From Sun.Star Cebu
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/queen-city-dumps-uspf
AN early set back proved costly for the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) Alumni as it was pounded by Queen City United, 4-0, in their Men’s League match of the 11th Aboitiz Cup Football tournament at the University of San Carlos-Technological Center field.
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AN altercation between two players during last Saturday’s Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) football match between the University of the Visayas and the University of Cebu will be scrutinized by Cesafi tournament manager Jonathan Maximo.
But before deciding on the fate of the players involved, Maximo said Cesafi will have to wait for an incident report from from the officials supervising the match.
(From Sun.Star Cebu)
CHARLES Boycott and the Earl of Sandwich are two historical figures whose names we now use in everyday language. I now propose to add another for Cebu—UV.
As a verb, to UV (YOUvee) means to do something well, consistently, “Tom UVed in college, that’s why he got three job offers when he graduated.”
It could also mean to give everything—money, support and the kitchen sink–to push a goal, “The Cebu City government is really UVing the SRP (Wait, is there some sort of irony here?).”
THOUGH the senior divisions may make the most noise in previous edition Tony Moraza of the Cebu Football Association said the Aboitiz Cup is all about the youth.
The Aboitiz Cup, which opened yesterday with one match in the Men’s Open at the University of San Carlos-Technological Center, makes it return after a one-year hiatus this year and offers competitions in the Men’s Open, Women’s Open, 38-Above, Players 8 and 10, Boys 12, Boys 14 and the Boys and Girls 17.
THE CEBU City government has allotted P428,000 to bankroll the travel expenses of the 78-man Team Cebu City to the Philippine Olympic Festival National Championships scheduled on Nov. 6 to 11 in Cagayan de Oro City.
Through the resolution of the Cebu City Council chairman on committee on games, amusement and sports Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem and Raul Alcoseba, the Council approved the financial aid which will be taken from the Pagcor funds.
“This is the first time Cebu City shoulders the entire expenses of the athletes going to the Philippine Olympic Festival,” Jakosalem told Sun.Star Cebu.
(I was mentally composing this in the cab but my thoughts were interrupted by a lovers’ program the cab’s radio was tuned on. The words stuck, my apologies—ML)
WHEN I was in high school, my name came out in the national papers’ sports section thrice and they all got it wrong, one so horribly wrong.
Hilo Papa ___? Mangita ko’g tiksmeyt, bahala’g dili gwapo basta nursing….
During a national sportswriting contest, I placed third, (insert smug smiley) my name came out as Limpao. Then in a football match, me, the scorer was identified as Michael Limpay, and in the same tournament a year later, I was identified as Michael Limpas—and worse, I wasn’t even playing as I was no longer eligible.
How in the world could a spectator become the winning goal scorer? I’ve always wondered about that. How can they get the name wrong?
THE Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. and the Cebu Football Association is ironing a clash in their football calendars to allow the collegiate teams to join the Aboitiz tournament.
Early this month, Cesafi reiterated its stand that student-athletes prioritize playing for the school-based league and shouldn’t play in other leagues while the season is ongoing.
In a letter to Cebu Football Association president Richard Montayre, which was also faxed to Sun.Star Cebu, Cesafi commissioner Felix Tiukinhoy said, “I respect your request that we work hand in hand in the organization of the different football competition in Cebu….Since we have finalized our schedules in all sporting events, including football, which will start on Oct. 4 and will end on Nov. 22, may I respectfully request that your tournament be scheduled after our Cesafi tournament so that the varsity players can also play in your prestigious leagues.”
The Aboitiz Cup is scheduled to start later this month but in the last edition in 2006, the Men’s Open—where the college teams are expected to play—started after the age groups competitions have ended.
–full text of letter to be uploaded later
DEAR Sir.
An accident with a chemical concoction in 2001 transformed me into a football. (I was trying to gain super powers).
However, life as a football wasn’t really that bad. I got to learn what footballs really want. (I’ve since returned to my human form in 2004—albeit minus a few brain cells—else I wouldn’t be able to write this).
But, because of the accident, I learned that in Cebu, footballs only look forward to the Cesafi and the Aboitiz events.
In my first post in months, I ended that article with why the Cebu Football Association sent two teams to the Philippine Olympics Festival–Cebu City and Cebu Province.
Scratch that question.
If someone really wanted to throw a monkeywrench to the production line–and has a bit of money–we could have at least six teams in the POF.
The POF is LGU-based, all a team needs to do is get the endorsement from an LGU to join the event. We could have teams from Danao City, Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, Carcar City, Naga City, Talisay City–and that’s just the cities–in the POF.
From Sun.Star Cebu, by Rene H. Martel
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will not reconsider the one-year suspension imposed on the Abellana National School (ANS) football team after its coach appealed that the players be excluded from the punishment.
The team joined a Dumaguete City sporting event last July without permission from the Department of Education (DepEd) and the City Government.
Worse, the school represented Cebu Province instead of Cebu City, prompting the mayor to ask for the imposition of a penalty.
After an investigation, Cebu City Schools Superintendent Lorna Rances ordered a one-year ban on the team and coach Francis Ramirez.
The order prevents the team from joining the Milo Olympics this Friday, the City Olympics, and other DepEd-sanctioned activities, including the district and division meets.
The ANS, therefore, does not have the chance to represent Cebu City in the Palarong Pambansa.
Interviewed by Sun.Star Cebu last Tuesday, Ramirez said he will accept the sanction, but begged that the players be spared, especially that not all of them joined the Philippine Olympic Festival in Dumaguete.
But in a press conference yesterday, the mayor said the suspension stays.
“When you do an act in your authority as head of the team, the team will suffer for whatever actions you did. Otherwise, he will do it again,” the mayor said.
“Why do we sanction these people? It is also to set that everybody has to follow the rules and know the consequences for breaking the rules,” he added.
He said that if he will spare the students, Ramirez might again have them join tournaments without informing the DepEd and the City.
In a letter to ANS principal Ernesto Jacel explaining his side, Ramirez said the trip to the Philippine Football Festival was sanctioned by the Cebu Football Association.
They left for Dumaguete last July 22, and was told after they arrived there that participating teams must represent the local government units they came from.
Since there was already another team that represented Cebu City, the ANS team was registered as from the Cebu province, to which he reluctantly agreed, fearing that the sponsors might get angry at him.
And seeing that the players were “very expectant” in joining the games and had already sacrificed a lot, he decided to agree on the arrangement.
However, Sun.Star Cebu already reported last July 12 that ANS will represent Cebu Province, while Paref-Springdale will don Cebu City’s colors in the event.
