Sportsline

Reyes best Filipino finisher in Macau kart

Ateneo student Franco Victor Reyes led the Philippine Junior karting team in the Macau Kart Grand Prix of the Asian Karting Championships held on the Kartodromo de Coloane in Macau with a second place finish in the final heat of the premier Formula 125cc Junior Open class.

Reyes, 12, landed in 15th spot in the time trials, way behind the leading duo of eventual winner Kevin Susilo of Indonesia and ROK junior world champion Raphael Aguiar of Switzerland but, after three qualifying heats, improved to 11th position for the start of the pre-final ahead of RP team skipper Javi Benitez and teammates Joey Orduña and Robbie Benito, who qualified from 12th to 14th positions, respectively.

 A miscue at the start by a foreign rival prevented Reyes, Benitez and Benito from taking their positions properly, while only Orduña managed to get a clean run. Orduña and Reyes recovered and finished in sixth and ninth, respectively, with Benitez and Benito close on their heels.

During the final, Reyes finally made a clean start and overtook Orduña on the second lap to take sixth spot behind Susilo, who dropped to fifth from pole position.

Visayas leg wraps up Women in Sports ’08

The Women in Sports Nationwide 2008 wrapped its Visayas leg with a successful staging of the marathon, badminton and volleyball tournaments as well as the badminton and volleyball clinics in Tagbilaran City, Bohol recently.

The event, dubbed “Sulong Pinay: Paligsahan ng Kababaihan 2008,” was held to highlight the skills and physical prowess of the Filipinas through various sports activities.

“We are pleased with the huge turnout of participants and warm reception of the people of Tagbilaran City,” said Philippine sports commissioner Akiko Thomson, who organized the event with Tagbilaran City schools division assistant supt. Norma Varquez.

Veteran coaches Roger Banzuela, former president of the Philippine Volleyball Federation, and Rafael Dionisio of Bulacan conducted the clinics.

Villanueva, Concepcion rule ABC annual bowl

Paeng Villanueva of Crown Pipes rolled a 12-game series of 2443 pinfalls to top Group I while Dong Concepcion of Pro Active Pest Control bagged the Group 2 crown with a 1694 in the Architects Bowling Club’s annual championship at the Green Valley Bowling lanes in Pasig last Tuesday.

Nepthy del Rosario of Boysen Paints scored 2406, Nonoy de Jesus of Philflex Wires and Cables made 2391, Buddy Segui of Ragojos Heritage Const. had 2348 and Jun Cheng of Hocheng Phils. came up with 2341 to place second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the weekly event sponsored by Boysen and Nation Paints.

Margie Poblete (1679) of Pansun Pipetech Corp., Greg Mare (1668) of Emerald Vinyl, Malou del Rosario (1666) of Sika Phils and Totie Nuñez (1654) of Lepanto Tiles finished second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in Group 2.