TATAP Extension

By Josef T. Ramos

THE Philippine National Police (PNP)-Killer Spin dominated the 2008 Magayon Festival Invitational table tennis tournament last April 11-13 at the Level 3 Activity Center Pacific Mall Legaspi City.

THE PNP-Killer Spin, headed by playing coach PO3 Jose C. Ortalla Jr, showed tenacity to defeat Metropolitan Table Tennis Association (METTA) and EC-Jack Andro team to pocket the P32, 000 cash prized and trophy.

The other members of the team are Henberd Ortalla, Jong Ortalla, Federico Sebastian, Richard Gonzales, Johnard Baldonado, Johnny Sarte and Glen Rodriguez. Read the rest of this entry »

By Josef T. Ramos

TING Ledesma has taken it – the game – most of the time for fun.

This time in the just recent concluded 10th DONIC Chancellor’s Cup table tennis national invitational championship, Ledesma proved his worth when he captured the men’s open single’s battle of the champion title last April 3, 2008.

Ledesma showed flashes of backspins to score a stunning 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7 victory over Japhet Adaza to sweep all five matches in that single division at the University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics in Diliman Quezon City.

“I’m not expecting to win this title because there are many players around,” said the 35-year-old Ledesma who is the president of the Metropolitan Table Tennis Association. “When I played in the championship, I just did what I needed to do.” Read the rest of this entry »