILOILO CITY --- Negros Occidental once again left its regional swimming rivals reeling in its wake in the Visayas leg of the Philippine Olympic Festival.

Iloilo Province and Iloilo City's combined output was not enough to match Negros Occidental's 47-gold medal haul in the three-day age-group competitions at the Iloilo Sports Complex pool here. The Negrenses also had 29 silvers and 13 bronze medals.

Iloilo Province was a far second with 22 golds, 35 silvers and 38 bronze medals, while Iloilo City posted a 19-15-14 record. Bacolod City, which sent only one swimmer, collared two golds.

Loptta age-group tilt set
BY CEDELF TUPAS

The 8th Lopues Table Tennis Association Age-Group Tournament is scheduled Sept. 22-23 at the LOPTTA facility inside Lopue's San Sebastian in Bacolod City.

Participants will vie for eight titles, namely, boys and girls' 10-under, 12-under, 14-under and 17-under singles, LOPTTA's Mark Francis Jimenez said. The drawing of lots for the tournament is scheduled at 4 p.m. on Sept. 19, he said.

Defending their crowns are Edmund Garganian (boys' 10 and 12-Under), Beverly Paulma (girls' 10-Under), Erla Gidaya (girls' 12-Under), Benjielyn Dayap (girls' 14-Under), Michael Coronel (boys' 14-Under), Cherry Tiongco (girls' 17-Under) and Noah Trayco (boys' 17-Under).

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