Cash on hand - May 2010 competition amoranto- P 14,050.00
Cash on hand - June 26, 2010 competition amoranto - P 15,100.00
______________
TOTAL P
30,150,00
LESS : Coach Ed Galeno Plane ticket P 9,900.00
Coach Emer Matienzo Plane ticket
P 9,900.00
Swimmer Gian Berino Pocket money
for Asean School Games P 5,000.00
______________
P
5,350.00 Cash on hand July 20,2010
DPS starts spadework for swim center
Manila Bulletin
July 18, 2010, 4:57pm
Left to
right - Felicitas de Guzman, Dr. Susan
Benasa & Susan Papa of SPSA, Prof.
Ofelia Angangco, Nikki Coseteng, Lycette
Ventura. Engr. Ed Nadurata, and Manny de
Guzman.
The Diliman Preparatory School (DPS),
known for its highly innovative
educational and sports programs, aims to
rewrite a page in the Guinness Book of
World Records with the staging of a
24-hour, non-stop marathon swim relay
dubbed Peace and Unity Swim right at its
home on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon
City.
Through the leadership of its
president, former Sen. Nikki Coseteng,
DPS started the spadework last week for
the construction of an 18.3-m swimming
pool on its main campus well ahead of
the staging of the event on Dec. 10.
The DPS Swimming Center will be the
venue of the Peace and Unity Swim, which
aims to assemble over 5,028 swimmers to
break the Guinness record currently held
by Italy for the most of number of
swimmers in a swimming relay in an
18.3-m (60ft) pool in 24 hours.
Sen. Coseteng was joined in the
groundbreaking ceremonies by DPS
executive director Lycette Ventura,
Diliman Computer Technology Institute (DCTI)
executive director Perry Coseteng,
school founder and chairperson emeritus
Prof. Ofelia Angangco, contractor Manny
De Guzman, and Susan Papa, president of
the Philippine Swimming league, which
will stage the event.
Coseteng said the DPS has already
received numerous inquiries for
participation in the event which will be
held for the first time in the
Philippines.
UNITY SWIM @ BUSCO OPEN AND NOVICE AGE
GROUP SWIMMING COMPETITION Don Bosco Technical College, Kalentong Mandaluyong City
July 17 & 18, 2010 Click here for
the Novice results..... Click here for
the Open Meet results.....
Peace, unity swim eyes
Guinness world record Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:24:00 07/14/2010
Filed Under: Sport, swimming, records
RECORD HUNT The event organizers in yesterday's press conference,
(from left) Theresa R. Alvarez, former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, Susan Papa.
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines will try to break a Guinness
record for the most number of swimmers in a non-stop 24-hour marathon
relay with the Peace and Unity Swim at the Diliman Preparatory School in
Quezon City in December.
Participants will take turns swimming one lap each until the last
swimmer completes the relay.
The Philippine Swimming League and the school, headed by former Senator
Nikki Coseteng, hope to beat the world record set in Padova, Italy, last
June 11 and 12 in which 5,028 swimmers completed a cumulative distance
of 92 kilometers in a pool in 24 hours.
Coseteng said a Guinness official from London will supervise and
authenticate the Dec. 10 event.
“We invite all those who can swim – professional or plain swimming buffs
– to show their support for a cause where we shall attempt to land in
the Guinness Book,” said Coseteng, a former team manager in the
Philippine Basketball Association. “This is an advocacy swim where we
can show our sense of unity.”
According to Coseteng, President Benigno Aquino III, Vice President
Jejomar Binay, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy
Belmonte will be invited to swim the first laps.
The PSL, under president Susan Papa, will organize the event.
Romina S. Austria
PSL, DPS launch Peace and
Unity swim (The Philippine Star) Updated July 14, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines will attempt to establish a new
Guinness world swimming record for most number of swimmers in a non-stop
24-hour marathon relay with the staging of the first-ever Peace and
Unity Swim on Dec. 10 at the Diliman Preparatory School swimming complex
on Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City.
Presented by the Philippine Swimming League in cooperation with the
Diliman Preparatory School headed by former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, the
event will bring together people of various persuasions with the aim of
topping the mark by 5,028 swimmers who completed a cumulative distance
of 92 kilometers in an 18.3 m (60ft) pool in 24 hours only last June 12
in Italy.
Participants will take turns swimming one lap each until the last
swimmer touches the end of the pool. Coseteng, who is spearheading the
project, said an official of the Guinness Book in London will be in
Manila to supervise and authenticate the event.
Coseteng, former manager of Galerie Dominique in the PBA up to the early
80s, said President Noynoy Aquino and Vice President Jejomar Binay,
Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte will be
invited to swim the first laps of the marathon relay which will later be
joined in by swimmers from the government, the Armed Forces, athletes,
students, professionals, celebrities, the old, the young and anybody who
would like to be a part of history.
“The Peace and Unity Swim is an endeavor through which all sectors of
society are invited to swim under our swim-for-all program,” said
Coseteng, president-CEO of the host DPS, whose academic program also
puts emphasis on sports.
Coseteng said the event would be held in celebration of
Human Rights Day.
“We invite all those who can swim – professional or plain swimming buffs
– to show their support for a cause where we shall attempt to land in
the Guinness Book for the longest marathon distance in 24 hours,” said
Coseteng.
“This is an advocacy swim where we can show our sense of unity
particularly at this time when Filipinos must rally behind our new
leader in our quest for progress,” said Coseteng.
The PSL, under president Susan Papa, will organize the event, which will
take on a fiesta atmosphere complete with marching bands and pop music
during the day and throughout the night till the wee hours of the
morning.
A huge digital video will monitor the swim and make the countdown to the
Guinness record visible to swimmers and spectators.
Snacks and drinks will be served to swimmers waiting for their turn or
after a photo session before a background of the giant Guinness Book
logo.
Finishers will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Guinness
Book in London, which will also make official the record swim right
after the event.
PSL
sends lone athlete to World School Games (The Philippine Star) Updated July 11, 2010 12:00 AM
Paul Jerome Carpio and Coach Susan
Papa
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Swimming League is sending its
novice swimmer Paul Jerome Carpio to participate in the World School
Games set July 20-25 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Carpio, a former high school varsity basketball player who took up
swimming seven months ago, will be the lone swimming representative of
the PSL in the inaugural championship, an Olympic-style athletic and
cultural competition for kids 17 years old and under, which has drawn
over 300 students from across the US and 16 countries.
The biennial competition, which offers swimming, athletics, basketball
and volleyball in its inaugural calendar, is staged by the Greater
Cleveland Sports Commission.
“Paul experienced disappointment in the field of swimming and therefore
I have to motivate him to keep on fighting as there is life after
swimming,” said PSL president Susan Papa of his protégé, who was one of
Filipino swimmers who were refused participation in a Sabah meet
recently by the swimming association because of his affiliation with PSL.
The trauma from the incident, for which a case of child harassment has
been filed by the parents with the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, has
prompted the minor to quit swimming.
After the World School Games, which is open to individuals and teams
from a club or school, Carpio will shift back to basketball.
He had competed in age group competitions locally and in Thailand,
Malaysia and Australia.
“I wish to thank coach Susan (Papa) for training me to be a swimmer,”
said Carpio, whose participation in the World School Games is funded by
the PSL and supported by the Philippine Sports Commission under chairman
Harry Angping.
“This competition not only will develop an athlete and expose him to
tough competition against international athletes in an Olympic-style
atmosphere but the social and cultural events that are part of the Games
will also provide a platform for cultural exchange as well,” Papa, a
former Olympian and Asian Gamer, said.
“I want to promote swimming and that is my mission, because it is
swimming where Paul and all other young boys and girls his age can
develop and strengthen their character.
“It will be a great experience for him. My brother, Jun Papa, a former
basketball superstar, started with swimming, too. I pray to see Paul a
great basketball player in the future,” said Papa.
PASIKLABAN 2010
Marikina Sports Center Swimming Pool
July 31-Aug.1, 2010 Click here for the
Meet Info..... Click here for the Order of
Events.....
