Support PARA Athletes Philspada Mobile Donations
Oct 21, 2017
PPC-PHILSPADA president Michael Barredo with Filipino para-athletes.
MANILA Following the successful campaign of Filipino para-athletes in the 9th ASEAN
Para Games in Malaysia in Sep., the Philippine Paralympic Committee/Philippine Sports
Association for the Differently Abled is pushing the envelope further to support local para-
athletes in upcoming international competitions.
- On October 16, 2017, Donation Service Alay Para Atleta (APA) was launched, where Filipinos can donate via Mobile Phone
- They are working with Rising Tide Mobile Entertainment Inc.
- Under the campaign, citizens can donate amounts starting at P10 up to P500 simply by texting the amount to access code 3456 on their cell phones.
- Phil Spada President Michael Barredo aim is to improve support and awareness of PARA athletes in the Philippines
- UAAP Students and Athletes are volunteering as support staff at 2019 PARA Games in the Philippines
- The country won 69 medals (20 gold, 20 silver, and 29 bronze) in the last Para Games held September 17 to 23 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- In 2015 Philippines ranked 7th in SEA Games, in 2017 they moved up to 5th. This is higher than the Philippine Team that could only hold onto 6th place again.
“Our showing in KL validated our long range plan: to implement a grassroots
development program that will help discover new talents and harness our existing
ones in order to create a bigger pool of para athletes that will be ready to compete in
the next 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games, the ASEAN Para Games in Manila in
2019, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and other international para sport competitions,”
said Barredo in a statement.
“The Alay PARA Atleta Program is our response to the colorful performance of our
para athletes in the recent Para Games. Funds raised through this program will help
provide our para athletes with equipment and basic needs that will support them in
their quest to transcend their personal barriers to achieve excellence and excite the
world,” he added.
“Above all, it will inspire them to know that the whole country is behind them in
their dream to excel and bring honor to the country.”
Barredo further emphasized that “whatever resources we are able to generate will
help strengthen PPC’s organizational capacity to enable our national sports
associations (NSAs) to implement our grassroots development program. This is in
alignment with the mandate of our Philippine Sports Commission Chairman, Butch
Ramirez.”
Rising Stars
These rising stars are products of Palarong Pambansa and include
- 16-year-old Ma. Cielo Honasan who bagged three golds in athletics;
- 21-year-old Gary Bejino, who won one gold and three bronzes in swimming
- 18-year-old Claire Calizo, who won a silver and a bronze in swimming.
*NB. Cielo Honasan is the nice of the famous Senator Gringo Honasan. Who is a former
AFP athlete.
Source: http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/16/17/mobile-donation-campaign-for-para-athletes-launched
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2017 ASEAN Para Games Solid Philspada Program 9 Golds
Sept 25, 2017
Article By Andrew Pirie
ATFS Statistician
Overall the Philippines finished 5th with 20 Golds, 20 Silvers and 29 Bronzes. 69 Medals in
Total. This greatly improved on their 7th place in Singapore 2 years ago with 16 Golds, 17
Silvers and 26 Bronzes, 59 Medals in Total.
In Athletics the Philippines finished 5th with 9 Golds, 5 Silvers and 6 Bronzes or 20 Medals
in Total. Thus Athletics contributed 45% of all the Golds, and 28% of all the medals won for
the Philippines at these Games.
Philspada Coaches Mas, Candelario, Buen, and Del Prado. Also Deriada who is not pictured.
Two Former PATAFA Coaches Ernie Candelario and Nixon Mas both contributed their
knowledge to helping boost the teams gold medal count. Both coaches were removed by
PATAFA Management in 2015. Candelario and Mas had both contributed towards gold and
medals at previous SEA Games. Candelario himself being a 3 times SEA Games gold
medallist. Nonetheless the duo made the most of a bad situation by shining their efforts to
help disabled athletes of the Philspada. Consequently they added to their success at South
East Asian level by helping produce more Gold Medallists. The Philspada had opted to use
its own coaches and not the coaches of PATAFA for these games. The trust in their own
‘coaches was rewarded with 9 gold medals.
Cielo Honasan
The stand out performer was Maria Cielo Dimain Honasan who was assisted by Candelario.
Honasan won a Treble of golds in the women’s 100, 200, 400 T44 categories. Her time in the
400 is a IPC World Qualifying standard. Defending champion from 2015 Nguyen Thi Thuy
of Vietnam faded to Bronze in both 100 and 200 event. The impressive Honsan is actually the
Central Luzon regional champion in 100-200-400m against able body athletes.
Triple Gold Medalist Cielo Honasan carried off after an exhausting campaign
Prudencia Panaglian won the 100 and 200 T53/54 women’s events defending both her titles.
Coached by former national athlete Bernard Buen.
Meanwhile Nixon Mas, who helped lead Danilo Fresnido and Rosie Villarito to the SEA
Games Golds in Javelin in 2007 and 2009. Goto work with Rosalie Torrafiel who took Gold
in the Women’s F12 Javelin. Cendy Asusano took Gold in the Women’s F54 Shotput, Discus
and Javelin. Infact in the F54 Javelin the Women took Gold, Silver and 4th.
All 9 Golds came from the Women and None came from the Men’s. However in the Men’s
T47 Arman Pila Dino. Who holds the Philippine T47 Record in the 200 with 23.65. Arman
registered 11.62 (100M) 52.77 (400m) for two silver medals which was a National Record
for T47 400m.
Unlike SEA Games more than two athletes can be entered per event.
Pinoyathletics.info would also like to acknowledge the hard work of Bernard Buen, Joel
Deriada and the other Philspada Coaches.
2017 ASEAN Para Games - Philippines 1-2-4 in Javelin
Sept 18, 2017
1st,2nd,4th Philippines ASEAN Para Games. Photo Credit: Isidro Del Prado Jr.
The Philippines finished with its first Gold of the PARA Games from Athletics in the Wheel
Chair Women’s Javelin. While Cendy Abubano took Gold with 13.04m, Jecebel Tondcilla
took Silver with 12.80m. And Thi Lanh Than of Vietnam Bronze with 12.66m. Also another
Filipino Marites Burce took Bronze with 11.73m.
Furthermore although a team effort. Especially relevant was the Throwers were
predominately coached by Nixon Mas. Mas a Former National coach who was removed by
the PATAFA Management after 2015 now works for the Phil Spada. Most noteworthy Mas
was previously responsible for leading Danilo Fresnido. And Rosie Villarito in Javelin to
SEA Games Gold titles.
TOTAL NUMBER OF MEDALS FOR ATHLETICS 9 GOLDS
ASEAN Para Gold in Wheel Chair Javelin Cendy Abubano Photo Credit: Isidro Del Prado Jr.
ASEAN Para Silver Jesebel Tondcilla in Wheel Chair Javelin Photo Credit: Isidro Del Prado Jr.
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