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Badminton tourney
Manila, Philippines – More than 1,000 players all over the country, led by national players Joper Escueta and Kevin Cudiamat, are expected to compete in the prestigious 2012 Prima Pasta Invitational Badminton Open on Feb. 25 to 26 and March 3 to 4 at the Powersmash in Pasong Tamo, Makati City. Event Chairman Alex S. Lim confirmed the participation of Escueta and Cudiamat in the tournament supported...
Badminton rescheduled
Manila, Philippines – The Philippine Badminton Association elimination tournament originally scheduled today has been moved to Jan. 14-15 to give players more time to prepare. “We rescheduled the date because the players asked us to move the tournament to a later date because they have no time to prepare due to the holiday season,” said tournament official Janet Tenorio. The country’s...
Badminton tourney
Manila, Philippines – The Philippine Badminton Association will conduct a nationwide elimination series next month to select the men and women teams for the prestigious Thomas Huber Cup slated February in Macau. The elimination will be held on January 7-8 and 14-15 at the PBA court at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. The country’s prominent shuttle cockers plus a horde of upcoming players...
Badminton eliminations
Manila, Philippines – The Philippine Badminton Association will conduct a nationwide elimination next month to fi ll up slots in the national teams to prestigious Thomas Huber Cup slated February in Macau. The competition will be held Jan. 7, 8, 14 and 15 at the PBA court at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. The country’s prominent shuttlecockers plus a horde of upcoming players are expected...
Alcalas siblings in big wins
Manila, Philippines – Malvinne Ann Alcala re-stamped her class against a tough foreign field while brother Markie enhanced a promising badminton career as they ruled their respective divisions in the Li Ning Singapore Youth International Series 2011 at the Singapore Badminton Hall in Singapore last Sunday. Malvinne survived a grueling first set duel then hung tough to frustrate Indonesian Florensia...
Badminton tourney
Manila, Philippines – No less than the country’s finest are expected to participate in the Victor-Ming Ramos National Open badminton championships that starts Dec. 27 at Club 650 in Quezon City. At the same time, championship trophies in five age categories will be disputed when the Youth Championship, also organized by the governing Philippine Badminton Association, is held on the same...
Zamora bags NCR badminton titles
Manila, Philippines – Nina Carmela Zamora advanced to the national finals in badminton as she swept the girls division diadem even as Quezon City continued its domination in swimming in the penultimate day of the National Capital Region (NCR) elimination of the 2011 Batang Pinoy yesterday in various venues in Makati City. Zamora, 13, a second year high school student at the St. Scholastica...
Teen titan
SHANGHAI (AFP) – Thai teen sensation Inthanon Ratchanok stunned spectators in Shanghai Thursday, taking under an hour to slay the China Open’s top women’s singles seed Wang Shixian 21-18, 21-19 in her own backyard. ”I’m very happy because I can fight and can beat number one in the world right now,” said the two-time World Junior Champion, who just picked up her second...
Alcala faces Malaysian in opener
Manila, Philippines – Malvinne Ann Alcala will have her hands full when she opens her World Juniors Championships campaign tonight as she drew joint fifth seed Sonia Su Ya Cheah of Malaysia in one of the ladies singles matches in Chinese-Taipei. The 16-year-old Alcala, coming off a sweep of the Under-19 and Open singles titles in the PBaRS’ VP Binay Cup Badminton Championships, hopes to...
