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PHILIPPINE MEMORY ATHLETE FETED IN CONGRESS TODAY PhilBoxing.com Wed, 14 Dec 2011 Manila, Philippines---NINE member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon Philippine Memory Team will be honored today, Wednesday, 4pm at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon Philippine Memory Team was composed of Johann Randall Abrina, Roberto Racasa, Christopher Carandang, Mark Anthony Castaneda, Axelyancy Cowan Tabernilla, Erwin Balines, Mark Anthony Adarlo, team manager and delegation head Aurelio "Reli"de Leon and head coach Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr. finished with a silver medal in the team competition during the 20th World 'Olympic' Memory Championship (WMC) at the Mount River Resort Hotel in Guangzhou, China last Friday. Aside from the team silver, the Pinoys also won an individual bronze medal. Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-List Representative Bernadette Herrera-Dy sponsored a Resolution Congratulating and Commending the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon Philippine Memory Team for emerging victorious during the 20th World 'Olympic' Memory Championship (WMC) at the Mount River Resort Hotel in Guangzhou, China last Friday. "We are honored to present the nine member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon Philippine Memory Team who won silver and bronze during the 20th World 'Olympic' Memory Championship (WMC) at the Mount River Resort Hotel in Guangzhou, China last Friday," said Dy, one of the benefactor of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon Philippine Memory Team which also backed up by Mandaluyong City mayor Benhur Abalos Jr., Mandaluyong City representative Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II, PCSO general manager Atty. Joy Rojas II and chairman Margie Juico, Hermie Esguerra of Herma Group of companies, St. Francis Square?s Luke Rojas, Bicycle playing cards, ACCEL's Willy Ortiz, Dra. Regina Canlas of Makati Medical Center, PBA legend and former senator Robert "Sonny" Jaworski, Terry Capistrano, Philippine Sports Commission headed by it's chairman Richie Garcia and commissioner Chito Loyzaga, Philippine Olympic Committe president Peping Cojuangco and secretary-general Steve Hontiveros and Human Plus Pro Biotics. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon Philippine Memory Team also schedule to pay a courtesy call to House Speaker Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte Jr. ?This is our early Christmas gift to the Filipino people. We hope this victory will unite all the Filipino and support the memory games,? said De leon. ?This proves once again that the Filipino can be at par with the world?s best memory athletes. And with ample training and preparation, we can even become world champion,? added head coach Bernardino. Powerhouse China took home the team gold while Mongolia captured the bronze medal in the event participated by memory athletes from the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, Japan, Uzbekistan, South Africa, India, Hongkong, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives and Indonesia with 121 competitors. Results of the PH Team members: ? Johann Randall Abrina, the 29-year-old UP Sports Psychology graduate from Mandaluyong bagged the bronze medal in the Historical/Future Dates category. ? Mark Anthony Castaneda from Mandaluyong became the first Filipino Grandmaster of Memory. The 23-year-old Rizal Technological University Mandaluyong BS ECE graduate memorized a 1,140 digit numbers in an hour en route to his 1st grandmaster (GM) norm. He memorized a deck of cards (equivalent to 52 playing cards) in 1 minute and 10 seconds in the speed card category for his 2nd GM norm and memorized 13 decks of cards (equivalent to 676 playing cards) in an hour to earn his third and final GM norm. ? Erwin Balines also from Mandaluyong City won 2 GM norms. The 23-year-old PUP-Manila BS ECE graduate memorized a 1,340 digit numbers in an hour for his first GM norm and memorized a deck of cards (equivalent to 52 playing cards) in 1 minute and 19 seconds in the speed card category for his 2nd GM norm.  |
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