Thursday, July 9, 2009

RP Paralympic Team to play in Meralco

THE GM Rogelio" Joey" Antonio Jr.-coached RP PARA CHESS TEAM will play in a 4-team 1-day tournament in Meralco head office (July 11) at 9:00 am.


The event, which was organized by Meralco Chess Club headed by president Rolly Sol Cruz is a fund-raising event to help our National Team in their training.

The other participating teams whose entry fee will be donated to the PARA are NM Erwin Carag's La Salle Green Hills Chess Team, Barangay Wesley Chess Club, and the host MERALCO Chess Club led by National Master Gerry Cabellon and 2009 Vietnam Asean + Age Group gold medallist Paulo Bersamina.

Last July 3, National Masters Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr., Gerry Cabellon and Andrew Vasquez hold a simultaneous exhibition against 7 from the RP PARA Team played, 4 from Tahanan Walang Hagdanan, and 10 from Meralco Chess Club. The events marked 72nd birthday of Mang Vic Risma, pioneer of Meralco Chess Club.

The results:NM Cabellon, 4W-2D-1L; draws with Rolly Sol Cruz of MERALCO and Cecilio Bilog of PARA, and loss to Melchor Pizarro of PARA.

NM Vasquez, 6W-1D-0L; draw with 11 year old Rhal Sol Cruz, NM Bernardino; 5W-0D-2L; loss from Ricky Tan and Jacqui Ynot of MERALCO. BY: MARLON BERNARDINO

2 Comments:

rjsolcruz said...

great logo!!!

rjsolcruz said...

PARA GAMES at MERALCO
Pasig City
July 11, 2009
by rjsolcruz, MERALCO Chess Club

The ASEAN PARALYMPICS-bound RP Para Team, led by partially blind Rudy Canonigo, won all the team matches in this single round 4-team 7-board fund-raising event for the benefit of our handicapped players. Brgy Wesley, MERALCO, & youthful La Salle GH won 1 match each with BW landing on 2nd spot with the best games points at 14.5 powered by Pulsar, Rustic Bull, Jet, & Spawn's 2 points a piece.

Canonigo and Francis Ching scored a perfect 3 out of 3 while Abe Peligro and Alexis Elinon tallied 2.5 a piece, Melchor Pizzaro has 1.5 while Rudy Sarmiento and Gigi Bilog contributed 1 pt each.

GMs Eugene Torre and Joey Antonio graced the simple opening ceremony and give inspirational messages to the plaayers.

La Salle's Rhal Sol Cruz has the best performance among the kids with his 2 wins vs PARA's Pizarro and MERALCO's guest player Catolos.

Final Standings
1st - RP PARA, 14.5 pts
2nd - Brgy WESLEY, 11.5
3rd - MERALCO, 10.0
4th - La Salle, 6.0
by IA/NM Erwin Carag