PSA to honor Mt. Everest climbers in rites
January 8, 2007 | 12:00am
From the peak of Mt. Everest to the flat roads of Doha, Qatar, Filipino athletes who did their share in making 2006 a bumper crop for Philippine sports will be honored Jan. 18 during the PSA-SMC Annual Awards at the Mall of Asia.
Sharing the limelight with the eight Athletes of the Year, led by boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, are the first three Filipino mountain climbers who reached Mt. Everest, the worlds highest mountain, and the silver and bronze medalists in the last Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata and Romy Garduce, who climbed the summit of the 29,035-foot mountain last summer, will be conferred the PSA Presidents Award while the Doha Asiad medalists lead the list of persons and entities to be cited by the 58-year old PSA, the countrys oldest media organization.
Pacquiao wil be bestowed the honor as Athlete of the Year alongside seven others billiards champion Efren Bata Reyes and Ronnie Alcano, bowler Biboy Rivera and Asiad gold medal winners Joan Tipon, Violito Payla, Antonio Gabica and Rene Catalan.
PBA 2005-06 Most Valuable Player (MVP) James Yap (pro basketball) will receive the PSA major award together with Ken Bono (amateur basketball), Juvic Pagunsan (golf), Jonathan B. Hernandez (horseracing) and Real Spicy (horseracing).
Young golfers Dottie Ardina, Mia Legaspi and Cyna Rodriguez, together with rising chess prodigy Wesley So are the recipients of the Antonio Siddayao award, given to athletes who showed promise at a young age.
Receiving the PSA Lifetime Achievement award during the two-hour ceremony, which begins at 3 p.m. is former International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Florencio Campomanes while Eugene Torre, Asias first grandmaster, will be elevated to the PSA Hall of Fame.
Legendary golfer Ben Arda and two-time PSA president and former Manila Standard Today sports editor Bert Cuevas head the nine sports greats and personalities who will be feted with a posthumous award by the association composed of sportswriters from the different national dailies and tabloid.
The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) and the Blliards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) have been named Outstanding national sports associations.
Athletes Of The Year
Manny Pacquiao Violito Payla
Ronnie Alcano Joan Tipon
Biboy Rivera Antonio Gabica
Efren Bata Reyes Rene Catalan
Major Awards
James Yap (pro basketball) Ken Bono (amateur basketball)
Juvic Pagunsan (golf) Santy Barnachea (cycling) JB Hernandez (horseracing) Real Spicy (horseracing)
PSA Presidents Award
Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata. Romy Garduce
Antonio Siddayao Award
Dottie Ardina Cyna Rodriguez
Mia Legaspi Wesley So
Citations
Marie Antoinette Rivero Tshomlee Go
Maria Marna Pabillore
Eduard Folayang
Jeffrey de Luna Cecil Mamiit
Eric Taino Kathleen Allora
Veronica Domingo Manuel Rivero Jr
Godfrey Castro Jenibert Basadre
Michael Bibat Noel Espinosa
Ramon S. Ang - SMC Debbie de Villa Ryan Mendoza Francisco Django Bustamante
AF3 Wushu team
Erlina Pecante Mateo Guidecelli
Dragon Boat team Yen Makabenta
Juanito Mingarine Philippine Football Federation
Sports Radio MASCO
Amaya Paz
Special Award
Recah Trinidad and Anvil Publishing
Lifetime Achievement Award
Florencio Campomanes
Hall Of Fame
Eugene Torre
Posthumous Award
Ben Arda Bert Cuevas
Carlos Santos Bana Sailani
Alex Arroyo Redan Lopez
Rodrigo Abaquita Deo Espinosa
Willy Victoria
Most Outstanding NSAs
Billiards Boxing
Sharing the limelight with the eight Athletes of the Year, led by boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, are the first three Filipino mountain climbers who reached Mt. Everest, the worlds highest mountain, and the silver and bronze medalists in the last Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata and Romy Garduce, who climbed the summit of the 29,035-foot mountain last summer, will be conferred the PSA Presidents Award while the Doha Asiad medalists lead the list of persons and entities to be cited by the 58-year old PSA, the countrys oldest media organization.
Pacquiao wil be bestowed the honor as Athlete of the Year alongside seven others billiards champion Efren Bata Reyes and Ronnie Alcano, bowler Biboy Rivera and Asiad gold medal winners Joan Tipon, Violito Payla, Antonio Gabica and Rene Catalan.
PBA 2005-06 Most Valuable Player (MVP) James Yap (pro basketball) will receive the PSA major award together with Ken Bono (amateur basketball), Juvic Pagunsan (golf), Jonathan B. Hernandez (horseracing) and Real Spicy (horseracing).
Young golfers Dottie Ardina, Mia Legaspi and Cyna Rodriguez, together with rising chess prodigy Wesley So are the recipients of the Antonio Siddayao award, given to athletes who showed promise at a young age.
Receiving the PSA Lifetime Achievement award during the two-hour ceremony, which begins at 3 p.m. is former International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Florencio Campomanes while Eugene Torre, Asias first grandmaster, will be elevated to the PSA Hall of Fame.
Legendary golfer Ben Arda and two-time PSA president and former Manila Standard Today sports editor Bert Cuevas head the nine sports greats and personalities who will be feted with a posthumous award by the association composed of sportswriters from the different national dailies and tabloid.
The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) and the Blliards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) have been named Outstanding national sports associations.
Manny Pacquiao Violito Payla
Ronnie Alcano Joan Tipon
Biboy Rivera Antonio Gabica
Efren Bata Reyes Rene Catalan
Major Awards
James Yap (pro basketball) Ken Bono (amateur basketball)
Juvic Pagunsan (golf) Santy Barnachea (cycling) JB Hernandez (horseracing) Real Spicy (horseracing)
PSA Presidents Award
Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata. Romy Garduce
Antonio Siddayao Award
Dottie Ardina Cyna Rodriguez
Mia Legaspi Wesley So
Citations
Marie Antoinette Rivero Tshomlee Go
Maria Marna Pabillore
Eduard Folayang
Jeffrey de Luna Cecil Mamiit
Eric Taino Kathleen Allora
Veronica Domingo Manuel Rivero Jr
Godfrey Castro Jenibert Basadre
Michael Bibat Noel Espinosa
Ramon S. Ang - SMC Debbie de Villa Ryan Mendoza Francisco Django Bustamante
AF3 Wushu team
Erlina Pecante Mateo Guidecelli
Dragon Boat team Yen Makabenta
Juanito Mingarine Philippine Football Federation
Sports Radio MASCO
Amaya Paz
Special Award
Recah Trinidad and Anvil Publishing
Lifetime Achievement Award
Florencio Campomanes
Hall Of Fame
Eugene Torre
Posthumous Award
Ben Arda Bert Cuevas
Carlos Santos Bana Sailani
Alex Arroyo Redan Lopez
Rodrigo Abaquita Deo Espinosa
Willy Victoria
Most Outstanding NSAs
Billiards Boxing
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