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1st Mayor Albee Benitez Archery Cup winners named

1st Mayor Albee Benitez Archery Cup winners named

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The United Negrense Archery Club announced the winners of the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez Archery Cup on Monday, October 10.The event held in partnership with World Archery Philippines (WAP) and Yuhum Foundation was held at The Upper East Bacolod Grounds.Jose Blaire Ejercito, United Negrense Archery Club president, said the main goal of the event was to bring the City of Smiles back on the map of archery in the country as it has been decades since the city has had active organizations and activities related to the sport.The event was conceptualized after a conversation with WAP Secretary General Don Sombrio at the Philippine Archery Cup in July and it was decided that the perfect time to hold the event was during the Masskara Festival, he said.More than 70 archers from Barotac ...
Top fitness coach to judge ‘Gods of Bods’ MassKara tilt

Top fitness coach to judge ‘Gods of Bods’ MassKara tilt

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Coach Wins Hipe, Mr. Philippines 2016*Mr. Philippines 2016, Wins Hipe, will judge the first and grandest fitness competition in Bacolod City in celebration of the 43rd MassKara Festival, a press release from Yuhum Foundation said Sunday, October 9.“Gods of Bods,” an invitational sports event, will bring in 80 contestants from all over the country to vie for the top prize of P50,000 and a shot at being declared Mr. Bacolod 2022, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Events Center of Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City.Coach Wins, a legend in the fitness industry with thousands of followers, will be among the judges in the competition that is bringing in body-building enthusiasts from Cagayan, Cebu, Manila and Zamboanga, the press release said.Wins has inspired a lot of fitness fan...
Strongest LGU teams to face off at Gov. Cup Inter-LGU 3×3 basketball provincial championship

Strongest LGU teams to face off at Gov. Cup Inter-LGU 3×3 basketball provincial championship

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Following the exciting North and South brackets eliminations, the Provincial Sports Office (PSO) and ABANSE NEGRENSE’s Governor’s Cup Inter-LGU 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will continue for semi-finals and the provincial championship on Oct. 8, Saturday at 9 am in Talisay City.Thirteen LGU teams from the Northern and Southern districts will be participating in the 12-under and 14-under categories. These are Cadiz City, Talisay City, San Carlos City, Murcia, Manapla, and Escalante for the North District category.As for the South district category, participating LGUs include La Carlota City, Himamaylan City, Kabankalan City, Sipalay City, Bago City, Ilog, and Valladolid. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose V. Lacson and PSO Head Mr. Anthony Carlo Agustin are expected to grace th...
MassKara table tennis tourney championship round today

MassKara table tennis tourney championship round today

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PTTF president Ting Ledesma with 11-year old Khevine Keith Cruz, silver medalist in the World Table Tennis Youth Contender in Bangkok, at the opening of the Bacolod tournament.*The championship round of the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Table Tennis Cup at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City is set today, October 7.Almost three hundred paddlers from Negros, Panay and Cebu joined the tournament that began Wednesday, October 5, organizers said.“This tournament demonstrates the concern and support of Mayor Albee Benitez and his administration to the grassroots development of sports in the city. The experience you gain from your participation ensures that each one of you is already a winner,” said Bacolod City Councilor Kalaw Puentevella, who represented the mayor at...
Cavite’s Jundel Mazon wins MassKara billiards tournament

Cavite’s Jundel Mazon wins MassKara billiards tournament

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Jundel Mazon won the P350,000 grand prize *They flew in from as far as Japan and Indonesia but on the fifth and final day of the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Billiards Tournament in Bacolod City, the last man standing to romp off with the P350,000 grand prize was Cavite’s Jundel Mazon.The tournament started with 128 players, many of them giants in the world of billiards, including the legends and world champions Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante.The masters’ games brought in the crowd and though they dominated the early matches, on the fourth day, Reyes was crushed by newbie, 15-year old AJ Manas from Antipolo. Reyes departure from the tournament though did not diminish the crowd, but rather, more came to see for themselves the boy wonder that eliminated ...
‘Upsets’ in the billiards tourney