Berino bags five golds in Mayor Belmonte Cup
(The Philippine Star) Updated June 28, 2010 12:00 AM
Most outstanding swimmers and over-all team champion coaches, from left,
coach Susan Papa, Priscilla Aquino, coach Joey Andaya (kneeling), Sean
Terrence Zamora, Inaki Lorbes, Nirel Marie Ibarra and Eyasha Camus
and(back) coach Emer Matienzo, Gian Berino, Patricia Yam, Hans Ramos,
Christen Mercado, Paula Cayanan, coach Emilo Amago, Allia Cortado and
lawyer Jane Ong.
MANILA, Philippines -
Palarong Pambansa gold medalist Gian Berino bagged five gold medals to
emerge most outstanding swimmer in the second Mayor Sonny Belmonte Cup
at the Amoranto swimming pool Saturday.
Berino, member of the Philippine Swimming League, took the gold in the
100m butterfly and backstroke, 200m freestyle and breaststroke and 400m
individual medley in a show of versatility, breaking all PSL swim
records, in the one-day event hosted by outgoing Quezon City Mayor Sonny
Belmonte in cooperation with the Amoranto Sports Complex under
administrator Andy Apostol.
Berino is set to compete in the Asian School Games in Malaysia in July
with his private coach Joey Andaya.
Inaki Lorbes, from the Susan Papa Swimming Academy, ruled the 7-8 years
category, winning golds in the 50m backstroke and breaststroke, 100m
freestyle and 200 IM.
Inaki is also set to join the International invitational swim meet in
Brunei next month.
“PSL competitions are getting tougher every month. Swimmers prepare and
train hard as they look forward to meeting their opponents every month
as part of the continuing development program of PSL,” said Papa.
Lawyer Jane Ong, who awarded the trophies for the most outstanding
swimmer and team championships, cheered her daughter Patricia Yam who
just arrived from United States.
Yam is one of the most outstanding swimmers in the 15-over girls
category.
Patricia was also granted an academic and swimming scholarship at
Maryland, USA after completing her secondary course at Fullerton,
California, and is a recipient of Pres. Obama’s Educational Award for
science and math.
Other most outstanding swimmers were Eyasha Camus and Mark Joseph Capa,
both from Grotto Vista Resort Swim Team coached by Joel Esquivel
(6-under), Nirel Marie Ibarra and Inaki Lorbes (7-8), Paula Cayanan and
Sean Terrence Zamora (9-10), Priscilla Aquino and Hans Ramos of Susan
Papa Swimming Academy and Robert Tiano of Lipa Mediatrix swim club
(11-12), Allia Cortado and Christen Mercado (13-14), and Patricia Yam
and Gian Berino (15-over).
“The PSL is thankful to Mayor Sonny Belmonte for all his support and for
giving us the opportunity to promote swimming and prepare swimmers and
coaches for international swim meets,” Papa said.
Papa added the PSL will be sending two of its national coaches – Emer
Matienzo and Edgar Galeno – to Brunei with airfare shouldered by PSL.
Mark Dalin, president of the Rotary Club Remedios Circle of Manila, was
tapped as the new operations director for PSL, said Papa.
Philippine Swimming League Inter-School/Club Age- Group Swim Meet
(2nd Leg- Long Course)
June 26, 2010 – Amoranto Sports Complex Click here for the
Results..... FINANCIAL
STATEMENT
Mayor
Belmonte Cup swim meet up (The Philippine Star) Updated June 20, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Swimming League is holding the
second Sonny Belmonte Cup age group swimming championships June 26, at 7
a.m., at the Amoranto swimming pool on Roces Ave, Quezon City.
On tap in the meet, held in cooperation with the Amoranto Sports Complex
under administrator Andy Apostol, are competitions in 6 years-and-under,
7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17 age groups.
The event is open to all clubs
and swimmers.
Over 250 swimmers from clubs and schools as far as Pampanga and Laguna
are expected to compete in the competition hosted by the PSL under
founder Theresa Alvarez and president Susan Papa as part of the
grassroots development program of the Quezon City government and the
Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines under lawyer Ma. Luz
Arzaga-Mendoza.
The tournament is sponsored by Mayor Belmonte, incoming Vice Mayor Joy
Belmonte, Darren Evangelista, Chito Rivera, Little Town Bookstore and
parents of the Susan Papa Swimming Academy.
“We are happy that the rest of the month is filled up with competitions
for beginners and regular competitive swimming,” said Papa. “We thank
Mayor Belmonte for his full support.”
Inquiries: Susan Papa 0917-8050885, Emer Matienzo 0917-4548038; Ed
Galeno 09265893600.
Philippine Swimming League Inter-School/Club Age- Group Swim Meet
BELMONTE CUP
(Long Course)
May 1, 2010 – Amoranto Sports Complex, Quezon City
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Edgar Vahn Iain Y. Galeno – Most
Outstanding Swimmer (7-8 Age Category- Boys) of 2010 Milo Swim-Tech
Novice Swimming Competition at ULTRA Swimming Pool, May 30, 2010. Edgar
Vahn Iain Galeno of ESGaleno Swimming School and RnR Recreation Center
won 5 Gold Medals ; 25M. Butterfly, 25M. Backstroke, 25m. Breaststroke,
25M. Breaststroke, 25M Freestyle and 25M. FinSwim. Also won Bronze Medal
in 4x50m. Medley and Freestyle Relay Respectively. (Sana
ay mag blow-out ang Tatay mo!)
Pinoy
age-groupers shine in Phuket swimming meet (The Philippine Star) Updated May 30, 2010 12:00 AM
In the picture are coach Susan
Papa, Alexandra Nacpil, Andre Abacahin, Serge Davide, Aki Lorbes,
Terrence Zamora, Dr. Benasa, Andrea Abacahin, Ara Abacahin. At the back-
Anton Abacahin, Josef Dos Remedios, EJ Lorbes, Hans Ramos and Jan Fausto.
MANILA, Philippines – Alexandra Nacpil, Hans Ramos and Sean Terence
Zamora each won two gold medals in the British International School-Phuket
Invitational age group swimming meet last weekend in Phuket, Thailand.
Nacpil ruled the 100m backstroke with a time of one minute, 19.57
seconds and the 50m backstroke in 36.64 seconds in the 11-12 age group
of the meet which drew over 300 participants from China, Singapore,
Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and host Thailand.
Ramos, competing in the 11-12 category, took also two golds and a silver
medal, winning the gold in the 100m breaststroke in 1:24.61 and the 50m
breaststroke in 37.84 seconds. He took the silver in the 50m freestyle
in 29.81 seconds.
Sean Terence Zamora bagged the gold in the 100m butterfly in 1:18.33 and
the 50m butterfly in 35.03 seconds. He also clinched the bronze in the
50m backstroke in 39.90 seconds.
Other medal winners were Inaki Lorbes, Andre Abacahin, Hilario Davide
IV, Josef dos Remedios, EJ Lorbes, Anton Abacahin and Jan Karlo Fausto,
who won three silver medals and one bronze in the medley relay and
freestyle relay events.
“It was a tough and fast competition. Our boys and girls competed with
some nationals from other ASEAN age groupers that will compete in the
Philippines next month, being a host country,” said coach Susan Papa,
head of the school named after her. “We are all proud of them – all
improved their best time with the two-week training camp.”
PSL tankers
vie in Bangkok (The Philippine Star) Updated May 17, 2010 12:00 AM
Participants in the Bangkok age group
swimming competition, from left (seated) Hilario Serge Davide IV, Andrea
Pacheco, Sean Terrence Zamora, Inaki Lorbes, Emanuel Joshua Lorbes and
Arabella Abacahin and (standing) head coach Susan Papa, Josef Dos
Remedios, Jan Karlo Fausto, Hans Ramos, Alexandra Nacpil, Anton Dominic
Abacahin and coach Susan Benasa.
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Swimming League, whose mission is to
develop swimmers on the grassroots and encourage participation in local
and international age group competitions, is sending members from the
various clubs to the Bangkok International age group swimming meet
slated May 22-23.
The Filipino swimmers underwent an intensive two-week training camp
conducted by coaches from the Susan Papa Swimming Academy to improve
their best personal time for the meet.
Competing in the weekend meet are Hilario Serge Davide IV, Andrea
Pacheco, Sean Terrrence Zamora, Inaki and Emmanuel Joshua Lorbes, Andre
Arabella and Anton Dominic Abacahin, Josef Dos Remedios, Jan Karlo
Fausto, Hans Ramos and Alexandra Nacpil.
