Sports Fest News and Updates

July 26, 2011

First Game

The Achievers . . . . With A Vengeance

54 must be a number that The Achievers found hard to forget when they dominated the Grabtech Managers, 81 - 54, and posted their first win against two outings.

It was that kind of night for the Integrated Innovators.

Labao (11) led the “The Achievers” scoring 33 points, Hambre (4) and De Jesus (8) had 24 and 18 points respectively as the Integrated set a season high for points, beating the Grabtech, 81-54 on their Saturday game.

Hambre (4) was relentless and came up with a complete game scoring 24 points, 4 rebound, 9 assists, 4 steals and a block as Intergrated led by as many as 24 points in the first quarter and avenged a 74-54 loss from SOGO All-Stars last July 16.

Grabtech's own "One-Two Punch" consisting of Cerda (22) and Boston (23) cannot stop the surging I.I. Achievers. Boston (23) netted a double-double scoring 14 points and 11 rebounds while Cerda led the team in scoring with 19 points and grabing 7 rebounds. They were, however, edged badly in the assist department as Hambre (4) of Integrated dished a tournament high 9 assists compared to only 2 assist for Grabtech as a team.

Integrated also used their pesky defense in controlling the game resulting to 11 steals compared to 4 for Grabtech. In the second half, Grabtech managed to somehow contain the Achievers, but they still failed to trim the lead down as they scored 31 compared to 35 for Integrated.

Box Scores:

Integrated Innovators “The Achievers” - 81: Labao (11) – 33 pts, Hambre (4) – 24 pts, de Jesus (08) – 10 pts, Lincopines (88) – 6 pts, Fuderanan (09) – 4 pts, Barena (18) – 2 pts, Ita-as (13) – 2 pts.

Grabtech “Managers” - 54: Cerda (22) – 19 pts, Boston (23) – 14 pts, Go (16) – 10 pts, Dumalaon (32) – 7 pts, Bagat (12) – 2 pts, Rodriguez (8) – 2 pts.

Quarter Scores: 30-6; 16-17; 14-9; 21-22.

Sports Fest News and Updates - 2011-07-16

July 18, 2011

FORMIDABLE!!

SOGO All Stars stormed past Integrated Innovators Achievers: 74 – 54

SOGO All Stars once again proved its basketball invincibility in this tournament when they beat Integrated Innovators Achievers in last Saturday's lone game. The Achievers failed to put a mark in the win column on their debut game despite the combined firepower of their 1 – 2 punch, Labao (11) and Hambre (4). All Stars fortified their defense early in the second quarter to dampen the offensive thrust of the Achievers and maintained comfortable lead until the final buzzer. Achievers' Labao tried to reduce the All Stars lead by firing from beyond the arc and converting 5 triples but they fell short in capitalizing on their 21 rebounds when they found the All Stars towering defense too tough to penetrate.

Labao and Hambre combined for 46 points out of the Achievers' total production of 54 points. Their offensive pattern, however, became too tentative and was significantly limited by the All Stars' 6 steals and 5 shot blocks.

Better ball distribution and shot selection complemented the All Stars' defense, winning them their second game convincingly by 20 points.

Box score:

SOGO All Stars: 74 Cruz (24) – 12, Guasis (13) – 10, Cabrera (08) – 9, Morales (21) – 9, Corpuz (11) – 7, Lagajino (17) – 7, Simo (22) – 6, Manuel (03) – 6, Solis (06) – 4, Ilao (00) – 4

Rebounds: 20, Assists: 9, Steals: 6, Blocks: 5, Three-points: 2

Integrated Innovators The Achievers: 54 Labao (11) – 28, Hambre (04) – 18, Linconpines (88) – 7, Fuderanan (09) – 1

Rebounds: 21, Assists: 6, Steals: 3, Blocks: 3, Three-points: 6

Sports Fest News and Updates - 2011-07-09

July 9, 2011

First Game

Romago Thunders flashes pass V. Consunji Beeradors and won by 2 points: 54 – 52

True to its name, Romago Thunders executed lightning fast-break play and sneaked past hot shooting V. Consunji Beeradors. Beeradors maintained the lead for most of the regulation period through prolific shooting from beyond the arc by their designated sniper, De Leon (12), who drilled-in seven treys. However, the persistent Thunders kept coming back and capitalizing through their balanced offense. At the dying seconds of the final canto, Allapa (10) of Thunders caught Beeradors' defense by surprise and sprinted past for the winning basket. Thunders likewise out-rebounded the Beeradors 16 to 10.

Box score:

Romago Thunders: 54 Sazon(32) – 18, Gonzales(14) – 12, Tabios(41) – 10, Lambinicio(16) – 8, Allapa(10) – 5, Vargas(9) – 1.

