Tennis Community Night

The tennis community in the greater Washington DC area will have a big night on Saturday,  March 4, 2006 when they converge at the Skyline Sports and Health  Club at 5115 Leesburg Pike in Falls Church,Virginia, for  the Fil Am  Tennis Community Night “Pot Luck Reception” which is sponsored by the Filam Tennis of NV.
Tennisters are enticed  to come “Get a Workout! Stay Fit and Have Fun” and take part  in several   events lined up for the night such as  Tennis Lessons for Beginners, and Intermediate players as well as for adults and Junior players. During the night tryouts will be conducted for slots in the Fil Am team that will compete in the Asian Games scheduled for May 2006.Those players who come just to attend the socials are certainly welcome.  
In one of the key activities of the night former RP player Joseph Lizardo, will be on hand to provide tennis lessons and a workshop designed for advanced  and junior players who want to improve their game specially in competitive play.  Lizardo is well qualified and comes with an impressive background.  His resume shows the following:
1. He served as Head Coach at Ateneo de Manila University from 1999-2001, winning a UAAP Men’s Championship in 2000-01.
2. He also coached the 2000 NEC World Youth Cup team in Jakarta, the2001 Philippine Men’s Team at the SEA Games in Malaysia, the 2001ITF Asian Boys Under-14 team and the 2001 Philippine Davis Cup squad.
3. Lizardo began coaching in 1994 at the Nike/Gatorade Tennis  Camp. He went on to organize the Nike Charity Tennis Clinic in 1997 and served as Head Coach of the Nike Summer Tennis Camp from 1997-2000.
4. He was head coach of the Philippine Tennis Association National  Training Program from 2000 to 2001..
5. Lizardo is a 1991 graduate of Temple University, where he earned his bachelors degree with a dual major in international business and marketing. While at Temple he was the No. 1 singles player and captured the No. 4 flight Atlantic 10 Conference championship during his freshman year. As a sophomore, Lizardo was ranked No. 8 in the region.
6. He went on to earn a spot on the Philippine Davis Cup team, where he competed against the world’s best players from 1992-1999.
7. From 1994-1999, Lizardo was the No. 1 ranked men’s singles player in the Philippines and reached his highest world ranking in 1996.
8. United States coaching stops include the Howard County Tennis Association Fall Program, the World Class Junior Program, the David Mast Tennis Academy and the USTA/Mid-Atlantic Section team.
 For more information please contact Ed Tiong-703-403 5624; Jose Macaranas 202-302-1911 or Chuck Santiago 703-217-0643.
Victory and Defeat.  Folks back home rejoiced at the news that Brian Viloria was victorious in defending his WBC  Mini-Flyweight boxing crown against Jose Antonio Aguirre of Mexico at the Alladin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last weekend which greatly lifted their spirits after learning that Jennifer Rosales lost her golfing crown when she withdrew in the second round of the LPGA SBS Open in Hawaii and Dorothy Delasin missed the cut leaving the Philippines empty handed in the golfing event.
Although there was no knockout this time, the result was the same. Fil-Am Brian Viloria used his speed and punching power to score a unanimous decision win over Jose Antonio Aguirre of Mexico to retain his World Boxing Council (WBC) mini flyweight title in mid February at the Alladin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Viloria, called the “Hawaiian Punch”, had a slow start but began to explode with powerful combinations in the later rounds to successfully defend for the first time the crown he wrested from another Mexican, Eric Ortiz.
Viloria was sensational when he took the title from Ortiz in September, scoring a first-round KO with his deadly right hand.  Against Aguirre, Viloria didn’t find the one big punch he displayed against Ortiz.  His excellent jabs and counter-punching were the big difference, though. He remains undefeated.
Tennister’s Kin in American Idol Tilt.  Danny Francia. spokesperson for the Filipino American Tennis Association of Maryland (FATAM) was burning the email circuit urging our kababayans  to vote for Jose Away Penala, a semi-finalist in the American Idol singing contest. Jose is the nephew of FATAM activist Mon Penala but lives in California.
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