Joining them are coaches Susan Papa and Susan Benasa.
More than 400swimmers from China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong,
Indonesia and host Thailand are competing in the meet where the age
levels of competition are for eight years and under, 11-12, 13-14 and 15
and over for boys and girls.
“Our swimmers will be aiming for the most outstanding swimming awards in
their divisions,” said Papa.
PASA
o ASAP AMBETHABOL Ni Beth Repizo Meraña (Pilipino Star Ngayon)
Updated May 13, 2010 12:00 AM
May pag-asa pa kayang tumino ang swimming association sa
Pilipinas?
Ito ang umuukilkil sa aking isip habang isinusulat ito. Marami sa mga
nakakausap natin na opisyal sa mundo ng sports ang nagsasabi na kung
magkakaroon lamang nang matinong pagbabago sa Philippine Amateur
Swimming Association (PASA), may mangyayari sa sport na swimming sa
bansa.
Pero sa ngayon, nagpapasa-pasa ng akusasyon ang PASA at ang Aquatic
Sports Association of the Philippines (ASAP).
Nagsimula ang kanilang gulo nang magkaroon ng breakaway group sa PASA na
napundi na sa pamamalakad ng pangulo nitong si Mark Joseph. Nagkaroon pa
ng gulo nang akusahan ni Joseph ang ASAP na nameke ng mga edad ng mga
bata na isinali sa isang international meet.
Bukod dito, hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay hinihiling pa rin ni Joseph na
bigyan nang sanksyon ang ASAP dahil sa pagsali nito sa international
meet nang walang pahintulot ng PASA.
Pero kalamakailan nagpahayag ang pamunuan ng ASAP na kung magkakaroon
lamang ng matinong eleksyon ang PASA ay hindi magdadalawang-isip na
makipagtulungan sa nasabing national sports association.
Pero sabi ni ASAP vice-president Jane Ong dapat munang ayusin ang
eleksyon sa PASA.
Bakit nga ba hindi ito maibigay ni Mark Joseph? Pakisagot nga.
* * *
Kinukuwestyon ng ASAP ang isinagawang eleksyon ng PASA
may dalawang linggo na ang nakakalipas sa Cebu City, na ayon sa kanila
ay pinatawag ni PASA president Mark Joseph may dalawang araw lamang bago
ang mismong halalan na lumabag sa karaniwang 15-day notice.
Ang sabi ni Joseph ay wala namang koneksyon ang ASAP sa PASA. Hindi raw
miyembro ang mga ito.
Eh paano nga magiging miyembro ng PASA ang mga opisyal at mga nag-iingay
na magulang ng mga swimmer, si Joseph mismo ang hindi na nagbigay nang
pagkakataon sa mga ito na mairenew ang kanilang membership.
Kumbaga, tinanggalan na ni Joseph nang pagkakataon na umapela pa ang mga
magulang na ito kaya’t minabuti ng mga ito na magtayo nang sarili nilang
asosasyon--ang ASAP--na mas may demokratikong pananaw sa pamamalakad sa
swimming association.
ASAP
willing to work with swim body but... (The Philippine Star) Updated May 12, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Despite its differences with the
Philippine Aquatics Sports Association or PASA, the Aquatic Sports
Association of the Philippines (ASAP) is not exactly closing the door on
working hand on hand with the country’s national sports association for
the sport.
But officials of the swimming group said PASA should first clean its act
under president Mark Joseph, whose recent election for a second term has
been branded by them as a sham.
“Sure, why not. We’re open to that,” said ASAP vice-president Jane Ong,
when asked about it at the PSA Forum yesterday.
“But they should fix the PASA election first,” she added, questioning
the PASA election held two weeks ago in Cebu City, which they said
Joseph called only two days before the date instead of the customary
15-day notice.
Joseph was also invited in the weekly session presented by Outlast
Battery, Pagcor, Accel and Shakey’s, but said he wasn’t available as he
was out of town for the national elections.
Besides, he added in a text message, “ASAP is not affiliated with PASA
in any way.”
But Ong, accompanied by her sister Susana Berino, parent of Palaro swim
standout Gian, insisted ASAP members were once part of PASA.
“But Mark Joseph didn’t renew our membership when we started making
noise opposing his leadership,” said Ong. “We are stakeholders of
Philippine swimming as well.”
Ong also said that no time and place of the PASA election were
previously announced and that there were no legitimate regional
presidents to elect a board of trustees.
At present, Ong said her group is in the process of bonding together
with other troubled National Sports Associations (NSAs) and is planning
to elevate their case before the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)
General Assembly.
ASAP
nakipag-alyansa sa NSAs, POC kakalampagin Ni Angeline Tan (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated May 12,
2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Palalakasin ng Aquatics Sports
Association of the Philippines (ASAP) ang kanilang ingay sa Philippine
Olympic Committee (POC) sa pagsasanib puwersa sa ibang nagrereklamong
National Sports Associations (NSAs) na may problema sa kanilang liderato.
Ito ang inihayag ni Jane Ong, vice president ng ASAP ng dumalo sa PSA
Forum kahapon sa Shakey’s UN Avenue, Manila.
Ang ASAP ay nakikipagtagisan sa Philippine Aquatics Sports Association (PASA)
sa pamumuno ni Mark Joseph na kanilang inakusahan na hindi sumunod sa
napagkasunduan nang umupo ito bilang kahalili ni Chito Ilagan noong
2005.
Si Joseph ay nagpatawag ng eleksyon pero hindi imbitado ang dating mga
kasapi na ngayon ay kasama ng ASAP na lalong nagpadagdag init sa iringan
ng magkabilang kampo.
“Maraming NSAs ang may problema at dumudulog sa POC at handa kaming
magsama-sama upang gumawa ng isang liham para mapansin ang aming reklamo,”
wika ni Ong.
Bagamat inihayag din nito na handa silang makipag-isa sa liderato ni
Joseph, pero dapat munang ayusin ng POC deputy sec-gen ang listahan ng
botante at kasapi nito at magsagawa ng tunay na halalan.
Ang basehan ni Joseph sa isinagawang eleksyon sa Cebu City ay ang bagong
Konstitusyon pero di madetermina ang bilang ng mga dumalong kasapi.
“Why not,” wika ni Ong sa katanungan kung handa nilang tapusin ang
problema. “Pero kailangan muna niyang ayusin ang membership ng PASA.
Ako nga ay miyembro na tinanggap ni Mark. Ilang sulat na ang ginawa ko
pero hindi niya ako tinutugon.”
Coseteng launches swim program
in own school (The Philippine Star) Updated May 03, 2010 12:00 AM
Nikki Coseteng announces plans to help develop top-caliber Filipino
swimmers at the school level.
MANILA, Philippines - Former professional basketball manager Nikki
Coseteng yesterday announced plans to help develop top-caliber Filipino
swimmers from the grassroots level through a program she will undertake
at the Diliman Preparatory School.
Coseteng, former owner/manager of the Gallerie Dominique team in the
early years of the PBA, said the program will start on the elementary
level and will go all the way to the collegiate level of her school
where an elevated swimming pool is now being built.
“I realized swimming facilities are needed for this program, so we are
building one to get the program off the launching pad,” she said during
the awarding ceremonies of the Mayor Sonny Belmonte Cup age group
competitions Saturday at the Amoranto swimming pool on Roces Ave.,
Quezon City.
The competition, supported by Quezon City Mayor Sonny Belmonte and
organized by coaches Emer Matienzo and Beth Mascardo under the umbrella
of the Philippine Swimming League, drew over 300 swimmers in the
six-under, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-over age group levels.
Mayor Belmonte, who made the 50-meter Olympic pool available free to the
organizers, was represented by Coseteng in the awards ceremonies.
Coseteng said the school program will be run by the PSL. Although the
program will initially focus on Diliman prep school students, Coseteng
said she would help promote swimming on a wider scale by organizing
local competitions and encouraging participation in international
competitions under the PSL.
POC
scored on swimming body elections By Joey Villar (The Philippine Star) Updated April 27,
2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Aquatics Sports Association of the Philippines
yesterday called on the Philippine Olympic Committee to explain why it
authorized swimming coach Mark Joseph to hold an election in the
Philippine Amateur Swimming Association over the weekend.
