This one's a little late but hey, it's Olongapo FC! These are the same guys who played for this years Central Luzon Regional Athletics Association (CLRAA) Meet and finished as fourth runner up. They are also some of the guys I'm playing with here at Olongapo City on weekends. Hehe.
Philex Pines Cup 2011. They've won the U16 Championship after beating Baguio United Football Club with a goal margin (2-1) on the semis and subsequently trashing De La Salle Zobel Team A on a 2-nil victory to claim the U16 Cup on April 11-12, 2011.
Also, Olongapo FC bagged 3 major U16 awards: Jasper Murillo took the Best Goalkeeper Award, Frederico "Oteng" Fariñas for the Golden Boot Award(player with the highest goal count for the competition), and Raymart Maliao as the Most Valuable Player.
Olongapo City-Zambales Football Club (OCZFC)'s U14 team finished as 2nd Runner Up and U8 brought the Fair Play Award home.
More football. This time on sand! KICKSAND 2011! Yes, you can still play football on sand--and just about any other surfaces.
KICKSAND 2011 is organized by the Beach Football Association of the Philippines (BFAP) under the supervision of the Philippine Football Federation and Philippine Sports Commission. There will be three (3) legs: Subic, Boracay and Davao.
First leg will be at Boardwalk, Waterfront Road, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, April 16 - 17, 2011. This should be fun! Prepare your sunblocks, tho. :) I'll be probably at the second day because first day will coincide with "If Zines COuld Talk" show at Kalye Art Gallery in Manila.
Participating teams for the SUBIC LEG are(tentative):
(Men's Division)
1. Baguio FC 2. Corinthians FC 3. Marcelo FC 4. Naga City FC 5. Manila FC (Mama Sita's) 6. Amihan FC (from Olongapo-Subic Bay)
(Women's Division)
1. Baguio FC 2. Virgo Intacta FC 3. Libertas FC 4. UST FS 5. Team Kick Me FC 6. LFC Alabang 7. Pie Azul FC
For some of you who doesn't follow football, here's an introduction. El Clásico is the name given to any match between Spanish football giants, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. It was first contested on the 13th of May, 1902 where Barcelona trashed Madrid in a 3-1 battle. The rivalry came about because Barcelona and Madrid are the two most largest cities in Spain and apparently the two most riches, successful and admired football club in Spain and I guess also in the world. And another reason for the famed rivalry is Barcelona (Catalonia region) represents the Catalan pride and identity while Madrid (Castilian region) emulates "Spanish Nationalist" sentiments. During the early days of Spanish football, Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator in the 1930s, always favored Real Madrid over Barcelona causing the Barcelona citizens/fans to oppose the fascist's regime. As of today, El Clásico is the most followed club rivalry in the history of football.
Fast forward to April 2011, football fanatics all over the world will witness FOUR (one will be in May 3/4) El Clásico matches.
One will be at Spanish La Liga 2010/2011 on April 16/17, this will be the second time this two clubs will meet in the current season of La Liga. La Liga is the professional first division football competition in Spain similar to English Premier League and/or USA's NBA.
Here's the video of what happened in their first meeting during the current season of La Liga:
Another is the championship for the Copa del Ray after Barcelona defeated Almeria on 5-0 aggregate score and Sevilla bowed to Madrid on 3-0 aggregate score on the Cup's semi finals. Copa del Ray or The King's Cup in English, is the annual football cup competition in Spain. First competition was played in 1902 after Carlos Padrós, later became Madrid's president, suggested a football competition that would celebrate the coronation of Alfonso XIII. Copa del Ray is somewhat similar to England's FA Cup where lower ranked clubs can battle it out with higher ranking clubs. This year's finals will be staged at Mestalla, Valencia on April 20, 2011.
Lastly, one of the semi-final match of the UEFA Champions League 2010/2011 will be an El Clásico. After Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk on an aggregate score of 6-1 and Real Madrid finishing their quarter-final match with Tottenhan Hotspur in 5-0 margin, the two mighty club will once again return on the same pitch, two times(home and away), to claim a spot in the finals of this years Champions League. First leg will be on 27 April 2011 at Madrid's home turf Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the second leg is on 3 May 2011 at the 90,000+ seater Camp Nou in Barcelona.
Here's the poster for the much-awaited zine convention put up by the good "punks" of Philippine DIY hardcore/punk scene spearheaded by Odessa and her crew as part of the month-long THIS IS NOT A PUNK SHOW event at Kalye Art Gallery in Singalong, Manila.
The show/convention also feature performances by Monochrome, Guerra Mundial, Ginseng, The Diary of Old Mango Tree and Shirley Steinberg's last show.
I've been meaning to post some stuffs about Olongapo City for quite some time now, ergo, the header. But, slackness and too much football(haha!) gets in the way of putting all things Olongapo here at Aspire. Anyways, through friends and the social networking site most of us call FB or Facebook, I've found a website, dedicated some of their bandwidth into glamorizing this medium-class city to the rest of the Philippine islands and to the world in video format.
The story behind the project and the videos can be viewed/read at these link: Olongapo's People
Amihan FC, a local football club based here in Olongapo City is holding its tryout sessions for kids on categories U-12(ages 11-12) and U-16(ages 13-16) at Remy Field Sports Complex, Subic Bay Freeport Zone on February 6, 2011(Sunday) 4:00 PM.
AMIHAN FC is a young club dedicated in spreading the joy and passion of the beautiful game throughout Olongapo City and its neighboring towns. The FC aims to help develop and hone the skills of young booters through training and organized matches.
Olongapo football anyone?
The Club can be contacted at these entries:
EMAIL: amihanfootball@gmail.com FACEBOOK: AMIHAN FC
