DBC in the finals
The Don Bosco College led elementary cviraa Squad are a step away from winning the title. They are on the finals as of this writing, and let's hope they win both games to bring home the bacon.
Bay ronaldo, can you post the names of the boys here?
Bay ronaldo, can you post the names of the boys here?
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This creed on which Bosconians live their lives by was never more evident than today, May 13, 2006, as the Don Bosco Technology Center-led CVIRAA Elementary Football Team did the improbable by winning three successive games to bring the crown home with them.
Vincent Gealon scored the only goal of the game in the second half that hushed the predominantly Bicolano crowd and caused a mild eruption among CVIRAA supporters that would have made Mayon Volcano wake up from it's slumber.
The path to the championship started at 7am today when CVIRAA first won against Southern Tagalog via penalty shootout to gain the right to meet Bicol for the crown. After a short rest, they won against Bicol Region again via penalty shootout in the 9am game. The winner-take-all match began at 11am and despite cramping limbs, the team proceeded to dominate the match.
Coach Joselito "Babot" Bono's training regimen, who himself is a product of one of Germany's finest football coaching academies, called for the boys to train 8-12 in the morning and 3-6 in the afternoon. the tough schedule proved it's worth when the team was forced to play the three straight games.
The Palarong Pambansa Elementary Champion Team
1. Leonard Tan (Don Bosco)
2. John Daniel Caballero (Don Bosco)
3. Charles Caballes (Don Bosco)
4. Jericho Christian Noel (Don Bosco)
5. Rikko De Guzman (Don Bosco)
6. Miko Limalima (Don Bosco)
7. Peter Hendrick Ricamora (Don Bosco)
8. Andrew Sid Tabar (Don Bosco)
9. Miguel Caindec (Don Bosco)
10. James Eric Nacorda Don Bosco)
11. Ethan Decena (Don Bosco)
12. Vincent Gealon (Don Bosco)
13. Prince Antony (City Central School)
14. Angel Alfeche (Bohol Province)
15. Joseph Rey Cutayan (Bohol Province)
This is the first time that the Elementary Football title was won by CVIRAA, and also the first National Football Title won by a Cebu-based team since the Palaro Secondary Football title was won back in 2000 by a team with players also from Don Bosco as it's core.
we are very proud of you. I am confident that if given the chance/break to play outside the philippines these boys will not only bring home a medal but also HONOR.
More POwer to the DBC Family.........
i can think of 1-2 players from DBC P14 that could have probably made it to the training pool but both were out of the province when John Carmona came. Carmona did actually call up our coach wherein he asked if we had a goalkeeper and a tall striker he can look at. he wanted to look at the boys during their CVIRAA training but his time here was very limited. perhaps next year na lang.
i was expecting 2 more boys from springdale other than the 3 to at least make the training pool, but i guess carmona already had the positions were they play already filled up.
my problem with recent tryouts is that we first read it in the newspapers before any communication from the CebuFA. and if any communication is made, i am told that it is thru text messages - yup TEXT message - uasually just a day before the try-outs. and if a coach complains about the late notification, he is just told that the other schools and coaches has already been informed and that the information has been announced in the papers or in the PA system of a past tournament. for an organization supposing to represent and protect the interests of an entire community, a text message is all that we can expect. this procedure makes me believe that certain quarters just doesn't want DBC players to try-out for any squad. Why ? Roberto, if you have the answer, please let me know.
DBC coaches handles over 800 football players and over ten football varsity squads everyday. Cellphones are oftentimes left unattended so that they can perform their jobs. our football leaders seem to think that their cellphones are tied to their hips. if they are TRULY interested in having the boys attend try-outs, a personal phone call or a personal visit to the school by any of the board members or an official representative can be easily done. take note that the school is not represented in the CebuFA board thus it doesn't have first hand information of it's decisions and policies. for a school that fields 15-18 teams, i don't think that is too much too ask.
unless of course our presence in try-outs are detrimental to the interests of some quarters.
No wonder that there are always schedule-problems and age-problems!
Don Bosco want to be so "EXCLUSIVE", but fair organization seems a problem for Don Bosco, which is to difficullt being solved!
so paul weiler, the exposed liar, the disgraced ex-Inter Cebu manager, self-proclaimed saviour of cebu football and frustrated con-artist is back.
the kids were prepared and better-conditioned than their opponents, but that doesn't mean that 3 games in one day is alright. at the most, 1 game in the morning and another in the afternoon may still be acceptable but 3 consecutive games is darn right dangerous. think possible heat stroke, dehydration, and of course injuries. the rainy weather might have prevented heat stroke but the possibility of injuries due to the muddy and slippery ground was there.
the way DepEd schedules the matches cleary shows utter disregard to safety. during a presscon at the palaro, reporters asked officials if they will be postponing or extending the games because of the typhoon. do you know what our DepEd educators answered - "we must finish everything by saturday noon, rain or shine." i almost spilled my coffee when i heard that.