Lawyer Ma. Luz Arzaga-Mendoza, president of the Aquatic Sports
Association of the Philippines, slammed POC president Jose Cojuangco Jr.
for allowing PASA to “pull a fast one” with the election of Joseph for
another four-year term.
“What is on record is that the POC executive board, in its last meeting
on the swimming issue on June 17, 2008, found Joseph in flagrant
violation of the Compromise Agreement,” said Mendoza in a statement.
The POC, however, did not answer calls to comment on the ASAP demand for
clarification.
For his part, Joseph stressed that the PASA election strictly followed
FINA and POC rules.
“The POC has reviewed our submission of the constitution and voters list
and has given its notice to proceed recognizing our compliance with POC
resolution 1-2007,” Joseph said.
Mendoza said the agreement signed by the POC, Joseph and predecessor
Chito Ilagan in February five years ago called for Joseph to conduct
elections of regional directors first and then the PASA board, including
its president, later.
“But Joseph never called for elections and has stayed on as PASA
president until his re-election over the weekend in Cebu, which ASAP
referred to as “sham.”
ASAP also cited the results of the probe conducted by the POC executive
board in June two years ago that allegedly found Joseph of violating
terms of agreement signed in 2005.
Mendoza said the board then curiously decided to postpone acting on the
matter, saying it would only do so only “until after the 2008 Beijing
Olympics,” and subsequently set a date, Sept. 2, 2008, to settle the
PASA issue.
But there was no such meeting and resolution of the case by the POC took
place,” the ASAP said.
“No such meeting took place after the Beijing Games, and repeated
follow-up to Cojuangco by ASAP and the petitioning party, the Save PASA
Movement, were ignored,” said ASAP.
“In a curt reply to the latest follow-up made by ASAP, POC secretary
general Steve Hontiveros told the group last March 16 that as far as the
POC is concerned, this matter is officially closed.”
Mendoza also said that Joseph could not invoke the purported revised
by-laws of PASA that does away with regional directors who must elect
the president and other executive officers.
“PASA remains inextricably governed by its old by-laws,” Mendoza said.
She explained that any amendment of the old by-laws needs a two-thirds
vote of the board of directors, and since Joseph never properly filled
up the PASA board of directors as ordered him by the POC, no legitimate
board action would have been possible since.
GTK
scores PASA on polls By Joey Villar (The Philippine Star) Updated April 25,
2010 12:00 AM
Go Teng Kok
MANILA, Philippines - “Open your election to everybody.”
This was the siren sounded by athletics chief Go Teng Kok as he
challenged beleaguered swimming president Mark Joseph to allow not just
a handful of members but all the stakeholders in the country today
including those from the Aquatics Sports Association of the Philippines
to participate in their election.
Go’s statement came after Joseph announced its election just a day
before it took place yesterday in Cebu, raising eyebrows from concerned
parents and swimmers, including the ASAP headed by lawyer Ma. Luz Arzaga
Mendoza.
“I call on PASA to be fair to everybody and allow stakeholders from all
the regions in the country to have their say,” said the fiery though
sometimes controversial track and field president.
Go cited as example his election last year when he was elected
Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for another
four-year term in Pangasinan.
It was witnessed by no less than Dagupan City Mayor Al Fernandez,
Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Tony Boy Sering, son of former
Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Sering, whose endorsement,
Go said, gave credence to his new mandate.
“You can’t question these credible people, my election is legitimate.
Why was it there was no noise in my case and so many in Mark Joseph?”
asked Go.
Joseph neither confirmed nor denied he’s running for another term when
asked by The STAR in response to his text brigade yesterday to media.
“After serving my recent four-year term as PASA president (2006-2010),
the time has come for the PASA board of trustees to elect a new set of
officers for 2010-2014,” said Joseph. Today (yesterday) will be the
first election of officers to be conducted under the new FINA, POC and
Securities and Exchange Commission-approved constitution and by-laws of
the Philippine Aquatic Sports Association, Inc.
“POC has reviewed our submissions (constitution and voters list) and has
given their notice to proceed recognizing our compliance with POC
resolution 1-2007,” he added.
Joseph stressed executive board member Corina Mojica of bodybuilding was
poll observer sent by the POC.
Go said the athletics elections followed basic rules for the calling of
elections – there must be proper notice at least 15 days before the
elections and the notice must not be selective, sent only to those who
will vote for the incumbent; the regional presidents must be duly
elected by their respective constituents; in turn the regional heads
elect the board of trustees which will elect the president.
The ASAP said the swimming election is a sham because it was announced
two days before, the time and place of the election was not announced,
and there are no legitimate regional presidents to elect a board of
trustees.
“The regional presidents must be the same as those who were duly elected
four years ago, but there are associations which change their list just
so the incumbent will get the votes,” said Go. “Lumalabas na ang mga
officers ay hao-shiao (fakes).”
The ASAP said yesterday’s election was a feeble attempt to rectify past
mistakes by Joseph.
“The truth of the matter is that PASA, now and for the past five years,
has no effective Board of Directors and no Executive Committee. It is
being run single-handedly by Mark Joseph. The “board” now is, at best, a
“stamp pad” leaving the whole affairs of PASA to Mark Joseph alone. This
belated effort at rectifying blatant defects in his legitimacy as
president must not be overlooked or glossed over,” the ASAP said.
Go was also left wondering why Joseph decided to change their name from
Philippine Amateur Swimming Association to Philippine Aquatics Sports
Association, Inc.
“I’m not hinting at anything, I’m just wondering why,” said Go.
The ASAP said Joseph’s move to change the association’s name is clever
maneuver to nullify any charges of malversation of funds against him and
the association since the old PASA no longer exists.
The ASAP had filed a court case questioning the change of name and the
case is still pending in court. The point of controversy is the
confusion that arises from the use of ASAP (Aquatic Sports Association
of the Philippines), which was registered with the SEC a week before
Joseph decided to change the national body’s name to PASA (Philippine
Aquatic Sports Association).
RP Swim
League holds age group meet at Amoranto May 1 (The Philippine Star) Updated April 25, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Swimming League is holding a
national age-group swimming competition, dubbed “Belmonte Cup”, May 1 at
the Olympic- size swimming pool inside the Amoranto Sports Complex on
Roces Ave., Quezon City.
PSL founder Theresa Alvarez and president Susan Papa said the
competition, held in cooperation with coaches, parents and swimmers of
the Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines, will be held in
various categories – six-under, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15 years and
over.
The meet, sponsored by Quezon City Mayor Sonny Belmonte and Joy Belmonte,
is hosted by coach Emer Matienzo of Bosay Aquatics Club.
Mayor Belmonte has given the PSL and ASAP, under president Ma. Luz
Arzaga-Mendoza, free use of the pool which is under the supervision of
sports administrator Andy Apostol.
The competition is sponsored by Mayor Sonny Belmonte, Darren Evangelista
of Evangelista Aquatics and Sports Management and Growee Multi Vitamins.
The officials will be headed by coach Edgar Galeno.
Around 250 participants from different clubs and schools are expected to
participate in the meet held by the PSL and the ASAP in line with their
program of improving swimming standards at the age group level through
regular competitions.
“We have set up competitions monthly to develop grassroots swimmers into
competitive level and eventually make them elite athletes in the
future,” said Papa, who said the PSL has also scheduled international
competitions this summer. “We thank Mayor Belmonte for his support.”
Inquiries: Emer Matienzo (0917-4548038), Edgar Galeno (0926-5893600),
Susan Papa (0917-8050885) or Dr. Susan Benasa (09178210885).
Philippine Swimming League Inter-School/Club Age- Group Swim Meet
(Long Course)
May 1, 2010 – Amoranto Sports Complex, Quezon City Click here for the results
PASA
election: Group slams swimming's 'sham' polls By Gerry Carpio (The Philippine Star) Updated April
24, 2010 12:00 AM
Mark Joseph and Ma. Luz Arzaga
Mendoza
MANILA, Philippines - Parents and coaches expressed indignation
yesterday over an announcement of swimming president Mark Joseph, who is
calling for an election of PASA today – 48 hours after his announcement
– at an unspecified time and place “at the pretext of lending legitimacy
to his questioned presidency of the national sports body”.
