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FREN “BATA” REYES conquered the 10th Annual Predator International 10-Ball


Championship after nipping compatriot Roberto Gomez, 10-9, on Saturday at the Block of SM North EDSA in Quezon City.


master, Reyes, known as “The Magi- cian,” shattered a 9-all deadlock by exploiting Gomez’s miss shots in the pivotal last rack. Reyes bagged a $9, 000 cash prize for the feat. Reyes and Gomez defeated their respective opponents in the semifi- nals to face each other in the cham- pionship round. Reyes whipped American Rod- ney Morris, 9-5, in the second


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semifinals match. “I’m very happy with this victory,”


said Reyes, who also defeated fellow Filipino Jeffrey de Luna, 9-7, in the quarterfinals on Friday to move to the semifinals. “I’m just very lucky with my shots,” he said. Reyes, who is expected to be drafted for the Guangzhou 16th Asian Games in November, also de- throned last year champion Dennis Orcullo in the last 16, 9-4, to land in the quarterfinals.


NBA’s Dwight Howard shoots hoops with Haitian refugees


ORLANDO Magic basketball star Dwight Howard was in Haiti on Friday on 72-hour trip to visit refugee camps and shoot hoops with children. Howard, who was invited by the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and Haiti’s Olympic Committee, announced shortly after arriving that he has put $100,000 in a fund he is managing aimed at supporting educational and recreational programs for Haitian children. The impoverished Caribbean country was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on January 12 that killed 250,000 people and destroyed much of the capital, forcing hundreds of thousands into tent cities. “I came down here because a lot of people in the [United] States have forgotten the disaster that happened in Haiti,” said Howard after playing an informal basketball game with some 50 children during a stop at a tent city. “My objective is just to come over here and put a smile on kids’ faces,” he said. Many have forgotten about the Haitian earthquake


victims, he said. But for Howard, “it’s been on my mind everyday. And I want to make sure that I do my part. I wanted to show my support.” Howard said that he intends to return to the United States “and tell the people that, still we need to give a lot of aid. We just can’t forget” about the Haitian quake victims. “Every time I will step on the court I will think about all the kids in Haiti and around the world and just how much I can inspire them,” he said.


AFP “I need to be consistent because


every player here is good and pro- fessional,” he said.


Gomez, for his part, crushed com- patriot Lee Vann Corteza, 9-3, in the first semifinals match. Gomez sus- tained his impressive start after win- ning the first three racks.


Gomez made it to the semifinals after beating Carlo “Cool” Biado, 9-4, on Friday in the quarterfinals while Corteza trounced Antonio Lining, 9-5.


RP golfers show way in Malaysian Junior Open


MIGUEL TABUENA primed up for the Putra Cup as he grabbed the overall lead in the boys division with a two-under 70 while Sarah Ababa carded a 75 to pace the girls’ side of the Malaysian Junior Open in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Friday. Tabuena, tapped to play for the RP team competing in the Putra Cup in Kuala Lumpur this month, strung up nines of 34-36 to post a three-shot lead over reigning Philippine champion Clyde Mondilla at the start of the 54- hole tournament for players 12 to 18 years old.


■ National Basketball Association player Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic visits a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince. Howard is in Haiti to support victims of the country’s devastating earthquake. AFP PHOTO


CALVIN ABUEVA EARNS THIRD ‘PLAYER OF THE WEEK’ PLUM


LEADING Most Valuable Player can- didate Calvin Abueva pulled off an explosive play anew to save the day for San Sebastian College in their game against Colegio de San Juan de Letran last week in the 86th National Collegiate Athletic Association


(NCAA) basketball tournament. For his feat, the 6’3” Abueva earned his third NCAA Press Corps ACCEL/Fil-Oil Player of the Week plum. He scored 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to help the de-


fending titlist Stags erased a double- digit deficit and escaped with a 59- 58 squeaker to remain in solo sec- ond with a 12-1 slate. Abueva, a 22-year-old second year Management student, added 10 re- bounds, an assist, a steal and a block


