CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congratulations to Harry Radaza for the recognition and award given to him by the Sportswriters Association of Cebu ( SAC ) for his role in guiding the Sharks and the Sharkettes to numerous Championships local and national in the sport of Flag Football. Awarding rights was done at Casino Espanol, May 18, 2007.

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Friday, May 18, 2007
SAC fetes 2006 achievers today

CEBU'S brightest athletes and sportsmen
in 2006 will formally be feted for their
stirring exploits here and abroad in a
simple rites today commemorating the
silver edition of the annual
Sportswriters Association of Cebu-San
Miguel Corporation All-Cebu Sports Awards.

The two-hour ceremony will promptly
start at 11 a.m. at the grand ballroom
of Casino Español de Cebu.

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“This is one way of SAC in recognizing
the efforts of our athletes,” said SAC
president Enrico C. Gabuya.

On top of the honor roll are motocross
patron Iluminado “Lou” Ornopia, pro
cager Dondon Hontiveros and cycling
benefactor Alan Choachuy.

Ornopia made a strong case for the
“Sportsman of the Year” award for
keeping the often forgotten sport of
motocross flourishing in the region with
the MS Motosuit Motocross Series.

Hontiveros did not also escape the
scrutinizing eyes of SAC, which will
bestow upon him the “Orlacsan Memorial
Award” for his magnanimous heart.

Given in memory of the late Orlando C.
Sanchez, an iconic figure in the annals
of Cebu sportswriting, the Orlacsan
Memorial Award is reserved for an
individual who has shown generosity to
others in need through sports.

Major awardees

Last year, Hontiveros organized two
charity basketball games. He brought
with him some of his close pals in the
PBA to take part in a fund-raising
activity for the benefit of the victims
of the Ginsaugon, Leyte landslide and
some charitable institutions here in Cebu.

Choachuy, on the other hand, is the
recipient of the “Presidential Award”
for his incessant support to cycling for
several years now.

Also set to be honored are the
outstanding athletes who will take home
Major Awards. They are Asian Games gold
medalist Antonio Gabica (billiards),
Sally Mae Siso (lawn tennis), Ray Robin
Chan (arnis), Ian Mendez (badminton),
Sheena Go (Bowling) ALA Boxing Group,
Roman Cortuna (bodybuilding), Enrico
John Llanto, Reynan Capoy and USC Girls
Team (basketball), Team Cebu
City-Dancesport, Javier Alejandro
Jalandoni (fencing), Cebu Country Club
(golf), Don Bosco College (football),
Noel Espinosa and Marie Antoinette
Saavedra (karatedo), Mateo Guidicelli,
Paco Rodriguez, Kaine Gandiongco, and
Juan Antonio Carcel (karting), Cebu City
Paralympics Team, Gerry Velez
(shooting), Loren Dale Echavez
(swimming) and the Agbay sisters Mary
Evangeline and Stephanie Agbay (wushu).

The major awardees are all contenders
for the coveted “Athlete of the Year”
award that will be announced today.

Those who will be given special
citations for their feats are Leizl
Getaruelas, Merlita Arias and Eugene
Delposo (athletics), Donnie Nietes and
Salven Lagumbay (boxing), Frenie
Delegero (bodybuilding), M. Lhuillier
Basketball Team, coach Raul “Yayoy” D.
Alcoseba and the M. Lhuillier Sports
Development Foundation, Christian Yves
Fiel (chess), Recycle (cycling), Chester
Cokaliong (basketball), Manfred Schuwerk
(football), Vince Marc Tabotabo, Jacob
Lagman and Francis Largo (lawn tennis),
Cebu Dragons and Harry Radaza (flag
football), Kalyka Antoni Carcel
(taekwondo), USJR’s Mechell Matuguina
and Julett Marikit, and USPF’s Marissa
Lagancia and Ellen Pongase (volleyball),
the University of Cebu and Jessica
Jawad-Honoridez (table tennis). (Pooled
Report)