President Estrada has been invited to be guest of honor and award the PSA top plum to Delasin in the 7 p.m. affair.
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President Estrada is the guest of honor and is expected to present the PSA Athlete of the Year award to Fil-Am golfer Dorothy Delasin in the event set at 7 p.m.
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Si Pangulong Joseph Estrada ang panauhing pandangal at inaasahang magpiprisinta ng PSA Athlete of the Year award kay Fil-Am golfer Dorothy Delasin sa event na nakatakda sa ganap na alas-7 ng gabi.
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President Estrada has been invited as guest of honor and presentor of the top PSA award in the event set at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Manila where he is also expected to announce the government’s new sports policies.
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Inanyayahan ang Pangulong Joseph Estrada na maging panauhing pandangal at presentor ng pangunahing award na nakatakda sa alas-7 ng gabi sa Holiday Inn Manila kung saan inaasahan na ihahayag niya ang bagong sports policies ng gobyerno.
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Delasin, the Daly City-based Fil-Am who was unanimously voted as the year’s top athlete for her remarkable rookie campaign in the US LPGA Tour, will arrive Jan. 17 to personally receive her award, the first such honor bestowed on a Fil-Am talent.
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Si Delasin, ang Daly-based Fil-Am na ibinoto bilang Atleta ng taon dahil sa kanyang mahusay na rookie campaign sa US LPGA tour ay darating sa Enero 17 upang personal na tanggapin ang karangalan, na sa unang pagkakataon ay iginawad sa isang Fil-Am talent.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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