National team members Brix Darmo Ramos and Daphne Alindogan dominated their respective events to
lead the cast of winners in the recent 2010 Smart MVP Best of the Best taekwondo championships at
the Music Hall of the Mall of Asia.
Ramos of Team Sports beat Jaime Alejandro Pablo of Delta for the gold in the senior men under 72 kg
class.
Alindogan, a former junior standout representing the Negros Taekwondo Union Tigers, meanwhile,
defeated University of the Philippines’ Theresa Serana to win the gold in the senior women under
56 kg division.
Both Ramos and Alindogan also emerged Best Players in their respective categories during the
one-day meet organized by the Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) and supported by Smart
Communications Inc. and PLDT.
No less than Smart Communications and PLDT chairman Manny Pangilinan graced the colorful opening
ceremonies in the company of PTA vice presidents Sung Chong Hong and Danilo Mojica II, who also
acted as organizing committee chairman.
Rani Ann Ortega, a member of the RP team that won the gold medal in last year’s World Poomsae
Championships in Cairo, Egypt, hosted the affair. Aside from Ramos and Alindogan, other senior gold
medal winners included Julius Cinco (under 58 kg), Romelle Roa (under 65 kg) and Dennis Resaba
(under 72 kg) in the men’s class, and Pauline Reyes (under 49 kg), Charlene Casia (under 63 kg)
and Sheena Perlas (over 63 kg) in the distaff side.
The rest of the winners are:
Grade school boys – Vladimier Garcia (10 yrs old), Luigi Paolo Wong (11 yrs old), Monsour Carlo
Salazar (12 yrs old), Lennard Sam Perez (12 yrs old), John Gervin Astiologio (13 yrs old) and Seth
Jaino Macaraig (13 yrs old). Wong was adjudged Best Player.
Grade school girls – Clarisse Ann Laid (10 yrs old), Alexa Rabiro (11 yrs old),
Irene Bermejo (12 yrs old), Dinella Joy Sobrevinas (12 yrs old), Brightly Rio
Salazar (13 yrs old), Suzzane Caslangen (13 yrs old). Rabino emerged Best Player in the group.
Junior men – John Paul Tomarese (under 48 kg), Kevin Sia (under 53 kg), Paolo Cipriano (under 58
kg), Josafat Licayan (under 63 kg) and Jose Manuel Alejandro (over 63 kg). Licayan was named Best
Player.
Junior women – Pauline Louise Lopez (under 44 kg), Genna Mae Gadit (under 49 kg), Apriel Mae
Solimen (under 54 kg), Ynah Langit (under 59 kg), Paolo Karolina Amon (over 59 kg). Best Player in
the group was Lopez.
Daily Tribune
