Philippines Dominated Darts Championships in Malaysia

 

The Philippines dominated the 10th Cosmo Malaysian Open Darts Championships held at the Flamingo Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Ryan Jay Galceran (PHI) ruled the Men's Division after winning over Malaysia's Mohd Sairol Mohamed Salim in the final round while Janice Hinojales (PHI) reigned the Women's Division after beating Malaysian Nur Sazleena Muliyano in the final.

 

Meanwhile, Giselle Bulahao who teamed up with Hinojales clinched the Women’s Doubles title.

 

The 10th edition saw record entries of more than 750 darters from 150 teams fighting for the top prizes. Aside from host Malaysia and the Philippines, other Southeast Asian countries who competed in the event were Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia.

 

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7th South East Asia Bridge Federation Cup & 40th ASEAN Bridge Club Championship

 

Philippines 🇵🇭 won 🥈silver and 🥉bronze medals at the recently concluded 7th South East Asia Bridge Federation Cup & 40th ASEAN Bridge Club Championship in Depok City, Indonesia from September 25 to 29.
 

The silver medal is won by Ray Jeremiah Omapoy and Romulo Virola in Open Pairs while Bronze medal is contributed by Jenel Frances Ramos, Gemma Tan, Victoria Egan, Martin Anastacio and Jaycee Urriquia.

 

Host Indonesia 🇮🇩 dominated the tournament bagging 7 gold medals while Thailand 🇹🇭 and China 🇨🇳 clinched one gold medal each.
 

Meanwhile, here are the complete list of winners:
 

🔹 Open Pairs

🥇 Anhar Haitani/Mulyadi Djahudin 🇮🇩
🥈 Ray Jeremiah Omapoy/Romulo Virola 🇵🇭
🥉 Bert Toar Polii/Moch Apinnurhalim 🇮🇩

 

🔹Mixed Team

🥇 Djarum Super Mixed 🇮🇩
🥈 Ganesha Mixed Team Yellow 🇮🇩
🥉 We Loved Bridge

 

🔹 Team Combined

🥇 Climanusa 🇮🇩
🥈 SZ Nangang Power Open 🇨🇳
🥉 We loved Bridge 

 

🔹 Youth U21

🥇 Thailand-A U21 🇹🇭
🥈 Banyumas Jr. U21 🇮🇩
🥉 Thailand-B U21 🇹🇭

 

🔹 Youth U26

🥇 Metaforsa 🇮🇩
🥈 Politeknik Negeri Jember 🇮🇩
🥉 Ganesha Bridge Club U26 🇮🇩

 

🔹 Open Team

🥇 Djarum Super 🇮🇩
🥈 We Love Bridge
🥉 SZ Nangang Power Open 🇨🇳

 

🔹 Ladies Team

🥇 SZ Nangang Power Ladies 🇨🇳

 

🔹 Senior Team

🥇 Ganesha Bridge Club Sr. 🇮🇩

 

🔹 Consolation Team

🥇 Gabungan Bridge Bandung Putra 🇮🇩
🥈 Djarum LA 🇮🇩
🥉 Philippine Mixed Team 🇵🇭 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Kayla Sanchez

 

The 23-year old  Filipino-Canadian swimmer is a former member of the Canadian national team until 2022. She has represented Canada at the Olympics and World championships. She has switched federations and now part of Philippine Swimming team.

 

Sanchez won two medals at the 2020 Olympics including the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in the 4x100 m freestyle relay. Representing Philippines, she competed in the Asian Games and in the World Aquatics Championships 2024in Doha.

 

Sanchez will compete in the women's 100 freestyle in Paris Olympics on July 31, at around 3 a.m. (GMT+8). 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Jarod Hatch

The 25-year old swimmer is a medalist in the Southeast Asian Games winning bronze medals in the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia in butterfly events.

The California born Hatch who earlier announced his retirement in 2021, was tapped to fill in the Philippines’ universality quota in swimming alongside Kayla Sanchez for the Paris Olympics. 

He will compete in the 100 meter butterfly which is scheduled on August 2, at around 5 p.m. (Manila time).