The announcement of the annual meeting of members and election was
contained in a letter allegedly e-mailed to members of the swimming
community by Joseph yesterday.
The Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines, led by lawyer Ma. Luz
Arzaga Mendoza, questioned the legal authority of Joseph to call the
election, which was actually long overdue. The ASAP is an umbrella
organization of coaches, parents and swimmers that no longer recognize
the leadership of Joseph, who they said was ordered by the Philippine
Olympic Committee to call for an election as early as 2005 but did not.
This is amidst allegations that during this period time he received tens
of millions of pesos from Pagcor without the authority of the Philippine
Sports Commission.
He remained in power until the present without the legitimacy of an
election and held on to his post with the blessings of the POC, which
never acted on repeated appeals by ASAP, parents and coaches to call for
an election to settle once and for all the leadership issue that has
divided Philippine swimming.
“In a feeble attempt to legitimize his questionable leadership, Joseph
brazenly announced the holding of the annual meeting of members and PASA
board of trustees on April 24,” the statement said.
“The truth of the matter is that PASA now and for the past five years,
has no effective Board of Directors and no Executive Committee.
“It is being run single-handedly by Mark Joseph. The “board” now is, and
has been for the past five years, at best, a “stamp pad”, leaving the
whole affairs of PASA to Mark Joseph alone,” the statement said.
“This belated effort at rectifying blatant defects in his legitimacy as
president must not be overlooked or glossed over. All these
announcements should not be taken at face value, but rather as a
miserable attempt to cure blatant defects of the past.
“The fact remains that an illegitimate president rules over PASA and
therefore, any statement, order or directive issued by a questionable
president has no legal effect whatsoever.
“Let us not be blinded by Mark Joseph’s false claims of glory. He would
like to harp on his delusions of grandeur that PASA is one of the best
NSAs in the country, when the fact remains that PASA has ceased to be
the representative of the Philippine swimming community and has
effectively been turned into his personal enterprise.
The ASAP had questioned the administration of funds under Joseph’s
watch, notably the P20M fund from Pagcor, membership and tournament
fees, subsidies from the international swimming federation (FINA),
monthly grants from a corporate sponsor and other revenues for which he
was required to make a financial report under the law.
Joseph remained “unbending” in his decision to suspend coaches and
swimmers who compete in ASAP competitions and threatened Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, Australia and Taiwan swimming associations which
allow non-PASA members to compete.
He succeeded in preventing the participation of Filipino swimmers after
he informed the organizers in Malaysia that the participants are age
cheats, “rule-breakers and trouble makers.”
Joseph now faces criminal charges – for harassment of minors – and civil
suits filed with the Quezon City prosecutor’s office.
“Membership is fragmented and genuine leadership is nil. He has created
an atmosphere of fear, disunity and fragmentation in the swimming
community by his threats and actual suspension of swimmers and athletes.
This is the reality,” the statement said.
ASAP swimmer
shines in Palarong Pambansa (The Philippine Star) Updated April 22, 2010 12:00 AM
Gian Berino
MANILA, Philippines - Gian Berino of the Aquatic Sports Association of
the Philippines (ASAP) bagged four gold and three silver medals at the
forefront of National Capital Region’s mighty finish in the
just-concluded Palarong Pambansa at the Tarlac Recreational Park
recently.
Berino won the gold in the 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 400m medley
relay, 400m freestyle relay and took the silver medal in the 400m, 800m
and 100m freestyle events.
Berino won the most number of golds and number of points for secondary
boys.
Berino is a member of the Joey Andaya swimming team and is coached by
Joey Andaya.
ASAP president Atty. Luz Arzaga Mendoza and secretary general Susan
Papa, both former national swimmers, said ASAP will give recognition to
Berino for his excellent performance.
“We are proud of him. Despite the lack of a permanent training venue,
Gian had outraced the TRACE Aquatics swimmers who are training in a
state-of-the-art pool with the nationals,” said Papa.
Berino was University of Santo Tomas athlete of the year in 2010 in the
high school division.
Aside from training swimmers for collegiate competitions, ASAP has
broadened its training program to include young swimmers at the
grassroots level.
ASAP scores Palaro swim
organizers, officials (The Philippine Star) Updated April 18, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Aquatic Sports Association yesterday
expressed concern over the decision of the Palaro swimming organizers to
award the most outstanding athlete award in the male high school
division to Fajad Alkhadi of Calabarzon instead of to Gian Berino of
NCR.
Berino won in the 200m freestyle over Fajad Friday to finish with 2-3-0
gold-silver-bronze medals, while Fajad took the bronze in the event and
finished with a 2-0-3 medal tally. Under FINA rules which the organizers
applied, a gold is worth 7 points, silver 5 points and bronze 4 points,
giving Berino 29 points and Fajad 26. Fajad got a bonus of two points
for setting a record in the 800m freestyle.
Alkhadi is a member of the Philipine Amateur Swimming Association of the
Philippines, now known as the Philippine Aquatic Sports Association of
the Philippines, whose officials are running the Palaro swimming
compeititions.
Berino is a son of Suzie Ong, an official of the Aquatic Sports
Association of the Philippines, whose participation in the meet was
blocked by PASA, citing FINA rules that members are not allowed to have
“unauthorized relations with non-members.”
The ASAP also voiced objection over the the exclusion of an ASAP member,
Hans Ramos, from the finals of the 50m breastroke , Thursday even as he
finished second in the heats. The ASAP said he was scratched from the
Final 8 in favor of the third placer, giving no reason other than the
average of the clockings of the swimmers.
“I don’t know what they mean by average. What I know is when your
individual time is one of the top 8. you advance to the finals,” said
Papa a national swimmer for over a decade.
Papa, coach of Ramos, said she raised the objection with the NCR coach,
which had the sole right to file formal complaints, but no action was
taken.
Papa said the NCR coach and the organizers are all members of PASA
ASAP GIAN BERINO WON 2
GOLDS AND 3 SILVER
ASAP product
Gian Berino won 2
golds ( 200
back and 200 free )
and 3 silver ( 400
free, 800 free and
100 free)
Berino has the
best standing in
medals and in
points. He garnered
a total of 29 pts.
His
counterpart FAHAD
ALKAHDI won 2 Golds
( 400 free and 800
free) and 3 bronze
(200 back, 200 free
and 100 free)
ALKAHDI broke the
Palaro pambansa
record in 800 free.
total pts.26 .
even before the
start of the
competition during
the solidarity
meeting scheduled
April 10, 2010 i was
informed by the NCR
head coach that the
most outstanding
will be based on
Golds and
points,Joey Andaya
said , private coach
of Gian Berino.
After the 200
meter race when Gian
won over Fahad,we
celebrated susie ong
said and to our
dismay and surprise
Fahad name was
announce as most
outsstanding.
We immediately
questioned that
result, however
Richard Luna the
tournament manager
and Pasa technical
director said that
after the
preliminaries they
have coaches meeting
and that Luna change
the rules and will
apply the FINA
RULES when it comes
to Most outstanding.
( Few hours before
the 200 free
finals.)
Who ever win in
the 200 free will
determine the most
outstanding swimmer
for secondaryboys.
Susan Papa, of
asap said , if FINA
RULES applies in the
Palaro Pambansa
swimming event, FINA
RULES STATES" Notice
of any alteration
must be posted on
the Official
Bulletin Board, at
least twenty four
hours before
alteration is to
come into
operation"
In any events
there must be
technical rules
applied and that can
not be change
anytime you like to
change it for
someones benifit or
advantage.
But even
assuming with out
conceding that FINA
rules was applied
for most outstanding
,Berino will win.
FINA RULES
states that - " A
trophy shall be
awarded to the top
scoring team.
Trophies shall be
given to the top
scoring male and
female based upon
the following:
First
place- 5 pts.
second place- 3 pts.
Third
place- 2 pts
Fourt
place- 1pt
Individual World record
2 pts for each record
broken."
In palaro they
gave 7pts for 1st
place, 2nd- 5 pts ,
3rd place - 4 pts up
to 6th place pts was
given.
Therefore In the
case if Gian who got
2 golds and 3
silvers, his total
points will be 29.
And In the case
of Fahad 2 golds, 3
bronze, total points
will be 26 and two
more point for the
record broken will
be a total of 28
pts.
still Gian
Berino of ASAP will
come up a winner as
most outstanding for
secondary boys.