V. Consunji Beeradors: 52 De Leon(12) – 26, De Leaon(41) – 10, Macabinquil(7) – 6, Hidalgo(10) – 2, Romero(11) – 2, Jalves(3) – 2, Asne(6) – 2, Baria(21) - 2

Second Game

Meinhardt Knight Crawlers out-shined LRPA Masters: 42 - 37 

 

Last Saturday's second game was indeed reminiscent of the Ateneo vs La Salle rivalry, thrilling fans and supporters of both teams. Despite the Masters' concerted effort and blistering offense, they failed to lord it over the Knight Crawlers and lost by 5 points.  Masters staged a fiery rally in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter, but it was immediately extinguished cold by a 3-point shot courtesy of Rocha(12) of the Knight Crawlers. Although both Crawlers and Masters tied at the rebound department with 12 boards apiece, Meinhardt Knight Crawlers distributed the ball better and topped the LRPA Masters in assists, 6 to 2.  Rocha(12) of Meinhardt led all scorers with 18 points, highlighted by two treys.

Box score:

Meinhardt Knight Crawlers: 42 Rocha(12) – 18, Clemente(3) – 9, Aragoncillo(19) – 8, Escoro(23) – 3, Zarzuela (20) – 2, Ramirez(9) – 2.

LRPA Master: 37 Manlapaz(9) – 11, Agno(47) – 9, Ramilo(15) – 6, Rebito(17) – 5, Nañasca(1) – 4, Mauhay(13) – 2

2011 Sports Invitational Badminton and Basketball Schedule

Cross-posting our tournament schedules:

Basketball

DATE	TIME	VENUE	GAMES
July 9	6:30 - 8:00 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	V. Consunji vs Romago
	8:00 - 9:30 PM		Meinhardt vs LRPA
July 23	4:00 - 5:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Grabtech vs Integrated
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		DMCI vs Figueroa
	7:00 - 8:30 PM		APEC vs Citi Aire
July 29	8:30 - 10:00 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Systech vs NBF
July 30	4:00 - 5:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Wil Decena vs EGI
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Ecolab vs Beta Electric
	7:00 - 8:30 PM		Citi Aire vs Meinhardt
Aug 5	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	NBF vs Thermovar
Aug 6	4:00 - 5:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	TCGI vs EGI
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Ecolab vs DMCI
	7:00 - 8:30 PM		Sogo vs Integrated
Aug 12	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Megawide vs Systech
Aug 13	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Amici vs APEC
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		Wil Decena vs Sogo
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Beta Electric vs JSR
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		LRPA vs Filinvest
Aug 19	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Thermovar vs V.Consunji
Aug 20	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Integrated vs TCGI
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		DMCI vs DCCD
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Meinhardt vs APEC
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Romago vs Systech
Aug 26	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	EGI vs Sogo
Aug 27	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Figueroa vs JSR
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		Citi Aire vs Filinvest
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Megawide vs NBF
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Grabtech vs Wil Decena
Sep 2	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Beta Electric vs DCCD
Sep 3	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Amici vs LRPA
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		Citi Aire vs Filinvest
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Megawide vs NBF
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Grabtech vs Wil Decena
Sep 9	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Filinvest vs Meinhardt
Sep 10	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Romago vs Megawide
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		EGI vs Grabtech
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		JSR vs DMCI
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		APEC vs LRPA
Sep 16	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	NBF vs V. Consunji
Sep 17	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Sogo vs Grabtech
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		DMCI vs Beta Electric
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Citi Aire vs Amici
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Thermovar vs Romago
Sep 24	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Wil Decena vs TCGI
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		JSR vs Ecolab
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		LRPA vs Citi Aire
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		V. Consunji vs Megawide
Oct 1	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Integrated vs EGI
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		DCCD vs Figueroa
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Meinhardt vs Amici
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		NBF vs Romago
Oct 7	8:00 - 9:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	TCGi vs Grabtech
Oct 8	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	DCCD vs Ecolab
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		Filinvest vs APEC
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		Systech vs Thermovar
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		Beta Electric vs Figueroa
Oct 15	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	A1 vs A4
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		A2 vs A3
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		D1 vs D4
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		D2 vs D3
Oct 22	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	B1 vs B4
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		B2 vs B3
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		C1 vs C4
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		C2 vs C3
Oct 29	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	1.winners of (A1vsA4)&(D2vsD3)
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		2.winners of (A2vsA3)&(D1vsD4)
	4:00 - 5:30 PM		3.winners of (B1vsB4)&(C2vsC3)
	5:30 - 7:00 PM		4.winners of (B2vsB3)&(C1vsC4)
Nov 5	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Winners of Game 1 and 2
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		Winners of Game 3 and 4
Nov 12	1:00 - 2:30 PM	HP Pearl, Harrison Plaza	Battle for 3rd Place
	2:30 - 4:00 PM		Championship Game