‘Upsets’ in the billiards tourney

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UPSET. Billiard's boy wonder, 15-year old, AJ Manas takes to the table while the legendary world champion, Efren "Bata" Reyes looks on. Manas won the game with an 8-5 score, ending Reyes' bid for the grand prize in the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Billiards Tournament at the SM City North Atrium in Bacolod City.*It was a tension-filled game that left the crowd in disbelief when 15-year old AJ Manas crushed the legendary billiards world champion, Efren “Bata” Reyes, with a score of 8-5 in the 64-players knockout semi-finals round in the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Billiards Tournament at the SM City North Atrium Wednesday, October 5.It was not the only upset though. Another seeded billiards’ player, Dennis Orcollo, who ranks fifth in the country, was also eliminated by Cebu...
UAAP women’s volleyball squads to face off in MassKara

UAAP women’s volleyball squads to face off in MassKara

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One of the most awaited events in celebration of the 43rd MassKara Festival is the match between the University of Santo Tomas and the Ateneo women’s volleyball squads at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum on Sunday, October 9.Tickets are running out fast considering that this is the first time that the UST Tigresses will face off with Ateneo’s Blue Eagles since their “epic showdown” in 2019 in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women’s volleyball championship match, organizer Bea Tan said. Ateneo won in three games against UST in that match.“Everyone is very excited to see two UAAP teams headline the event for the MassKara Festival,” Tan said, adding that “this is a must-see game” that volleyball enthusiasts and fans in Bacolod and Negros can catch....
Masskara table tennis tourney opens Wednesday

Masskara table tennis tourney opens Wednesday

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The Table Tennis Legends Association of Bacolod (TTLAB) members pay a courtesy visit to Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez to update him on the preparations for the upcoming tournament. In photo are Jake Cordero, Jojo Jalandoon, Nonoy Gubaton, Mogie Gindap, Mayor Albee Benitez, TTLAB Chairman Jacksi Go, Arvin Villaruel and City councilor Kalaw Puentevella, (l-r, front) Joms Anlap, Jerson Niery, TTLAB president Rudy Sy and Vice-President Nicky Puentevella (l-r, back).*As part of Bacolod City’s Masskara Festival 2022, the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez Table Tennis Cup opens 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 5, at the groundfloor of the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in , Bacolod City.Bacolod City Councilor Kalaw Puentevella will represent Mayor Benitez in the opening rites, while guest of honor is Phi...
Provincial Sports Office announces upcoming inter-LGU tourneys

Provincial Sports Office announces upcoming inter-LGU tourneys

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It’s another fun and exciting weekend for all sports enthusiasts in Negros Occidental as the Provincial Sports Office (PSO) announces more Inter-LGU tournaments from Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2022.The line-up of events includes Abanse Negrense’s Children with Disabilities Athletics Day, Governor’s Cup Inter-LGU 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament (South Bracket B Eliminations), Governor’s Cup Football Championships (North, Central, and South Qualifying) and Abanse Negrense’s Boxing at the Park Eliminations.Spearheaded by Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and PSO Head Mr. Anthony Carlo Agustin, the PSO is holding a special athletics activity dedicated to children with disabilities on Sept. 30 at 8 am in Canetown, Brgy. 19-A, Victorias City. This event is in partnership with Aban...
Early football winners awarded

Early football winners awarded

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The Tamasak FC grabbed the championship in the under-19 category.*The two-day 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Football Tournament opened with former Azkals player, Ian Araneta, in attendance to lend support to the aspiring football players as young as 5-years old on Saturday, October 1.Victorias Mayor Javier Benitez led the ceremonial kick-off and addressed the crowd at the opening rites in the La Provincia Open Fields.He was joined by Malaysian journalist Tony Mariadass, tournament director Coach John Carmona, Natasha Bantug and David Villagracia, MassKara sports committee head.The newly-renovated Panaad Football Stadium was the other venue for the tournament and day 1 brought in several winners in various categories.Victorias Mayor Javier Benitez (second from right) ...
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