MOUNTAIN bike race, boxing and amateur dance sports contest will be among the featured events during the Manaoag town fiesta on April 25-30. Manaoag, which produced the province’s first national cycling champion in the person of Rufino Gabot, shifted its cycling interest to mountain bike racing 12 years ago. This…
AFTER four years of absence, the annual Mapandan cycling, which was traditionally held during the town fiesta, will be revived on April 19. The “Calimlim Cycling Cup” will be exclusively for Pangasinan professional-amateur pedal-pushers and will be run in three classes: the master-executive, team-time-trial and the open event.
THREE towns, plus the team of host Mapandan, are bringing their best dribblers and are set to clash with each other in the 2009 Mapandan Invitational Basketball Tournament slated on April 14. Gerald Tambaoan, event commissioner, said the whole day hostilities are one of the many sports’ projects of Mayor…
AFTER holding several big sports activities in the town during the celebration of its fiesta, Mangaldan is setting up a clinic for young taekwondo enthusiasts. The “Summer Taekwondo Sports Clinic 2009″ will start in April at the Macario Ydia Development Center (MYDC). Prof. Maryknoll Pangan Soriano, the clinic organizer, said…
Now that the Olympic-size swimming pool in Dagupan is back in form, the city government will pursue programs to train young swimmers who will compete for the city. Councilor Carlo Alipio Fernandez, chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation, said a training program and regular swimming clinics will be organized…
Women-RUNNERS from Alaminos City dominated the 3rd Dagupan Pinay Idol Marathon’ held last March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Month. Runners Liza Angan-angan, 14; Honeylyn Julian, 15; and Marivic Casipit, 15, all from Alaminos finished first, second and third, respectively, in the 5-kilometer race.
YOUNGEST PINAY RUNNER—Though not a top finisher, seven year-old Alexandra Nicolas is all smiles as she approaches the finish line for the three-kilometer category of the 3rd Dagupan Pinay Idol Marathon last March 8, the celebration of International Women’s Month, where she competed as the youngest runner. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
PANGASINENSES will have the opportunity to take front row seats to witness world class track competition when Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) holds its Philippine Invitational Open on May 11 to 13. Pangasinan and Dagupan City will jointly host the track and field invitational open organized by the…
INTERNATIONAL rider Ericson Obosa from Manaoag demonstrated his skills in sprinting and speed, outclassing 59 other participants to top the 2009 Werweran ed Mangaldan bikefest held on March 1 during the town fiesta. The 28-year-old former national team member started out cold under the scorching heat in La Union, caught…
JHARRSEL Builders and Supply team, with its wily point guard Mario Cabacungan successfully unleashing a buzzer-beating 18-footer perimeter shot, prevailed as the champion in the recently concluded Mayor’s Cup 2008-09 Mangaldan Inter-Commercial Basketball Tournament. Jharrsel nipped the Mangaldan Sports Club (MSC), 78-76, in the second game of the best-of-three championship…
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