2010 FUTSAL Championships

A total of 24 teams from various colleges and clubs clashed for the 2010 Futsal Championships held around Club 650 in Eastwood, Pasig last August 14 to 15, 2010.

According to Farita Villanueva of Creative Lab Inc., the tournament organizer, the sport of futsal is slowly gaining popularity in the country, drawing a boost with the recently concluded FIFA World Cup held in South Africa.

Futsal is a variant of football that is played on a smaller playing surface. This indoor game is also played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regular football. The rules make room for improvisation, creativity and technique as well as ball control and passing in small spaces.

The two-day competition involved 12 teams each in the men's and women's divisions.

The tournament is sponsored by Club 650, Nivea, Molten, Garage Magazine, Rider, Beach Hut, Ideal Vision, Friendster, Enervon HP, Apricot Diner, Flexiserve Media, One Sport sports and fitness event guide, Scorecard Infinite Lifestyle Card and Immuvit. It is organized by Creative Lab, Inc. - events and design agency.

For further inquiry regarding the event, contact Creative Lab, Inc. (Creative Two) at (632) 772-2792, 772-3631, email mail@creativetwo.com or visit http://www.creativetwo.com

7-Eleven Tour 500

In celebration of the opening of their 500th store, 7-Eleven gave back its success to the Filipino community, who has remained faithful and staunch customers since the launch of its first store in 1984, through a special biking tour named the 7-Eleven Tour 500. The tour was held at the 7-Eleven Market Drive in Filinvest Corporation, Alabang last August 8, 2010.

This inspiring advocacy was created to provide a safe and fun venue for biking enthusiasts of all ages (experienced and non-experienced bikers alike) to enjoy the world through two wheels, while helping those in need and the less fortunate by giving back to chosen charities.

Open to all biking enthusiasts who want to enjoy the thrills of riding in a safe environment while helping your chosen charities, the 7-Eleven Tour 500 will commence on August 8, 2010 at 7:30am at the 7. The event was joined by various biking enthusiasts who want to complete their first 60km ride in serene and supportive surroundings, as well as those who wish to test themselves in a competitive environment. The first 37km of the route took riders through Daang Hari, Molino Drive, Paliparan Road and Governor's Drive. There were also choices to turn into Amadeo Road or finish at the Tagaytay Convention Center.

The first placer got P25,000 donated to a charity or NGO of his choice, while the second and third placers got P10,000 and P5,000 donated to their chosen charities, respectively. Proceeds from the biking tour will also go to Bantay Bata.

Ms. Irish Valenzuela, a 24-year-old pride of Asingan, Pangasinan took top honors in the 90.4- km. race from Alabang, Muntinlupa in a time of three hours, 18 minutes and 16 seconds.

For more information on the 7-Eleven Tour 500, contact the Philippine Seven Corporation at (632) 726-9968, (63920) 950-8651 or (63917) 871-1475, email franchising@7-eleven.com.ph or visit www.7-eleven.com.ph.

CMAP Run to Read Race

The Circulation Management Association of the Philippines (CMAP) “Run to Read” race staged at the National Library Grounds in Manila at 6:30 in the morning last July 18, 2010.

Three out-and-back races—3K, 5K and 10K—were lined up in the event aimed at drumming up interest in the reading awareness program of the CMAP, its president, Edwin Sacramed of the Philippine Daily Inquirer said in Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s UN Avenue.

Registration for the event, backed by Coca-, PAGCOR and the Newspaper, Magazine and Comics Dealers Association of the Philippines, happened last July 8 to 16 at the circulation departments of Abante/Abante Tonite, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer and Bulgar and the Manila Sports Council at the City Hall.

“CMAP chose running as a vehicle or instrument in promoting readership aside from its physical fitness benefit because we believe that running is attractive for all ages, gender, profession, individual or any group,” CMAP Vice President Marcelino Minor of Abante also said at the forum sponsored by Outlast Battery, PAGCOR, Accel, And Shakey’s Pizza.

CMAP is a group of dynamic executives whose experiences are centered on sales, marketing strategies and circulation management, resulting into a unified and collective voice to address the publications and the industry’s needs in the effective distribution of printed news and information. Through CMAP, we will keep all members strong and complete to contribute to the economic development of the country.

For more information, email CMAP at cmap@yahoo.com or visit their website at http://cmapinc.tripod.com/.

SM Green Ride: Bike for a Change

Campaigning for a cleaner, healthier, and greener environment, SM Supermalls organized SM Green Ride: Bike for a Change, held last June 6 at the SM Mall of Asia.

Together with the Firefly Brigade, Business World, Epson, Fitness First, Pocari Sweat, The Rudy Project, Surplus, and Subway, SM Green Ride pooled together bikers from all over the metro for a worthwhile ride around the SM Mall of Asia complex, promoting the allocation of bicycle parking areas in malls and other establishments.

Photo documentation and raffle draws were also included in the day-long program. Prizes were sponsored by SM Supermalls and the sponsors for the event.

For more information, please feel free to contact the following:

Mall of Asia: (632) 556-0580, 556-0655 to 58 (Jeffrey Ocampo)
SM Megamall: (632) 633-5043 to 46
Fitness First: (632) 556-8000 (Mall of Asia); (632) 910-8000 (Megamall)
Rudy Project: (632) 556-0752 (Mall of Asia); (632) 687-2997 (The Podium)
Firefly Brigade: (632) 219-4985 (Ricky Pineda)
Subway: (632) 556-0773 (Mall of Asia); 0922-8750924 (Megamall)

Skyathon Bora Beach and Surf Run

The Skyathon Bora Beach and Surf Run was held last April 24 at the Beach Front of Guilly’s Island in Station 1 in the island of Boracay. The competition gave freedom to runners if they prefer to go barefoot or run in aqua socks when they run in the said in the said island terrains.

Participants also joined the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary and Kiwanis Club of Boracay in cleaning up the area after the said competition.

This very special event was organized by Sky Cable and officiated by Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP). Sponsors supporters were Bayan DSL, Gold’s Gym, Second Wind, SEAIR, ACCEL, Alta Vista Hotel, Boracay Regency Hotel, Club Paraw, Cyma Restaurant, Guilly’s Island, Paraiso Grill Lobster House, Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary-Boracay, and Kiwanis Club of Boracay.

For more information, contact the Triathlon Association of the Philippines at (632) 710-8259, (63916) 504-6513, (63915) 639-4233, fax (632) 809-2713, 850-5254, email info@triathlon.org.ph, or visit http://www.triathlon.org.ph/