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The Filipino American sports community took a giant leap towards multicultural unity when they joined other Asian American groups in the area to participate in the 3^rd Asian Festival held last July 22, 2006 at the Lake Newport Tennis Facility, 11452 Baron Cameron Avenue, Reston, Virginia .

The 3rd Asian Festival which was held from 10:00 – 9:00 p.m showcased unique music, cultural performances, food, beauty pageants, fashion, handicrafts, gifts, and other products and entertainment of Asia. The Asian  Festival was sponsored by the Thai Tennis Organization in America (TTOA), the Reston Association and Singha Beer to promote growth in the sport of tennis and a greater understanding of the Asian culture from Thailand, China, India, Philippines, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, etc.

Through the Filipino-American Basketball Association (Faba), Ken Mendoza has taught many young adults valuable life lessons on basketball courts.

Faba is a non-profit organization, in the Washington, D.C. area, offering basketball programs and other activities designed to develop sportsmanship in teens.Though Mendoza has a full-time job with the U.S. Postal Service, Faba is where his passion lies.

Tryouts were held last June 18, 2006 to select the players that will make up the PEEWEE and BANTAM teams that will compete in the 2ND Filipino American Basketball Association (FBA) Tournament which will be held in Toronto, Canada during the Labor Day weekend in September.

The following players made the cut. Allan Africa, Sami Altamar, Robert Banez, Gino Bretana, Micah Dabao, Brandon Devera, Perry Fabi, Marcel Hernandez, Kevin Moreno, Justin Quion, Michael Ramada, Alex Valera, Tyler Vicente and Jonathan Yatco.

Tennis and volleyball will be the main sports events  for our kababayans  in the Washington DC  area this month of June, 2006 with volleyball as usual  taking  center stage as it was  during the past staging of the games.  Lovette Rosales Llantos who has been at the helm of this tournament has confirmed her chairmanship for this year aside from handling Kart Racing . (Lovette has been overall chair of the Festival for many years)  The other sports offerings  are Golf, Football,  Basketball, Bowling  and Kart Racing, which made its rousing debut in 2004 and mountain bike riding.

The entire FABA (Filipino American Basketball Association) Community was in a somber mood last week when one of their volunteer adult member died after suffering a massive heart attack.

MANILA – The Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios fight will finally be held on July 2. And, as bonus, three more Filipino stars will also take on Mexican foes to highlight the Philippine-Mexico ring rivalry. Pacquiao slugs it out with the hard-hitting Mexican at the Araneta Coliseum, ending weeks of speculation as to the exact date of the fight expected to draw a record crowd. The Pacquiao-Larios tiff for the WBC international super featherweight belt is the main event in a card that will be a Philippines versus Mexico affair. Jimrex Jaca, Randy Suico and Gerry Penalosa are also seeing action on that day against Mexican foes. The card was officially announced in a press conference at the Manila Hotel yesterday with Shelly Finkel and Nick Khan, Pacquiao’s American managers, in attendance. Also present was renowned trainer Freddie Roach, who accompanied Pacquiao. “This will be an active and very exciting fight,” said Finkel.

The 2006 Community Picnic and Sports Festival  which  forms part of the Philippine Independence Day celebrations will be held on Sunday  June 25, 2006 at the Tucker Road Sports and Recreation Center in Fort Washington, Maryland,   9:00 M to 6:00 PM

The 2006 Filipino American Men’s Franchise Winter Basketball League which is
being played at the Thurgood Marshall MS School Camp Springs in Maryland has
only two Filipino teams on its 6 team roster. The league which used to attract
14 Fil-Am teams had only eight last Fall.

The Filipino American Tennis Association of Maryland (FATAM) has joined  other Montgomery County Tennis groups in urging the County Council to pass a resolution to have the M-NCPPC repair and save the Wheaton Indoor Tennis Bubble which has fallen in a state of sad disrepair.