Richard Luna the
tournament manager
for Palaro is the
Pasa technical rules
director.
According to Dep
Ed Palaro" The
specific guidelines
and ground rules for
each sport event
shall be issued
later to be
discussed during the
Solidarity Meeting
scheduled on April
10 at the Tarlac
Recreational Center,
San jose, Tarlac.
In other words
there are rules in
every sport before
the event starts."
Dahil kung walang
rules bago mag
simula ang laban
parang hinalong
kalamay at magiging
magulo" Pero kahit
saan daanin rules
panalo si Gian"
Andaya said.
Parents file
criminal case vs swim head By Nelson Beltran
(The Philippine Star) Updated April 14, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Amateur Swimming Association president
Mark Joseph faces a court case for his alleged malicious conduct,
disallowing a group of Filipino swimmers to compete in the recent 43rd
Sabah Age Group Swimming Championships in Sabah, Malaysia.
A case of violation of Republic Act 7682 has been filed against Joseph
before Prosecutor Raniel Cruz at the Quezon City regional trial court
for his “defamatory email that caused event organizers to treat the
Philippine delegates (young Filipino swimmers) with a critical eye.”
The complainants are Gerry Carpio, Manny Thruelen and Victoria Pilapil,
parents of swimmers who were disappointed and embarrassed in the Sabah
swimfest allegedly due to Joseph’s imprudence.
The complainants said the kids Paul Jerome Carpio, Camille Thruelen and
Val Pilapil, to this day, still experience the traumatic and injurious
repercussions of the Sabah incident.
The Penampang Swimming Association of Sabah (Preps) hosted the three-day
swimming event “open to everyone who wishes to join.”
The event was disrupted when Joseph sent an e-mail to the Aquatic
Swimming Union of Malaysia, alleging the RP swimmers were not affiliated
with Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA) or PASA, and issuing
threats that should the Filipinos be allowed to swim, ASUM would face
sanctions from FINA.
“Consequently, because of his threatening e-mail, he succeeded in
disrupting the swimming competition, creating a lot of hassle and
confusion for both swimmers and organizers alike,” said the
complainants.
“He managed to wreak havoc on the whole event itself, when even the
Malaysian organizers had agreed that the 43rd Sabah Age Group Swimming
Competition will be open to everyone who wishes to join,” the
complainants added.
In an attempt to accommodate the Philippine delegates, the organizers
offered that they could be allowed to swim on the condition that they
swam under the North Borneo team.
Some of the Philippine swimmers agreed to this arrangement. Others,
however, firmly stood their ground and decided not to swim all together.
The RP swimmers who agreed to swim under North Borneo team were
reportedly subjected to extreme scrutiny. Their passports and papers
were all searched and inspected diversely for any signs of falsehood, to
their utter embarrassment.
“This is not the first time that Mark Joseph has been harassing both
minors and adults alike in the swimming community,” said a complainant.
“In the different international swim meets participated in by the
Philippine swimmers in Singapore, Australia, and more recently in
Taipei, Mark Joseph attempted to assert his erroneous interpretation of
FINA rules and tried to block the swimmers from competing in the said
swim meets, even as they are already there in the venue,” he added.
The complainants said Joseph has no right to do these abusive acts to
their children.
“Mark Joseph’s assertion of FINA rules has no application to my son. He
is not even a member of PASA, or FINA. Mark Joseph himself admits this
fact in his malicious email. Hence, it is useless for him to harp on the
PASA or FINA rules, as clearly it is not applicable in the instant
case,” the complaint said.
FINA or PASA rules will apply to FINA or PASA members and to FINA or
PASA sanctioned swimming events. The 43rd Sabah Age Group Swimming
Competition was a fun meet, purely invitational and voluntary upon the
participants. The clear import of a fun meet is that anyone can join,”
Carpio added.
PSL,
ASAP age-group tankers test mettle in Australian All-Star Challenge
(The Philippine Star) Updated April 04, 2010 12:00 AM
A Filipino bet
warms up before his event in the Aussie All-Star Challenge in Perth,
Australia.
MANILA, Philippines - Ranged against age-groupers from Australia, Asia
and Africa, the five-member team of the Philippine Swimming League
gained the unique experience of competing against the best of Australian
youth in the site of two World Cup tournaments – the world-class
Challenge Stadium Sporting Complex – in Perth, Australia.
The All Star Challenge, held April 3-4, is an international meet which
pits the best young Australian swimmers, aged eight and under and 9-17,
against their counterparts from Asia and Africa in the state-of-the-art
swimming complex which had hosted FINA World Cup tournaments on two
occasions.
“It is an exciting opportunity for developing swimmers,” said PSL
president Susan Papa, a former national swimmer.
“I am proud of these boys and girls who swim it with the Australians
despite being beginners. This kind of foreign exposure develops their
heart and soul to swim and compete the best they can at an early age.
“The venue itself is intimidating, but they made it. This is the way to
develop our young swimmers – make them competitive in big tournaments
while they gain a unique social experience,” Papa said.
The RP Swim League team is represented by Ela and Sidney Miralao, Miguel
Thruelen, Gertie Pilapil and Paul Jerome Carpio who joined swimmers from
other Asian countries to form the Asian All-Star Team.
Australia’s event concept started with the highly successful “Aussie vs
Asia All Stars” in the 2000-01 season.
Previous years pitted Australia vs swimmers from China, Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
The International Coaching Educational, a seminar for all coaches, will
be attended by PSL and Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines
coaches Al Papa and Manny Thruelen, who accompanied the swimmers.
In yesterday’s opening events Miralao placed second among the Asian
Teams in the 9-10 category and was with the freestyle relay team that
finished second. His sister, seven-year-old Ela, clocked 43 seconds in
the 50m freestyle. Thruelen timed 27 seconds in the 50m freestyle and 29
seconds in the 50m buttterfly in the 15-16 age group.
Carpio, embarked on a swimming program six months back, clocked a
personal best 30.9 seconds.
Only FINA-approved swimwear was allowed to be worn at the swimming
events.
RP Swim League tankers vie in
Australia (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM
Members of the Philippine Swimming League
team, from left (front) Susan Papa, Sidney Miralao, Gabriella Miralao
and Gertrude Thea Pilapil and (back) Al Papa, Miguel Thruelen, Paul
Jerome Carpio, and Manny Thruelen.
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine
Swimming League, headed by former national tanker Susan Papa and founder
Theresa Alvarez, is sending five swimmers and two coaches to compete in
the All-Star Challenge International Swimming Spectacular set at Western
Australia April 2-3.
The age group swimmers are Paul Jerome Carpio, Miguel Thruelen, Sidney
Miralao, Gertrude Thea Pilapil, and Gabriella Miralao. They will be
accompanied by PSL coaches Al Papa and Manny Thruelen.
The swimming meet will be held at the state-of-the-art Challenge
Stadium, the only swimming complex to hold two FINA championships.
“This great facility will provide our young athletes with a wonderful,
competitive and social experience,” said Papa.
“There will also be an international coaching conference included in
this program to be held at Western Australia University, and it aims to
provide an opportunity for Australian and international coaches to learn
new skills and get the latest information from some of the Western
Australian leading experts,” she added.
The team’s stint is supported by the Philippine Sports Commission, under
chairman Harry Angping, and Aquatic Sports Association of the
Philippines president Ma. Luz Arzaga-Mendoza.
Nine-year-old makes waves in Lipa swim (The Philippine Star) Updated March 21, 2010 12:00 AM
Photo shows Matthew Garcia, seven-year-old son
of sportscaster and former tennis great Dyan Castillejo, with ASAP coach
Dr. Susan Benasa (left), ASAP sec. gen. Susan Papa and coach Viring
Cristobal.
MANILA, Philippines - Nine-year-old
Sean Terence Zamora won four gold medals and emerged the most
outstanding swimmer in the Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines
swimming meet at the Lipa swimming pool in Lipa. Zamora won in the 50m butterfly,
50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, and 50m freestyle, while Priscilla
Aquino, 11, dominated the 100, butterfly, 50m breaststroke, 50m
backstroke and 50m freestyle.