Badminton

Date	Time	Court 1	Court 2	Court 3	Venue
Jul 16	5 - 6 PM	V. Consunji vs DCCD	CitiAire vs Thermovar		HP Pearl
	6 - 7 PM	TCGI vs IIC	Meinhardt vs Filinvest
	7 - 8 PM	JSR vs Sogo	Amici vs Beta
Jul 23	5 - 6 PM	WDA vs Systech	Grabtech vs Beta	Sogo vs NG Yumol
	6 - 7 PM	CitiAire vs Figueroa	NBF vs Amici	Filinvest vs Mendoza
Jul 30	5 - 6 PM	Megawide vs Thermovar	Figueroa vs Meinhardt	Grabtech vs RSG
	6 - 7 PM	DCCD vs EGI	V. Consunji vs NG Yumol	Citiaire vs Mendoza
	7 - 8 PM	Sogo vs Amici	JSR vs NBF	TCGI vs Systech
Aug 6	3 - 4 PM	Filinvest vs Thermovar	WDA vs Megawide	Meinhardt vs IIC
	4 - 5 PM	Figueroa vs Mendoza	DCCD vs NG Yumol	V. Consunji vs Amici
	5 - 6 PM	Grabtech vs NBF	EGI vs Beta	TCGI vs Megawide
	6 - 7 PM	Filinvest vs WDA
Aug 13	3 - 4 PM	Mendoza vs Meinhardt	Beta vs RSG	DCCD vs Amici
	4 - 5 PM	V. Consunji vs JSR	Grabtech vs Sogo	TCGI vs Filinvest
	5 - 6 PM	NG Yumol vs EGI	IIC vs Systech	Figueroa vs Thermovar
	6 - 7 PM	CitiAire vs WDA
Aug 20	3 - 4 PM	Meinhardt vs Systech	Mendoza vs Thermovar	IIC vs Megawide
	4 - 5 PM	Figueroa vs WDA	NG Yumol vs Amici	Beta vs NBF
	5 - 6 PM	V. Consunji vs Grabtech	CitiAire vs TCGI	DCCD vs JSR
	6 - 7 PM	EGI vs RSG
Aug 27	3 - 4 PM	Thermovar vs Meinhardt	RSG vs NBF	NG Yumol vs JSR
	4 - 5 PM	Beta vs Sogo	Systech vs Megawide	Mendoza vs WDA
	5 - 6 PM	Figueroa vs TCGI	DCCD vs Grabtech	IIC vs Filinvest
	6 - 7 PM	Amici vs EGI
Sep 3	3 - 4 PM	Meinhardt vs Megawide	Thermovar vs WDA	Systech vs Filinvest
	4 - 5 PM	Amici vs JSR	NG Yumol vs Grabtech	Beta vs V. Consunji
	5 - 6 PM	Mendoza vs TCGI	IIC vs CitiAire	RSG vs Sogo
	6 - 7 PM	EGI vs NBF
Sep 10	3 - 4 PM	NBF vs Sogo	Amici vs Grabtech	RSG vs V. Consunji
	4 - 5 PM	WDA vs Meinhardt	Megawide vs Filinvest	Thermovar vs TCGI
	5 - 6 PM	Systech vs CitiAire	Beta vs DCCD	IIC vs Figueroa
	6 - 7 PM	JSR vs EGI
Sep 17	3 - 4 PM	JSR vs Grabtech	WDA vs TCGI	Megawide vs CitiAire
	4 - 5 PM	Systech vs Figueroa	NBF vs V. Consunji	RSG vs DCCD
	5 - 6 PM	EGI vs Sogo	Mendoza vs IIC	NG Yumol vs Beta
Sep 24	3 - 4 PM	Thermovar vs IIC	Sogo vs V. Consunji	NBF vs DCCD
	4 - 5 PM	TCGI vs Meinhardt	Filinvest vs CitiAire	Megawide vs Figueroa
	5 - 6 PM	Grabtech vs EGI	RSG vs NG Yumol	Systech vs Mendoza
Oct 1	3 - 4 PM	Meinhardt vs CitiAire	Filinvest vs Figueroa	WDA vs IIC
	4 - 5 PM	Amici vs RSG	NBF vs NG Yumol	JSR vs Beta
	5 - 6 PM	Megawide vs Mendoza	Thermovar vs Systech	Sogo vs DCCD
	6 - 7 PM	EGI vs V. Consunji
TIE BREAKING GAMES
Oct 8	3 - 4 PM	TBA			HP Pearl
	4 - 5 PM	TBA
	5 - 6 PM	TBA	TBA
	6 - 7 PM
	7 - 8 PM
Oct 15	3 - 4 PM	Game 1	Game 3
	4 - 5 PM	Game 2	Game 4
	5 - 6 PM	Game 5 (L1 vs L2)	Game 6 (L3 vs L4)
	6 - 7 PM	Game 7 (W1 vs W2)	Game 8 (W3 vs W4)
	7 - 8 PM
Oct 22	3 - 4 PM	Game 9 (W5 vs L8)	Game 10 (W6 vs L7)
	4 - 5 PM	Game 11 (W7 vs W8)	Game 12 (W9 vs W10)
	5 - 6 PM	Game 13 (W12 vs L 11)
	6 - 7 PM	Game 14 (W11 vs W13)
	7 - 8 PM	Game 15*

