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4 | December 2016
Phoenix rise to the challenge
BASKETBALL
SCRAPE PAST GATORS, 36-35, IN 2016 FILCOM OPEN FINAL
By DENNIS BENEDICTOS
Story and Pictures
THE Phoenix took the
2016 Filcom Basketball
Open League championship at Canberra
Grammar School, Red
Hill, in November.
Phoenix erased a four-year
voodoo in scraping by the Gators, 36-35, in anail-biting final.
Wild Hogs overwhelmed
E-KC Tanders, 47:34, to win the
Development League winter
season championship.
Adrian Tonkovic was named
Most Valuable Player (MVP)
of the Open League final. Dino
Lhaenki was named MVP of
the Open League series.
Aaron Lankester was named
MVP of the Development
League final.
Accompanying are some pictures
of the season’s basketball action.
ROADIES
RIDE TO
RAISE FOR
VINNIES
THE Canberra OZ Pinoy
Roadies (COZPR) cycled
from Penrith to Canberra
on November 5-6. 2016.
The road trip was part of the
Roadies’ bid to raise $10,000 to
support the work of St Vincent de
Paul Society Canberra-Goulburn’s
St Nicholas Young Carers Program
St Nick’s is in its 17th year and
caters to the needs of about 125
young carers in the region.
The organisation is specifically
focused on helping children aged
9-17 who take on a caring role for
a family member with a chronic
illness, disability or drug/alcohol
dependency.
These young people take on
adult burdens and often assist with
household chores, personal care,
caring for younger siblings and
emotional support.
Bi-annual camps and monthly
weekend activities run by St Nick’s
volunteers offer Young Carers the
opportunity to take a break from
their caring role, learn new skills,
make friends and have fun.
Azkalroos’ bid
with RP teams
FOOTBALL scholarships
will enable two Azkalroos
to travel to the Philippines soon for trials with
national teams.
Winner of the 2016 Azkalroos
MoneyGram footdball scholarship
was Patrick Elhindi.
Centre-half Travis Elhindi will
trial with the U14 and U16 national teams.
MoneyGram is awarding bot
scholarships.
Azkalroos coach Andrew Fletcher
said it was a “close and difficult
selection from an excellent group
of young players”.
Media golf cup
GOLFER Kate Andres
paired with putting partner Marilie Bomediano to
win The 2016 Grace Media Golf Challenge trophy
with a nett of 60
It was the fourth year of the fungolf tourney organised by Ric de
Vera for the Filipino Press Group of
Sydney.
Proceeds go to victims of journalists killed in line of duty.
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