Other most outstanding swimmers boys were 6 & Under Arnaud Seyer
(6-under), Khielle Angel Kyle Libat (boys 7 -8), Terence Zamora (9-10),
Robert Taino (11-12), Duane Baterina (13-14), Gian Daniel Berino and
James Christian Amago (15-17), Kier Libat (18-above), Jessarie Presado
(girls 6-under), Nirel Marie Ibarra (7-8), Jean Bornasal (9-10), Myka
Chua (13-14) and Kristina Libat (15-17).
“The swimmers are all motivated and inspired,” said Susan Papa. The
event was even covered by Sports Unlimited hosted by Dyan Castillejo.
Overall team champion was Lipa Mediatrix Swim Club, coached by Emil
Amago, followed by Joey Andaya’s Sea Gulls.
Other medal winners were Hans Christian Ramos, Inaki Lorbes, Emanuel
Joshua Lorbes, Jan Karlo Fausto, Josef Dos Remedios, Dominic Abacahin,
Paul Jerome Carpio, Andre Abacahin, Alex Nacpil, Andrea Pacheco, and
Serge Davide all of Susan Papa Swim Academy, which placed second
overall.
MANILA, Philippines - The Aquatic Sports Association of
the Philippines sent swimmers from the Ed Galeno Swim Club to the recent
third International Finswimming and Sonny Belmonte Cup at the Amoranto
swimming pool as part of its efforts to promote the new sport, now in
the calendar of the Southeast Asian Games.
“The swimmers did a great job considering it is the first time they
joined the competition,” said ASAP sec-gen Susan Papa. “We thank Quezon
City Mayor Sonny Belmonte for initiating this annual project as we want
to increase participation in other swimming events like finswimming.”
The Philippines did not have an entry in the 12 finswimming events
included in the calendar of the 2003 Vietnam and 2009 Laos Southeast
Asian Games.
Japan, Canada and HongKong also participated in the competition.
Galeno, member of the ASAP technical committee, has included finswimming
in his swimming program at the club bearing his name. The 54-year-old
coach himself won two silver medals in the 50m and 100m bi-fin surface
event. The Golden Sharks finished second overall. Emer Matienzo, another
ASAP Technical Official officiated the meet.
Meanwhile, the ASAP, in coordination with Emil Amago of the Lipa
Mediatrix Swimming Club, will hold the Lipa National Age Group swimming
competition at the Lipa Swimming Club on March 20.
The competition is backed by Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos. Participation
is open to swimmers aged six to 17 years.
Information and reservation: Susan Papa 09178050885 or Dr. Susan Benasa
09178210885
In Huddle By Beth Celis Philippine Daily Inquirer
A week after the Asap (Aquatics Sports Association of
the Philippines) asked POC president Peping Cojuangco to
censure swimming president Mark Joseph after he told
Malaysian Sports officials that fake passports “can be
easily acquired in the Philippines,” parents of swimmers
who felt alluded to followed this up by filing criminal
and civil charges against the NSA president.
In an
effort to stop Asap swimmers from joining the 2010 Sabah
Age Group Meet because they did not seek Pasa clearance,
Joseph wrote the swimming association of Malaysia,
saying: “We can not warrant that the identification and
ages of the swimmers are truthful.”
Joseph succeeded in his smear campaign in Malaysia.
The organizers, intimidated by Joseph’s threats of
reporting them to the world governing body of swimming,
yielded to avoid controversy.
To help the Asap swimmers whose parents had paid for
the trip, the organizers urged them to register under
North Borneo instead of the Philippines. While the
younger swimmers agreed, the older ones who were
severely humiliated, refused to swim for any other
country.
The parents of these swimmers, headed by an assistant
sports editor, comprise the core of the group that has
filed a class suit against Joseph.
Vilma Santos, Lipa host
national age group swim meet (The Philippine Star) Updated March 01, 2010 12:00 AM
Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos poses with, from left, Philippine Swimming
League officials Maria Susan Benasa and Susan Papa and coaches Grace and
Emil Amago of the Lipa Mediatrix Swim Club, which is organizing the Lipa
swimming meet on March 20.
MANILA, Philippines - Movie star and Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos, in
cooperation with the Lipa Swim Club and the Philippine Swimming League,
is hosting the Lipa national age group swimming meet in Lipa City on
March 20 as part of her pledge to support swimming as a competitive
sport in the province.
Santos made the announcement during a courtesy call of the PSL, which
she urged to prepare a grassroots development program to help develop
future swimmers in Batangas for international competitions using the
Lipa swimming pool as their training venue.
The national age group competition, organized by coaches Grace and Emil
Amago of the Lipa Medatrix Swim Club, will be held in six age categories
– six years and under, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12,13-14,15-17 for boys and girls.
. All interested
swimmers and swimming clubs all over the country are invited to join.
There is a minimal entry fee of P300.00 pesos/swimmer to cover the
snacks and expenses incurred by the host.
The PSL’s grassroots development program includes free monthly swimming
competitions and coaching clinics with the aim of producing world class
swimmers from the grassroots level.
Papa said Santos would support the swimming program in Batangas by
providing logistical support in terms of allowances, lodging, food and
gadgets for swimmers.
Emil Amago and the Lipa Mediatrix Swimming Club of Lipa are organizing
the swimming competition in cooperation PSL founder Theresa Alvarez and
the Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines under Ma. Luz Arzaga-Mendoza.
Papa acted as a double for the former movie queen in her 1970 film “Dyesebel.”
Inquiries: Susan Papa tel. 807-9886, telefax O2-5563408.
DepEd NCR Swimming Meet 2010
February 16-18, 2010 - Rizal Memorial Swimming Complex
SEVERAL times in the past, Philippine Amateur
Swimming Association (PASA) president Mark Joseph
had attempted to stop the age group swimmers of
coach Susan Papa, secretary-general of Aquatic
Sports Association of the Philippines or ASAP, from
participating in swimming competitions abroad.
In
all the times that he had tried though, Mark had
failed, no matter what tactics he employed.
Early this month, I was surprised to receive an
e-mail bearing back-and-forth communications among
the PASA, the ASAP, and the Swimming Association of
Malaysia or ASUM , an association that invited Papa
and her swimmers to compete in the 43rd Sabah
Swimming Invitational meet this February.
This time Mark Joseph succeeded, no thanks to a
letter he sent to ASUM’s Edwin Chong, wherein he
hinted that ASAP may have cheated on the ages of the
participants.
“Bottom line, this small group of troublemakers,
unable to follow PASA and FINA rules, tried to
circumvent them in all possible ways,” Mark’s letter
read.
“We cannot warrant that the identification and
ages (passports with fake dates of birth can be
easily acquired in the Philippines) of the swimmers
under ASAP are truthful. I would not like our
counterpart FINA member, or any of our members, to
be victims of cheating and misrepresentation.”
* * *
While Joseph may be gloating over his success in
aborting the participation of the ASAP swimmers in
the Sabah meet, he probably does not realize that
the step he took might have very serious and
far-reaching repercussions, as excerpts of the
letter sent to him by the assistant sports editor of
another daily will show:
“I write you as a parent and as a Filipino
citizen.
“I was angered by your e-mail accusing the
participants of falsifying their passports and in
your communication with a foreign country (where you
called) the Philippines as a nation of cheats. For
your information the oldest of the batch happens to
be my son, who is 17 years old, and the competition
is for 8-under to 17 age groupers. I would like you
to tell me who specifically are the cheats in this
case; otherwise, if you cannot name names and
substantiate your charges which are now on print in
many e-mail addresses all over the world, I will
file an action against you.”
The letter of the irate parent is very lengthy
and I wish I could print it in its entirety. He said
his son and three others were not allowed to swim
under ASAP causing much embarrassment and
humiliation.
“I am filing charges against Joseph. He will have
to answer point by point all the issues I have
raised,” the editor said.
Most of the controversial issues raised by my
colleague have nothing to do with the Sabah meet.
Zambo girl
leads ASAP winners (The Philippine Star) Updated February 08, 2010 12:00
AM
ASAP swimmers, who decided
not to participate in the Sabah meet after their age eligibility and
non-membership were questioned by Philippine Amateur Swimming
Association president Mark Joseph, watch from from the sidelines in the
Sabah Invitational Age Group Championship. The Filipino swimmers’
parents are set to file charges against Joseph.
