Noelito Jose Jr. and Wilhelmina Lozada showed flashes of brilliance to capture gold medals in their respective events at the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Jan. 5.
Wilhelmina Lozada and Noelito Jose Jr. top their respective events in the...
The national team for fencing is resuming its ‘bubble’ training in Ormoc City in preparation for the possibility of competing in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam early next year.
As approved by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), the training is set Sept. 18 to Dec. 5 at the...
Richard Gomez
As soon as Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez got his RT-PCR test result that yielded positive for COVID-19, he coordinated with the personnel that organized last week’s National Open Fencing Championships at the Ormoc City Superdome.
Amat Canlas, head coach of the...
Samantha Catantan, right, and Maxine Esteban show their medals after they finished 1-2 in the women's foil event in the National Open Fencing Championship last Thursday at the Superdome in Ormoc City. (Photo from Elite Facebook page)
Rising star Samantha Catantan and Southeast Asian (SEA)...
Ormoc City Mayor and Philippine Fencing Association president Richard Gomez, right, tries to score against national team member Noelito Jose Jr. during pool play of men's epee in the first leg of the National Open Fencing Championship last Saturday at the Superdome in Ormoc City. (City...
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...
Despite feeling homesick, PH fencers continue training
Filipino fencers, from left, Noelito Jose, Kimberly Camahalan and Hanniel Abella take a break from jogging at the Philsports Complex (formerly ULTRA) in Pasig City. (Photo courtesy of Hanniel Abella)
Southeast Asian Games gold medalist...
National fencing team scheduled to compete in Olympic qualifiers next year
Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) president and Ormoc City mayor Richard Gomez (Nick Giongco)
Philippine Fencing Association president Richard Gomez said they have proposed to the Philippine Sports Commission to...