AFTER its first three successful staging, the City of Makati is set to organize the Mayor Jejomar Binay fourth National Quarterly Age-Group Table Tennis Championship on December 6 to 7 at the Koliseum ng Bayan, Washington Pio Del Pilar Makati City.

More than 300 participants all over the National Capital Region (NCR) and different provinces are expected to compete in the two-day tournament supported by long-time Makati City Mayor Jejomar 'Jojo' Binay.

"I'm inviting all table tennis enthusiasts in the country to register and join our tournament this December," said Binay, whose vision is to develop a competitive player who can bring pride to the country. "I'll be proud if Makati produce a good national player." 

The following 10 events to be contested in the tourney are boy's and girls' 10-and-under; boys' and girl's 12-and-under; boy's and girls' 14-and-under; boy's and girl's 17-and-under; men's and women's non-rank divisions.

Match Schedules organized by Tournament Director Antonio 'Gigi' Aguinalde will be given to participants during the opening rites at 8:00am on December 6, 2008.

Registration is now going on at the 5th floor Makati Youth Center building, J. P. Rizal st., Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City.

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The winners of the last third leg are ready to defend their respective titles. 

They are Ryan Rodney Jacolo (boy's 10-and-under); Angela Joyce Nesper (girl's 10); Daniel Cua of YMCA (boy's 12); Chantal Alberto (girl's 12): Rondell Blanco (boy's 14-and-under crown); Eden Leyva girl's 14).

Nico Cruz (boy's 17); Eden Leyva (girl's 17); and Cecille Niemo (women's non-ranked); Ting Ledesma (men's non-ranked).

8th LOPTTA National Invitational Table             Tennis Championships

Results:  Team Event

Champion – HUA CHING FOUNDATION-Cebu

1 Lauro Crisostomo
            2 Celjun Ortalla
            3 Handel Yap
            4 Bill Yap
            5 Stephanie Taba

1st Runner-up – LOPUE’S  A
           
            1 Isaias Seroñio
            2 Mark Francis Jimenez
            3 Marell Lagunday

2nd Runner-up – EC JACK – Manila

            1 Joseph Cruz
            2 Joselito Almazan
            3 Sherwin Remata
            4 Juliette Gayoso

3rd Runner-up – LOPUE’S  B

            1 Japhet Adasa
            2 Arnie Uy
            3 Cherry Tiongco

Results:  Singles Event

Men’s Open Singles

Champion – Lauro Crisostomo
1st Runner-up – Mark Jimenez
2nd Runner-up – Isaias Seroñio
2nd Runner-up – Japhet Adasa

Women’s Open Singles

Champion – Marell Lagunday
1st Runner-up – Stephanie Taba
2nd Runner-up – Cherry Tiongco

Prizes for Singles Event:
8t, 4t, 2t respectively

Prizes for Team Event:
25t, 15t, 10t, 5t respectively + trophy + medals

CHRISMA Capistrano, Ian Lariba Nietes, Rodel 'Ireneo' Valle and Ting Ledesma led all the champions of first Philippine Table Tennis Championship last Friday at the Philspots Arena in Pasig City.

Capistrano, representing Metropolitan Table Tennis Association, showed impressiveness to survive Ian Lariba, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 8-11, 11-9 and capture the women's singles title of the event attended by more than 500 participants.

Rodel 'Ireneo' Valle of Philippine National Police (PNP) effortlessly took the men's singles crown to Julius Esposo, who retired in his final match due to leg cramps and refused to play after beating Joseph Cruz.

Nico Cruz of Quezon ripped Karl Bolado of Pasig City, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8, to get the boy's 17-and-under title and Ian Nietes Lariba quashed Kheith Lyn Cruz, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, for the girl's 17-and-under crown.

For other results, Ting Ledesma and Lauro Crisostomo of Iloilo gained the men's doubles crown by whipping Henberd Ortalla and Rodel 'Ireneo' Valle, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9.

