Samantha Catantan and Maxine Esteban show their respective medals after finishing 1-2 in the first leg of the National Open Fencing Championships Sunday, July 4 at the Superdome in Ormoc City. (Photo from Maxine Esteban Facebook) Southeast Asian (SEA) Games medalist Jylyn Nicanor and fencing rising...
Ormoc City mayor and Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) chief Richard Gomez, eighth from right back row, and national team mentor Ronald "Amat" Canlas Jr., fourth from left front row, athletes and coaches prior to the National Open Fencing Championships in Ormoc City. (Photo from Amat Canlas) Now...
Expect an exciting and action filled event for the next nine days as slots for Philippine Team will be up for grabs in the National Open Fencing Championships starting on Saturday, July 3 at the Ormoc City Superdome. More than 100 fencers from the three weapons – foil, sabre and epee – will...
Filipino fencer Samantha Catantan continues with her training at a quarantine facility after arriving from the US recently. She is preparing for the National Open Fencing Championships on July 3 to 11 in Ormoc City. (Photo from Samantha Catantan) After impressive stints in various international...
Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez was reelected to a second straight term as president of the Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) after the local fencing body met online last Friday. Gomez, the 55-year-old actor-sportsman turned politician,...
Samantha Catantan, right, with Philippine fencing team coach Amat Canlas during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo from Amat Canlas) Filipino fencing star Samantha Catantan is set to arrive from the US this month to compete in the national team tryout on July 3...
Richard Gomez Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez said that the sports facilities in their area are available for national athletes with disabilities as they prepare for the ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Gomez, a former national athlete, said that the Philippine fencing team will have their bubble...
In this file photo, Philippines' Haniel Abella, left, and Singapore's Abdul Rahman Kiria face off during the fencing individual epee finals in the 30th Southeast Asian Games at World Trade Center last December. (MB File Photo) Fresh from a stint in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the national...
Fencing Confederation of Asia (FCA) president and former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Celso “Cito” Dayrit passed away Wednesday night, April 28, due to COVID-19. He was 69. Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) president Richard Gomez confirmed the passing of Dayrit, respected and...
After more than two months of bubble training in Ormoc City, coach Amat Canlas of the national fencing team believes the five fencers are ready for the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) on April 26 and 27 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. “They’re all good, they were able to regain their form...
Daene Talavera, right, in action at the Junior-Cadet World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo from FIE) US-based Filipino fencer Daena Talavera made history when she finished seventh overall in the women’s cadet division in the Junior-Cadet World Championships last Wednesday, April 7,...
Philippines' Christian Concepcion (left) goes up against Vietnam's Vu Thanh An in Fencing Individual Sabre finals at World Trade Center, December 3, 2019. (MB File Photo) The national team for fencing will train for two months in Ormoc City after the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) finally...