 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Vanessa Sarno

 

The 20-year old Sarno qualified to the Paris Olympic Games after securing one of the top ten weightlifters in the women's 71kg division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR).

 

Sarno competed in the World Championships, Asian Games and IWF World Cup. 

 

She is a two-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist - 2021 SEA Games (71kg) and 2023 SEA Games (71kg) and gold medalist in the 2020 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

 

This is Sarno's Olympic debut and will see action on August 10 at around 1:30 in the afternoon (Manila Time). 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | John Ceniza

 

The 26-year old Ceniza qualified to the Paris Olympic Games after securing one of the top ten weightlifters in the men's 61kg division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR).

 

Ceniza competed in the World Championships, Asian Games and IWF World Cup. 

 

He is a silver medalist in Southeast Asian Games - 2019 SEA Games (55kg) and 2023 SEA Games (61kg). He also bagged a bronze medal in IWF World Cup in 2020.

 

This is Ceniza's Olympic debut and will see action on August 7 at around 9pm in the evening (Manila Time).

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Elreen Ando

 

The 25-year old Ando qualified to the Paris Olympic Games after securing one of the top ten weightlifters in the women's 59kg division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR).

 

This is Ando's second consecutive appearance in the Summer Olympics following her Tokyo Olympics debut in 2020 where she competed in the women's 64kg division.

 

Ando competed in the World Championships, Asian Games and IWF World Cup. 

 

She is a bronze medalist in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (64kg), gold medalist in 2023 SEA Games (64kg) and silver medalist in the 2024 Asian Championships (59kg).

 

The competition in the women's 59kg division is on August 8 at around 9pm in the evening (Manila Time).  

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Dottie Ardina

 

Ardina is a Filipino professional golfer who won numerous amateur tournaments in Asia and represented the Philippines at the Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Team Championships) in 2006 and 2010.  Her 2006 appearance, at age 12, made her the youngest player ever to compete at the World Amateur Team Championships.

 

She won the Thailand Singha-Sat LPGA Championship in 2014 and also competed in  LPGA Tour of the same year. In the 2022, she snared the Cooper Rock Championship title.

 

Ardina qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics but she declared herself unable to compete due to Zika virus threat.

 

She and Bianca Pagdangan will banner the Philippine flag at the Paris Olympics golf competition. The two golfers, however, will not be billeted in the Olympic Village where all Olympians are housed. Instead, all golfers will be billeted in hotels near the Le Golf National course which is an hour away from the Athletes' Village.  

 

The women's golf competition is scheduled from August 7 to 10.

 

 

 

 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Carlos Edriel Yulo

You're not a gymnastic fan if you don't know him. He is Caloy Yulo. The first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in floor exercise (bronze medal) in 2018, and the first-ever gold medalist for the same apparatus in 2019.

Yulo is the most decorated male gymnast from Southeast Asia today winning gold medals at the Asian Championships and in the Southeast Asian Games. He also won medals at the World Championships and at the FIG World Cup series.

Yulo who fell short of a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics aims to better his results this time at the Paris Olympics. Can he make it to the podium?

The Men's Artistic Gymnastics qualification round is scheduled on July 27 with Yulo grouped in Subdivision 2 that will start around 11:30 pm (GMT+8).

 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Aleah Finnegan

The 21-year old Finnegan has qualified for the Paris Olympics after finishing among the 14 highest-ranking eligible athletes in the women’s all-around qualification at the 52nd Artistic Gymnastics World C'ships 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium. She will represent the Philippines along with Levi Ruivivar and Emma Malabuyo in the Women's Artistic Gymnastics this July.

 

Finnegan was born in the United States and was a member of United States' women's national gymnastics team from 2019 to 2021 and was part of the team that won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games.

 

Representing the Philippines, she won medals in the 2021 SEA Games including the gold medal in vault, silver medal in Beam and in the Individual All-around events. In 2023 at the Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships, she clinched the bronze medal in the women's vault apparatus.

 

The Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) qualification round (Subdivision 3) in Paris Olympics is scheduled on July 28 in the evening around  8:50pm (GMT+8).