November 16 - 30 , 2016 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY A21
An initiative to form Fil-Can baseball association is currently in full blast as bunch of individuals started to recruit young players all over Lower Mainland .
S p e a r h e a d e d by Jon Servidad of Hastings Baseball and PNT publisher Rey Fortaleza , the group had already organized series of meetings including two batting sessions recently at the Sport Central Fitness gym in Richmond .
In attendance during the session were players from different minor leagues , who strut their wares under the watchful eyes of Filipino Canadian coach Keno Magano .
Magano is currently the coach of North Shore Twin of the Premier Baseball League ( PBL ).
He is more than willing to hone the skills of these youngsters for their own development .
The Fil-Can mentor has been coaching baseball for the past four years and started to handle the North Shore team last year .
“ I ’ ve been into baseball for several years and I saw the potential among the Filipino Canadians to excel in this sport ,” he says .
Servidad together with Magano are encouraging all baseball aficionados to join their group .
The ongoing practice is held every Sunday at the Sports Central Fitness gym situated at 2611 Viscount Way , Richmond .
Everybody with ages ranging from 10 to 16 are invited to join the practice at the said gym .
Players from Victoria are
After earning a fresh mandate as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee , Jose “ Peping ” Cojuangco extended his hand to the opposition and talked about his immediate plans aimed at keeping Philippine sports on track .
The 82-year-old Cojuangco ran unopposed yesterday , garnering 26 votes from the 37 voters present . There are 43 qualified voters in this elections but six of them failed to vote , including boxing under Ricky Vargas and cycling under Rep . Abraham Tolentino .
Vargas and Tolentino filed their candidacies for president and chairman , respectively , but were disqualified by the POC election committee for failure to meet the requirement on being active members of the general assembly .
The elections came a day after Pasig City Judge Elma Rafallo-Lingan denied a petition by Vargas for a Temporary Restraining Order that would have put the exercise , held at the end of every Olympic year , on hold .
Cojuangco was all smiles after gaining his fourth term in the elections that lasted an hour at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club . He said that now that the elections also invited to join
Filipino Canadian baseball group shaping up By Alex Mino with their schedules permitting .
Any players who are eager to showcase their athleticism in baseball , may get in touch with Mr . Servidad at 604 7166250 .
The club has also designed their logo and would call themselves FilCan Water Buffalo , which signifies a hardworking animal with lots of patience , as well as representing where they came from in the Philippines .
The group is also contemplating on travelling to the Philippines on December next year to battle some teams there .
“ We are inviting all young baseball players to join us , it will be a lot of fun ,” says Servidad .
Cojuangco re-elected to 4th term
are over , it ’ s time for sports leaders to put their act together and help Philippine sports .
“ That ’ s automatic ,” said Cojuangco .
“ I ’ ve been to a lot of elections in my life . When the game is over , the elections are over , the idea is to put everybody together again and go for the objective which is to be helpful to the community ,” said the equestrian chief .
“ I think the POC is supposed to do that . My role now is to put everybody together ,” said Cojuangco .
He said this year ’ s elections were far different from that in 2008 when he defeated the late Arturo Macapagal of shooting in a tighly fought contest for the POC presidency , 21-19 . He also ran unopposed in 2012 and got 32 votes .
“ I ran against Art Macapagal but it was not as dirty as this . I didn ’ t like the ventilating of the issues with media . Obviously it didn ’ t help and it hurt the POC ,” said Cojuangco , who reiterated his promise to deliver two gold medals for the country in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics .
“ As long as we give our athletes all the support that they need , I can guarantee
that ,” said Cojuangco .
In a statement handed over to the press by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio , Vargas said regardless of the results of the elections , he remains hopeful that the court will find merit in his case that he is a qualified candidate .
“ There is a pending case for hearing on Dec . 6 and 19 . Among the matters to be discussed is the proper interpretation of the term ‘ active member ’ of the General Assembly , which , in turn will determine the propriety of the disqualification ,” he said .
Aside from Cojuangco , earning fresh four-year terms were Jose Romasanta of volleyball as first vicepresident , Col Jeff Tamayo of soft tennis as second vice president , Julian Camacho of wushu as treasurer , Jonne Go of canoe-kayak as auditor , and Cynthia Carrion of gymnastics , Clint Aranas of archery , Robert Mananquil of billiards and Rep . Prospero Pichay of chess as board members .
There was no candidate for chairman but Tom Carrasco of triathlon will hold on to the post until the general assembly decides on the matter . ( A . Cordero , PS )
Filipino Canadian Coach Keno Magano
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POC president Jose Cojuangco Jr . ( seated , left ) poses with election committee chair Francisco Elizalde and election committee member Bro . Bernie Oca , first vice president Jose Romasanta , ( standing , from left ) second vice president Col . Antonio Tamayo Jr ., board members Robert Mananquil of billiards and Cynthia Carrion of gymnastics , auditor Jonne Go , treasurer Julian Camacho , and board member Prospero Pichay Jr . of chess after the POC elections at Wack Wack . ERNIE PEÑAREDONDO
By : Julian Ray Fortaleza
Writer Alex Mino , right , and Jon Servidad
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