Blu Girls target bronze in Incheon Asiad

Cebuana Lhuillier President Jean Henri Lhuillier (center) said his
company will continue supporting women's softball. 
Winning the bronze medal will be the realistic goal of the Philippine national women’s softball team when it competes in the 2014 Asian Games set from September 19 to October 4 in Incheon, South Korea.

The Blu Girls’ fourth-place finish in last year’s 14th Asian Women’s Softball Championships had Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (Asaphil) President Jean Henri Lhuillier optimistic that the feat is possible.

“Finishing fourth in the Asian championships is already a big accomplishment for the team because we have tough competition here in Asia. You’ve got Japan, China, and Chinese Taipei. And they are very strong teams,” said Lhuillier.

“Hopefully we can dislodge one of those teams in the Asian Games to clinch bronze. The realistic goal is a bronze medal. And that is something that we are really aiming for.”

Two Filipino-Americans will reinforce the Blu Girls’ Asiad campaign with Lhuillier adding that Asaphil officials are planning to get more that will join the roster of the current squad.

“We have some contacts in the US who are looking and trying to recruit Fil-Ams to play for the country. Some are playing in the US NCAA and definitely, we are going to take a look at their performance,” said Lhuillier.

“We are going to get the best and fit players for the team. If these Fil-Ams fit the role, it will be good for the whole Philippine softball team.”

Lhuillier added that the coaching staff had already selected the local players that will be available for the Asian Games with the roster to be trimmed further to form the most competitive unit for Team Philippines.

Adamson Head Coach Ana Santiago is tasked to handle the squad that will be made up mostly of local players from competing schools in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Randy Dizer, Noel Bumagat, and Ulysses Mejia are members of the coaching staff.

Sarah Agravanten, Karina Arcibal, Elma Parohinog, Luzviminda Embudo, Alexandra Zuluaga, Queeny Sabobo, Marlyn Francisco, Kriska Piad, Veronica Belleza, Julie Marie Muyco, Rizza Bernardino Annalie Benjamen, Shaira Damasing, Arianne Valestero, Lorn Adorable, Angelie Ursabia and Cristy Joy Roa are the members of the team that competed in last year’s Asian championships.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bishop Hagemoen challenges pilgrims to be Prophets of the New Millennium

Image
SASKATOON — As Catholic youth gear up for the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Bishop Mark Hagemoen urged those who participated in the Mount Carmel Pilgrimage Site to embrace their role as prophets of the new millennium. On the Day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel feast, hundreds of pilgrims gathered at the Mount Carmel Pilgrimage site on Sunday, July 16, to participate in the annual liturgical services, and the day commenced with the recitation of the rosary and Marian hymns, culminating in a concelebrated mass led by Bishop Hagemoen. Bishop Mark Hagemoen During his homily, Bishop Hagemoen echoed the words of Pope Francis, calling on the pilgrims to embrace their prophetic calling and spread God's word to all. He emphasized that each individual, through baptism, has received the gift of Messianic prophecy, becoming a prophet themselves. "The pope says, ‘Each of us, brothers and sisters, is a prophet. In fact, with baptism, let us all receive the gift of the Messian
Read more

Papal visit hopes to repair relationship with Indigenous Peoples

Image
SASKATOON — The Vatican has released the official itinerary of Pope Francis with the pontiff heading straight to Edmonton to make his first visit to Canada to meet with Indigenous Peoples, especially residential school survivors. The Holy Father will leave Rome on July 24, Thursday, at 9:00 a.m. local time and will arrive at the Edmonton International Airport for the official welcome at 11:20 a.m. the same day. Rome is eight hours ahead of Alberta, which follows mountain daylight time. The theme of the papal visit is “Walking Together” which will focus on reconciliation and healing the strained relationship between the Catholic church and Indigenous Peoples, especially the survivors of the abuses caused by attending the Canadian residential school system. Pope Francis’ six-day trip is a combination of public and private events and meetings, especially with Indigenous Peoples. The visit comes after a few months when a historic meeting between First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates in
Read more

A letter to Tatay

SASKATOON—My father died in February 2018, more than a month after our last vacation in the Philippines where we get to spend Christmas and New Year with our family and friends. I have no idea that would be the last time we would see Tatay alive, the last time he would see my family and spend time with two (Macky and Nathan) of his more than 10 grandchildren, and the last time I would speak to him in person and my last time to mano before heading to the airport the early morning of Jan. 9, 2018. He died while we were back on Saipan, thousands of kilometres away east of the Philippines; while I was busy covering House and Senate sessions at the CNMI Legislature or busy hounding the governor about a local or federal issue, and while I was working on an island surrounded by the ocean in the Western Pacific. I haven't mentioned this to anyone—and I'm not sure if Nanay or my sister who was then taking care of him remembers this—but I got furious at him when we talked on the ph
Read more