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THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 4 Number 8 | May 2014
SPORTS
Ang KALATAS Sports
Customs men nab title
By Ric de Vera
GARCIA WINS AGUMAN GOLF
REY Garcia, President of Golf ParE Social club easily won the 2014 Aguman
Golf Invitational Tournament held at Rosnay Golf Club last month.
HIS gross stroke of 80 with 3
birdies gave him net score of 65
using the System 36 method. He
was awarded the monumental
cup and $150 in cash for being
the overall champion.
D i v i s i o n winners were
Ross Sandoval (net 66) from
Pogi for A; Nep Palomo (net 67)
from Fil-Oz Golf for B and Edwa
Garcia (net 69) from DivoTees
for C. Each of these winners received trophy plus $100 in cash
for their best efforts.
NTP’s, longest drives and
best drive and pitch were also
awarded $20 cash prize each as
follows: Gilbert Moraleda (NTP
on 2); Victor Ilagan (NTP on
13); Manny Ventura (Eagles nest
on 6); George Cabarrus (Longest drive on 11); Alvin Bernaldo (Longest drive on 18); Craig
Gardiner (Drive & pitch on 8)
and Maynard Tabungar (Drive
and pitch on 17).
The tournament was followed by an authentic Kapampangan lunch prepared by the
Aguman Capampangan Australia, Inc. (ACAI) officers and
volunteers.
The tournament was coordinated by Zaldy Pamintuan as
Committee chairman assisted
by Owen Guarin, Zaldy Guintu and Danny Garcia.
Ag u m a n Capampangan
president Marivic Manalo, welcomed everyone and thanked
the golfers for their support.
“Only with your help and
continued support are we able
to continue our scholarship
program to deserving students
in Pampanga and Tarlac,” said
Ms Manalo.
Zaldy Pamintuan thanked
all the Filipino Social golf clubs
for their support in sending
their members, namely: Pogi
(Chris Caraballo), ParE Golf
(Rey Garcia), Marsden Park
(Danny Martinez); DivoTees
(Edwa Garcia); Jokers (Ralph
Posadas) and Fairgolf (Arnie
Santos). “Without your contin-
ued support, the Aguman Invitational golf tournament would
not have been a success” he finally said.
Sixty-four golfers played
und er the cloudy weather and
only few last flights were left
playing when the shower started.
Organisers lauded the success of the tournament which
raised $2281 that will go towards
the scholarship program.
Overall champion Rey Garcia (middle) after receiving his trophy from Zaldy Pamintuan (Coordinator, 2nd from left). While Marivic Manalo (ACAI President, far left), Owen Guarin and Zaldy
Guinto (Committee members, 2nd/extreme right) look on.
THE Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
(ACBPS Blues) men’s team led by Pinoz playing-coach Raymond Policarpio won the 2014 NSW Police Games basketball championship, dislodging defending champion NSW
Hills District Police, 40-33, in the grand final at Stanhope
Leisure Centre.
Earlier, coach Policarpio had struggled to assemble a squad
because of injuries and other commitments of its mainstay
players.
Further, he dad to rely on seven men to play six games in
the one-day tournament by pacing their playing time.
The first game saw the Customs Blues collapse under NSW
Hills District Police’s outside shots, 39-52, as former-Sydney
Kings’ Dave Pollard asserted his might on the boards.
In the second game, the Blues shot to an early lead as they
scuttled the mixed group champion NSW Police Detectives,
53-41, for its first win behind the torrid shooting of trio Jason Zacka (Airport Ops), Steve Drury (CC&A) and Jo Paolo
Policarpio (Child Support Agency).
Starring shooting guard John deBelle (Investigations) and
spiritual leader Nathan Aplitt (Compliance PTV), the subsequent games saw the ACBPS quintet coasting along as they
waylaid NSW Corrective Services Prison guards, 59-39, and
blasted NSW Ambulance, 67-51, to set a final showdown with
their first round tormentors.
The grand final saw a change of tactics as Customs put up
an early 19-9 first-half lead behind the direction of playing
center Aplitt, who anchored transition plays behind the trio
of Zacka, Drury and Policarpio.
It took the defensive stops of David Baker and Ricky Bautista in the second half with support from long toms of Policarpio, Zacka and Drury to put a stop to NSW Hills District
Police aspirations of regaining the title,allowing ACBPS Blues
to grab their first crown of the NSW Police Games, 40-33.
Scorers: Drury 58 points, J Policarpio 53 points and Zacka
49 points led the ACBPS Blues team in production.
The Mixed ACBPS crew went down, 36-46, to NSW Police Detectives for the bronze medal in the previous week’s
mixed competition.