Women's basketball, golf, wushu bets earn Sea Games slots

The joint Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)-Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Southeast Asian (Sea) Games Task Force has approved the inclusion of the women’s basketball and golf teams, and three wushu athletes in the country’s delegation to the biennial games in Myanmar.

The additional 18 players –12 from Discovery Perlas Pilipinas, and three each in women’s golf and wushu—bring the entire Philippine athletes to 202 to the Sea Games, slated from December 1 to 22 in the cities of Naypyidaw, Yangon, and Mandalay.

Chef de Mission Jeff Tamayo said PSC Chairman Ricardo Garcia approved the inclusion of the additional 18 athletes after their meeting on Monday.

The Task Force initially reserved 12 slots for Perlas Pilipinas but consecutive losses by the women’s cage team in the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) Asia Championship for Women in Bangkok, Thailand endangered their inclusion in the Sea Games delegation.

The Level I promotion is within Perlas Pilipinas’s reach after winning three straight games against Hong Kong, Uzbekistan, and Thailand but dropped back-to-back matches against Malaysia and Indonesia.

The Haydee Ong-coached women’s basketball team is composed of Mary Joy Galicia, Joan Grajales, Chovi Borja, Merenciana Araya, Lalaine Flormata, Melissa Jacob, Bernadette Mercado, Fria Bernardo, Cindy Resultay, Cassandra Tioseco, Analyn Almazan and Denise Tiu.

Tamayo, however, did not answer what’s the reason why they included the Perals Pilipinas after losing their last two games to two of our Southeast Asian neighbors.

The women’s golf team that was endorsed by the National Golf Association of the Philippines are amateur standouts Princess Mary Superal, Clare Amelia Legaspi, and Katrina Marie Briones.

Daniel Parantac (taijiquan), Evita Elise Zamora of Davao City (sanda), and Bacolod’s Norlence Ardee Catolico (sanda) are the wushu athletes.

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