Mentally handicapped athletes gather for Special Olympics


SOME 1,400 mentally handicapped athletes will take to the field Saturday in Warsaw for the latest European edition of the Special Olympics, organizers said. The September 18 to 24 games,


drawing participants from 56 countries of Europe and Central Asia, will see disciplines ranging from athletics, football and basketball to tennis, table tennis, badminton and roller-skating. In addition, severely handicapped


participants who are unable to take part in the classic sports will have a chance to shine in a dedicated discipline known as the Motor Activities Training Program. “These are events for those in whom no one believed,” Boguslaw Galazka, head of the Warsaw games, told Agence France-Presse. “For example, they have to throw a ball or move forward a meter


or two on a bench.” The athletes are being accompanied by 600 trainers and 800 care-workers, while Warsaw has laid on a medical staff of 250, plus 200 referees and 2,500 volunteer helpers. “And that doesn’t count the throng of


ordinary people who haven’t stopped lending us a hand,” Zbigniew Niemczycki, organiser of the events, told Agence France-Presse. The next global edition of the Special Olympics—held every four years—takes place in Athens in 2011. The 2007 event was held in Shanghai, China. The Special Olympics, which are


separate from the Paralympics for physically handicapped athletes, began in 1968. They have formally been recog- nized by the International Olympic Committee since 1988.


Coach Jim Saret walks the talk


AS the sports training and fitness consultant of the Philippine Ol- ympic Committee, coach Jim Saret holds workshops for national sports associations, coaches, and athletes that help their training pro- grams. He is also the current president


of the Scientific Sports and Fitness Council, the very first scientific sport and fitness academy in the Philip- pines, and the training director of the Advanced Performance En- hancement Training, which crafts scientific programs for local athletes.


Saret also currently handles the country’s top three sports teams: the RP Smart Gilas Bas- ketball Team, the RP Swim- ming Team, and the RP Box- ing Team. He is also the chosen endorser of Immuvit multivitamin.


■ Coach Jim Saret


Despite the physical rigors that come with these responsibilities, he attests he feels as energized as ever. Saret said that the key to his wellness is a lifestyle that follows a regimen of healthy balance diet and physical exercise.


The vibrant coach who holds an MS in Sports in Medicine from Brigham Young University in the United States offers a specific advice on antioxidants, “CoQ10 is naturally produced by our body and plays a key role in producing energy as well as cell growth and maintenance.


It


is also an antioxidant, which protects the body from damage caused by free radicals. As we get older, however, our body produces less CoQ10. Because of that, our energy also starts to dwindle, our immune system starts to slow down, and our risk of getting a heart condi- tion increases, so it is very important that we supple- ment the CoQ10 in our body,” he concluded.


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“Calvin is like that, his energy and aggressiveness is his main strength,” said San Sebastian coach Ato Agustin of his ward.


But more than the individual


award, Abueva said his target is a second- straight championship for the Stags.


“Winning the championship is more important for me,” said Abueva in Filipino. FRANK CALAPRE


Mondilla, who humbled the cream of the amateur crop to win the national title early in the year, failed to earn a slot in the Putra Cup-bound RP squad because of poor finishes in his last tourna- ments, enabling Tabuena to join Mhark Fernando, Jhonnel Ababa and Jerson Balasabas in the team. The Del Monte bet stood just one shot behind Tabuena at the turn but wavered at the backside of the wind-raked Nexus Golf Resort Karambunai and limped home with a 38 for a 73. Local bets Paul San and Emilio Rosidin made identical 74s for third while Chan Tuck Soon, also of Malaysia stood a shot farther back at 75 followed Bino de la Paz and Kenneth Kano, who both had 76s. Ababa, meanwhile, also came in ruffled by the wind as the top International Container Terminal Services Inc. bet fumbled with three bogeys at the back of the tight, hazard- laden layout, finishing with a 38-37 for a one-shot lead over Vivienne Chen of Malaysia. But while Ababa hobbled on her


homeward trip, Chen rallied with a 36 to salvage a 76 while two other Malaysians, Nurdurriyah Damian and Kelly Tan, stood within striking distance at 79.


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