LINGAYEN—More than 300 Pangasinan athletes trooped to Iba, Zambales last week for the Batang Pinoy–Luzon cluster elimination games aiming to win slots for the national competition scheduled in November. The athletes, accompanied by 64 coaches and 10 team managers headed by provincial government sports coordinator Exec. Asst. Modesto Operaña, battled…
THE MAKING OF CHESS CHAMPIONS–Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. takes time out with 156 young Pangasinenses who completed the three-week session of the 3rd Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. Chess Clinic during the closing ceremony last October 6 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center in Lingayen. The young woodpushers…
COMMITTED to groom future chess masters from Pangasinan, the provincial government is setting up a Pangasinan Chess Academy, which is targeted for opening by summer next year. Governor Amado Espino Jr., at the closing program of the third Gov. Espino Chess Clinic held at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center…
PBA legends and TV/movie celebrities will invade Bayambang town on November 23 for a goodwill basketball match against the town’s national high school alumni batch of ’74 and ’89 to be staged at the Bayambang municipal covered court.
“GENERALS” ARE CHEER CHAMPIONS—With their battlefield-inspired theme, Team Generals execute routines with precision and timing which won them the Angguan Tan Ehersisyo ed Kapitolyo (ATE-K) cheerleading competitions during the opening of ATE-K, a sports competitions among the provincial employees initiated by Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. to promote exercising, a…
STA. BARBARA–Due to a conflict in schedule with Gov. Amado Espino Jr.’s Chess Clinic, which will end on October 5-6, the much-awaited Sta. Barbara Open Chess Classic has been reset anew to October 12-13.
RACE WALKING NOT DANCING—Three young athletes appear to be dancing at the oval of the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) during the Pangasinan elimination of Batang Pinoy 2013 but are in fact racing in dead heat to the finish line in the 1,500 meter walk race. (Punchphoto by Willie…
LINGAYEN–The search for potential young sports champions who will represent the province has begun anew with the opening of the Batang Pinoy provincial eliminations last September 28 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center.
GOTCHA!—Alaminos City’s Sepak takraw team springs a high kick for a score during the Batang Pinoy 2013 elimination round in Pangasinan on September 28 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC). Winning teams will represent the province in the annual national sports competition for youth both in and…
FATHER & SON—Chess Grand Master Oliver Barbosa watches his four-year-old son Zedrick show off his own woodpushing skills in an exhibition match during the opening day of the 3rd Governor Amado Espino Jr. Chess Clinic held at the Pangasinan Skills and Sports Development Center in Lingayen last week. Barbosa, an…
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