Urge Super X fest fires off Nov. 22

Extreme sports take center stage on Nov. 22 when the Red Horse Beer-Urge Super X 2008 is held at the Sta. Lucia East Grand in Cainta.

Michael Oliveros tries to defend his crown in the BMX Stunts Park against the likes of Armand Mariano and Arjae Raymudo while the country’s top extreme sports athletes will compete in skateboarding, BMX Stunts Flatland and Aggressive In-Line.

Ross Valino, the 2007 champion, heads the cast in skateboarding that includes Kit Ledesma and dark horse Elvin Benitez while Jay Trinidad and Paul Rodriguez are the men to watch in BMX stunt flatland event.

Defending champion Willy Bolado battles the like of Juan Andal, veterans Edward Tamaray and Allan Dave Legaspi in Aggressive In-line.   

Registration starts 9 a.m. with competition kicking off at 1 p.m.

The event is presented by Red Horse Extra Strong Beer and backed by Urgemediagroup with support from Rekta Productions and Sports Management Inc., Sta. Lucia Grand East Mall, Manila Times, Daily Tribune, Peoples Tonight, NU 107, 99.5RT and RX 93.1.

Tickets are pegged at P100. For details, log on at www.urgesuperx.com, or email us at [email protected].    

Cantonjos bros top QC chess

Brothers Rommel and Alji Cantonjos completed aa 1-2 finish in the 14-years-old-and-below chess tournament at the Quezon Memorial Circle chess plaza recently.

Ariel Caranguian placed third followed by Renan Michael Basas, Christian David Luchina, Stephen Rome Pangilinan, John Paulo Fondevilla, Marjon Mendez, Hans Christian Balingit and Darryl Jay Dagdag in that order.

The tournament, staged by the Chess for Quezon City Development Youth Development, Inc. (ChessQC), is held weekly, according to ChessQC president Jose Carinan. For details, contact 0929-7725250.

Elorde holds 4-cock anniversary derby

A big anniversary four-cock derby featuring entries coming from top cock breeders will be held on Nov. 24 at the Elorde Cockpit Stadium in Sucat Road, Parañaque.

Promoted by Johnny Elorde, the derby offers a guaranteed prize of P4 million with money pegged at P11,000. The handler and the gaffer of the winning entry will receive P20,000 and P10,000, respectively, with minimum bet at P5,500 weight limit set from 1.8 to 2.4 kgs.

More than 50 entries have already signed up. For inquiries please call 8264463 or 8259385/09104500222.

Gov. Umali chess reset

To accommodate more entries, organizers of the Gov. Aurelio Umali Cup-National Open Chess Championship decided to reset the event from Dec. 3-8 to Jan. 21-26, 2009. The event, jointly organized by the Nueva Ecija government and the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), offers a total cash prize of P850,000 with the champion getting P200,000.

The runner-up and the third placer will receive P100,000 and P80,000 and trophies, respectively.

The fourth placer and fifth placer will bring home P70,000 and trophy and P60,000 and trophy.

The top three finishers in different categories will also get consolation prizes, including P10,000 (top female), P7,000 (top non-master), P7,000 (top under-14), P7,000 (top senior). Registration fee is P500.

For details, call Ilann Perez at the NCFP office at tel. 536-8507 or cell 0905-3269576, 0927-7209260, 09285513089 or Jayson Marcos at the Nueva Ecija provncial sports office at cell 0906-2019668 or NCFP provincial coordinator Ver Paquinto at cell 0905-4150179.