MANILA, Philippines - Mary Angelic Saavedra showed big
promise as a future national swimmer as she completed her international
debut with eight gold medals in leading the embattled members of the
Aquatic Sports Association of the Philippines at the close of the 434rd
Sabah Age Group Invitational swimming meet yesterday in Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah.
Saavedra, 12 year-old find from Zamboanga, won in the 50m freestyle
(30.9 seconds), 100m freestyle (1:15), 200m butterfly ((2:47), 50m back
(36sec), 100mback (1:18), 200m back (2:52) and 200m freestyle (2:50.6)
and in the relay.
She, however, faces a two-year suspension from the Philippine Amateur
Swimming Association, whose president Mark Joseph claimed she did not
have the PASA approval to join the meet.
Other gold medal winners were Angela Cordero (3), Juliet Cordero (1) and
Nicole Tan (1). Hans Ramos had three silvers and two bronzes.
Other players, whose age eligibility was also questioned by Joseph, did
not compete and will file charges against the PASA head.
RP swim league gains headway
(The Philippine Star) Updated January 25, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Officials of the Philippine Swimming League, a
confederation of swimming clubs whose aim is to upgrade swimming from
the grassroots level through regular swimming meets, expressed elation
over the progress of young swimmers and the support the Philippine
Sports Commission, parents and coaches are throwing behind the
nationwide program.
“We are moving in the right direction, thanks to the support of our
national coaches, the parents and the various swimming clubs who realize
the need to develop young talents,” said Olympian Susan Papa, who
organized Saturday’s national age group swimming meet at the Rizal
Memorial swimming pool.
Lawyer Ma. Luz Arzaga-Mendoza, president of the Aquatic Sports
Association of the Philippines, said the league’s age-group series is in
line with the PSC’s grassroots development program.
“The PSC wants to go to the very root of the problem – the lack of a
nationwide effort to train young swimmers – and regular, possibly weekly
competitions are what we need to bring youngsters to the swimming pool,
and from there help them go to the next level,” said Mendoza.
Papa said she saw a lot of potential swimmers who can be developed under
the program.
Among the upcoming stars from the meet were Moira Pilapil, Mark Joseph
Capa (6-under), Ana Marie Ibarra, Aki Lorbes and Kyle Libat (7-8), Paula
Cayanan, Troy Zamora (9-10), Ana Marie Rojo, Jose Antonio Suntay
(11-12), Delia Angela Cordero, Alfred Maglabe (13-14), and Dennise
Juliet Cordero, Jeje Tolentino (15-17).
“ASAP will help them and will organize a training program that also aims
to train coaches all over the country,” said Papa, adding that part of
the swimming meet program in every locality is a free coaching seminar
held by national coaches.
“We want to bring back the glory of swimming in our country and attain
international prestige. We should start winning again in the Asian Games
and make a decent finish in the Olympics like in the 60s and 70s,” said
Papa, a national butterfly swimmer four decades ago.
The league had conducted all its nationwide age-group competitions for
free at the Rizal Memorial pool, which PSC chairman Harry Angping makes
available for free in support of the program.
The league manages to keep organizational costs at a minimum also
because of parents, coaches and donors who contribute the medals and
officials who volunteer their services.
Among the outside donors are Growee vitamins, Darren Evangelista from
Davao, Fil-Am Sonia Papa Baltazar and TV producer Theresa Alvarez.
“We volunteer to help, we want Susan Papa to continue her mission in
swimming and we don’t want it to go to waste,” said ASAP treasurer
Elizabeth Mascardo.
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Lipa hosts ASAP swim meet (The Philippine Star) Updated January 18, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Lipa Mayor Oscar Gozos
recently gave Southern Luzon’s grassroots swimming program a shot in the
arm with his hosting of the Aquatic Sports Association of the
Philippines (ASAP) age group swimming competition March 13 in his home
city.
ASAP secretary general Susan Papa said Gozos had offered the free use of
the 50-meter pool, built by former city mayor Vilma Santos, for the
event which will be held free of charge to any interested age group
swimmers.
“At least 500 swimmers will benefit from the generosity of Mayor Gozos,”
said Papa, who is organizing the meet in cooperation with Emil Amago,
head coach of the Lipa Mediatrix Swim Club.
Age-group events are for eight years and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14,
15-17 for boys and girls.
“The Batangas meet will be a unique competition to visiting participants
– ASAP members from NCR and Central Luzon – as it will be free,
competitive and educational.” said Papa.
Also to be held during the competition is a coaching seminar, where ASAP
national coaches Dennis Cordero, Manny Thruelen and Papa, a former
Olympian, will lend their expertise to local coaches to help swimmers
advance to the next level.
Free coaching clinics are also part of the year-round, nationwide
grassroots development program of ASAP.
Swim league makes waves in 2009, expands program
(The Philippine Star) Updated January 04, 2010 12:00 AM
Olympian Susan Papa (left) and coach Dennis Cordero (back) with young
swimmers during a break in their training.
MANILA, Philippines - The newly formed Philippine Swimming League
made huge strides in its grassroots development program with its
nationwide clinics and participation in local and international
competitions and vows to keep its program in motion during the year
buoyed up by the enthusiastic response of member clubs.
Susan Papa, former Asian Gamer who founded the RP Swimming League, said
the association, founded barely last July in response to parents’ need
for a regular, coordinated training program for young, aspiring
swimmers, had accomplished more than what it was tasked to do during the
last six months.
The league had sent young swimmers to four international competitions –
in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Bangkok.
Swimmers of the Susan Papa Swimming Academy itself, run by Papa and
Susan Benasa, have been to four international meets.
“Two of my swimmers received a citation through a Senate resolution for
their gold medal win in Australia,” said Papa.
Papa said the league conducted two free competitions – both at the Rizal
Memorial swimming pool – to give students, particularly those from
public schools, the rare chance to test their mettle in competition.
More than 500 had competed in each of the two events which were backed
by the Philippine Sports Commission, Rotary Club of Manila Remedios
Circle, Growee and the City of Manila.
The league had also conducted two coaches’ seminars, one in Davao and
the other in Manila with no less than renowned Canada-based Filipino
coach Wilfredo Arzaga as main lecturer.
The league had also visited the provinces of Bohol, Davao and Batangas
and will touch base with other provinces in 2010 as part of its outreach
program.
On the local front, the Susan Papa Swimming Academy sent budding
swimmers to compete in and support invitational meets of the clubs of
Fontana, Pasiklaban, Quezon City and Antipolo.
“We have actually started our grassroots program in 2007 and we are
happy to draw support rom coaches in various cities,” said Papa.
Some of the big supporters of the Philippine Swimming League are Theresa
Alvarez, former producer of Battle of the Brains, Darren Evangelista
from the Evangelista Aquatic Sports Management in Davao, Growee, the
Aquatic Sprint School of Manny Thruelen and Dr. Vicky Santos, who
provides treatment for swimmers.
“The parents have given us the biggest support,” said Papa.
The league had received the full support of the Philippine Sports
Commission under chairman Harry Angping, who made the Rizal Memorial
swimming pool accessible to the league for its competitions.
Papa said it would also be counting on other institutions which are into
gassroots development like the Elorde Sports Center as possible
permanent venues for its swimming program.
Papa added that 2010 would be a busy year with monthly local
competitions to start Jan. 15 and 23, culminating in a championship in
December.
“The competitions will all be for free – no registration or entry fees.
The calendar for the year is fully booked, I wish there are more than 12
months during the year to make room for more competitions and seminars,”
said Papa.
Papa said the league will be setting up a different swimming format,
which will be competitive, yet educational.
Up in the calendar are the invitational meets in Davao in March.
Thirty members of the Susan Papa Academy will compete in the Malaysian
meet slated Feb. 4-6, but Papa said slots will be open to those who wish
to join. The Malaysian hosts have offered free accommodation, courtesy
of coach Dennis Cordero who had established relations with his Malaysian
counterparts.
Papa will also be sending five Filipino coaches who will undergo
training from Russian coaches invited to conduct the clinics.
Other international seminars are the World Swimming Coaches Association
Gold Medal Clinic 2010, the American Swimming Coaches Association and
the World Clinic in Indianapolis, USA – all slated Aug. 31-Sept. 5.
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