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PHILIPPINE MEMORY TEAM EYE FIRST 'OLYMPIC' GOLD MEDAL IN LONDON MEET PhilBoxing.com Sat, 11 Aug 2012  Manila, Philippines---THE Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Philippine Memory Team are in high spirits as they head for the London for the 21st World 'Olympic' Memory Championship. The Philippine Memory team is aiming for the country's first 'Olympic' gold medal when the best and brightest memory athletes will show their wares on December 14, 15 and 16 at the Lilian Baylis Technology School, 323 Kennington Lane in London, United Kingdom. "We have an opportunity to have one of the greatest World 'Olympic' teams all-time with the combination of players with the depth, experience and youth," said First Filipino Grandmaster (GM) of Memory Mark Anthony Castaneda who hails from Barangay Old Zaniga, Mandaluyong City and a former Rizal Technological University (RTU) BS ECE graduate student. The delegation is headed by Aurelio "Reli" Deleon and Filipino and United States chess master Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr. with the following members of the team: First Filipino Grandmaster (GM) of Memory Mark Anthony Castaneda, veteran campaigner Roberto Racasa, GM candidate Johann Randall Abrina, GM candidate Erwin Balines, Christopher Carandang, Cristine "Eon" Barao, Anne Bernadette Bonita and 10-year-old whiz kid Jamyla Lambunao. Joining them are Axelyancy Cowan Tabernilla, Ian Roi Spencer Betiong, Mary Sharmaine Deldio-Dianquinay, Ydda Graceille Mae Habab, Blessie Mae Ayalde and Princess Grace Mendoza. Last year, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Philippine Memory Team finished second overall in the team competition during the 20th World ?Olympic? Memory Championship held last December in Guangzhou, China. Powerhouse China took the gold medal, while Mongolia captured the bronze. Other countries which took part in the last year's WMC 'Olympic' event were the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, Japan, Uzbekistan, South Africa, India, Hongkong, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives and Indonesia. Last July 7, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Philippine Memory Team won the 10 (ten) gold medal in the Mind Festival and 5th Thailand International Open Memory Championships at the Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Philippine Memory Team backed up by Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-List Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy, Mandaluyong City mayor Benhur Abalos Jr., Mandaluyong City representative and majority floor leader Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II, Speaker of the House Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte Jr., Bayan Muna Party-List Rep. Neri Javier Colmenares, PCSO general manager Atty. Joy Rojas II and chairman Margie Juico, Luke Rojas of St. Francis Square, Bicycle rider playing cards, Willy Ortiz of ACCEL, Dra. Regina Canlas of Makati Medical Center, PBA legend and former senator Robert "Sonny" Jaworski, Philippine Sports Commission headed by it's chairman Ricardo Garcia, Philippine Olympic Committe president Jose Cojuangco and secretary-general Steve Hontiveros. Photo: House Majority Floor Leader and Mandaluyong City Lone Representative Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II (3rd, from left) and chief of staff Cesar Bartolome (9th, from left) congratulated the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Philippine Memory Team who won the 10 (ten) gold medal in the Mind Festival and 5th Thailand International Open Memory Championships at the Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand last July 7.  |
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