THE Pangasinan Chess Team proved its superiority in the game of minds and wits by amassing six gold and four silver medals in the recently concluded 2023 National Games held at GSIS Gym in Pasay City last December 22, 2023. Members of the provincial chess club who stood tall at the podium were: Gerrick Austria, Edgar Tullao, Jugo…
SIXTEEN-year-old student-cyclist Mark Arvin Armendez from Barangay Palina East, Urdaneta City won a gold medal in the road race and went on to retain his title in the Batang Pinoy Cycling Boys 16-17 years category on December 20 in a competition held in Tagaytay City. Armendez led the 88-kilometer road race via breakaway finish, clocking two hours and five minutes ahead of the 75 wheelers from 16 participating regions. The Pangasinense was trailing behind cyclists…
NOT to be outdone in the Batang Pinoy and Philippine National Games 2023 held in Pasig City last December 17-22, the jins of Team Pangasinan Karate harvested two gold, two silver and bronze medals. Among the Pangasinan karate jins who brought national accolades to the province were Mark Vincent Patungan who earned the gold in the 12-13 male kumite and Nasrifa Pili who captured the gold…
THE Dagupan athletes impressed the city residents when they returned home from the six-day Batang Pinoy and Philippine National Games (PNG) with 12 medals and produced 10 finalists in their respective events. Dagupan fielded its own delegation separate from the Pangasinan delegation to the Batang Pinoy and PNG held in…
THE Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation Athletics team ruled the track and amassed three gold, one silver and four bronze medals in the Philippine National Games 2023 last December 17-22 in Pasig City. Guhan De Luna Garcia, 20, of Barangay Tobor, Malasiqui, was easily the toast of the team when he won in the 200m run open for men, breaking the national record…
TWO Dagupeño jins from the Bangus Taekwondo Club managed to earn one silver and one bronze in the 2023 Batang Pinoy Taekwondo Kyorugi event last December 20, 2023 in Pasig City, Manila. Princess Pascual, 13-year-old student of St. Albert The Great -Dagupan, secured the silver for Dagupan in Kyorugi Cadet Under 168 cm while Terence Gio Puzon, a 12-year-old student at the University of Luzon, bagged a bronze medal in Kyorugi Cadet Under…
PANPACIFIC University Urdaneta (PUU) won the school-based division title when the National Basketball Training Center ‘s Development Basketball Program championship reeled off in Eastern Pangasinan last December 11. The Panpacific University trounced the Rosales National High School, 90-80; and the Villasis PMW Ball Club outclassed Bayambang in a 99-77 dominating finish. In the same tournament, Villasis PMW Ball Club…
THE Malasiqui local government launched the 1st Armando Mondares Cup Chess Tournament last December 3, 2023 that saw the participation of 60 chess wood pushers. Sanctioned by Mayor Anthony Geslani, the event was held at the Municipal ABC Building. The winners of the seven-round chess rapid time control system in 7 categories…
THE eldest daughter of Hendrix and Councilor Librada Reyna-Macalanda pulled a surprise in the recently concluded PSKI X Risk Karate Championship at Tiendesitas, Pasig City when she won gold medals in two events. Hailey Fe Macalanda won the gold medal in both Kata and Kunitz in the 8-9 year old category…
SEVENTEEN-year-old triathlete Jena Valdez from Toboy, Asingan successfully defended her crown after winning the Sprint Junior Elite Women’s event during the 2023 Asia Duathlon Championships held at New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac last month. National Champion Valdez who won the previous Asia Duathlon tilt last December 2022, clocked one hour 11 minutes and three seconds in the 20km bike race…
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