Ian Lariba and Crisanta Abas defeated Louise Tabulao and Arlene Borja, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5, for the women's doubles diadem.

Isaias Seronio and Marell Lagunday of Negros Occidental blanked the pair of Michael Dalumpines and Crisanta Abas, 11-7, 12-14, 13-11, 11-8, to take home the mixed doubles crown.

The five-day tournament, supported by Butterfly, is organized well by the Table Tennis Association of the Philippines (TATAP).

TATAP Vice-president PO3 Jose Ortalla Jr served as the tournament director during the event with the full support of TATAP

officials led by President Col. Cesar Binag and secretary Atty. Domingo Panlilio.

SIMPLY the best.

Nobody thought it would end up close.

Henberd Ortalla, the head coach of many-time UAAP champion Santo Tomas U, though, made sure the night belongs to the Philippine National Police (PNP) at the end of the first Philippine Table Tennis Championship team events.

Ortalla got two crucial victories – including the last match – to pilot the PNP-Butterfly squad to a nail-biting 3-2 win over the Julius Esposo-led Quezon City paddlers in the men's team championship round at the Philsports Arena in Pasig.

After Paul 'the backhand killer' Puentespina's 12-10, 11-7, 5-11, 13-11 win over James Borleo, Ortalla came out aggressive in his first match against Joseph Cruz, scoring a close 11-8, 12-14, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11 win, to give PNP a 2-0 edge in the team event.

"Yup that's too close," said Ortalla, referring to his first match against Cruz. "But we are very determined to answer their challenges and yes we did."

But Julius Esposo, a former national player, and Cruz refused to roll over and let his team go home without giving the policemen a good fight. They managed to tie the count to 2-2 after winning against separate PNP players.

Ortalla withstood Quezon City's back-to-back wins with an impressive 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-9 win against Esposo in the fifth match to help PNP win the crown of the event participated by more than 65 local government units (LGUs).

In the women's team event, the Filipino-Chinese Athletic Association Federation swept the Negros Occidental-LOPTTA squad, 3-0, to gain the women's team event title.

Keith Lhyn Cruz defeated Benjie Lyn Dayap, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5, while Chrisanta Abas defeated Marell Lagunday, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, and national player Ian Lariba blanked Cheryl Tiongco, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, to complete the sweep.

POWERHOUSE Saint Martin High Montessori ruled most of the events of Vicente Hao Chin Sr. Memorial Cup 7th National Inter-Scholastics Table Tennis Championships yesterday at the Ateneo Blue Eagles gym.

Saint Martin captured three of the seven titles at stake in the team event division, while it took home five of the 12 crowns at stake in the singles event in honor of the late Vicente Hao Chin Sr, whose vision is to provide street children with better education.

The girls paddlers of Saint Martin defeated UE Rondon High School, 3-0, to capture the girls' team high school event crown, while their boy's squad also did the same feat to also claim the high school crown after whipping Holy Light High School .

Saint Martin high school girls upset the heavily-favored University of the Philippines , 3-2, to take the women's team crown of the event organized by Ateneo and University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics.

The champions in the singles events for Saint Martin were Patricia Blanco (girl's elementary); Rowena Morales (girl's high school); Nico Cruz (boy's high school); Lusha Maderal (women's non-rank); and Nico Cruz (men's non-rank).

Other single's champions were Isaiah Seronio of University of the Philippines (men's open); Natalie Cayabyab of UP (women's open); Alexis Castillon of Imperium (men's inter-corporate class A); Aldrin Valecerina of Imperium (men's inter-corporate class B); Rioneil Norquianos of Golden Link (boy's invitational classification high school); Edson Mabaga of Candelaria ES (boy's invitational classification elementary); and Renz Geronimo of P. Gomez (boy's singles elementary).

Other champions in the team event divisions were UAAP champion University of Santo Tomas (men's team); Philippine Cultural College (girl's team elementary); Sta. Ana Elementary Pateros (boy's team elementary); and Green Paddle (Inter-Corporate).