AMICI - Thermovar Invitational Sports Fest 2011 Opening Ceremony

AMICI Mercantile Inc. and THERMOVAR Pipes opened its Invitational Sports Fest 2011 in July 2, 2011 in the Cuneta Astrodome.  Twenty-seven teams from the construction, engineering and service industry, including the host teams, AMICI and THERMOVAR completed the final list of basketball and badminton teams.

The opening ceremony started with a prayer and the national anthem. This was immediately followed by the Parade Of Teams.  PBA superstars Kenneth Duremdes and Gerard Francisco graced the Opening Ceremony and surprisingly stayed longer than expected, much to the delight of the guests and players.  During the intermission, an acrobatic number by the PLP Pep Squad brought back memories of UAAP and NCAA Opening Ceremonies.

Sexy and “funny” entertainer/comedienne Rufa Mi wowed the crowd with her masterful show hosting and punch lines.  She hosted the Q and A portion for the Best Muse contest and the Blast Cheer Contest.  These drew much laughter and cheers from the crowd.  JSR Pascals Team pulled the biggest surprise of the show, and won the Blast Cheer by a creative “non-entry” cheer (?) of “wala! wala,! wala!” at the bleacher when asked by Rufa if they have prepared their own blast cheer.  Hotel SOGO's Muse (Red Banner) won the Best Muse Award.  AMICI HEATers' player and over-all Games Coordinator Mike Tayo ran the torch for the Traditional Torch Run followed by the traditional Oath of Sportsmanship led by one of the players of Hotel SOGO All Star Team.

The opening basketball games for the afternoon were determined through drawing of lots.  The successful opening ceremony drew admiration and enjoyment from representatives of the participating teams despite “comedy of errors” and miscues.

Sports Fest News and Updates

July 7, 2011

First Game

MEGAWIDE Excellence excelled in a lop-sided victory over THERMOVAR Alley Piperz: 57 – 35.

Host team THERMOVAR Alley Piperz found MEGAWIDE Excellence too hot to handle and trailed from beginning till end of the game.  The Excellence squad poured in points after points from their fluid offensive plays and likewise limited the Piperz' points with tight defense. They (Excellence) apparently dominated THERMOVAR in all departments from points to rebounds.  MEGAWIDE is considered as the “team to watch” in this tournament.

Second Game

Filinvest Dream Makers won over AMICI HEATers in a cliffhanger double overtime: 47 – 45

A “dream match” preview between the FILINVEST Dream Makers and AMICI HEATers spiced up the Opening Games of the AMICI – THERMOVAR Invitational Sports Fest 2011.  The game was indeed a cliffhanger, putting fans, supporters, and spectators at the edge of their seats.  While the first quarter was pretty much even, Amici HEATers got the better of the Dream Makers during the second quarter with excellent defense.  Not giving up, the Dream Makers managed to retake the lead by the end of the 3rd quarter.  The fourth quarter saw several lead changes before a Filinvest run that gave them a six point advantage by the last two minutes of regular time.   Two rare three-pointers by Amici forced overtime and sizzled the crowd.  It looked like a game that would never end, when the game went to a second overtime.  The game ended with two missed free throws by Sir Alex Yao off a foul before the final buzzer that could have forced a rare triple overtime.  Both host teams suffered double “heartaches” at the opening games but vowed to bounce back in their succeeding games.

Third Game

SOGO All Stars imposed offensive might over TCGI Patriots: 56 – 43

TCGI Patriots gallantly put a stand against Hotel SOGO All Stars but found their opponents' offensive might too strong.  Hotel SOGO quintet dominated most of the quarters after trailing in the first quarter. They (All Stars) also out-rebounded the Patriots and fluidly executed offense orchestrated by their heralded playmaker.  All Stars won over Patriots, 56 – 43 at the final buzzer.

Fourth Game

DCCD Hunks buckled under high pressure offense from JSR Pascals and lost by 7 points: 53 – 46.

DCCD Hunks must have felt the “mega – pascals” of pressure defense and offense from JSR Pascals that handed them their first game loss.  JSR Pascals stepped on the gas at the opening of the fourth quarter after they trailed the Hunks for most of the quarters.  They have forced a mark into the "win" column along with MEGAWIDE Excellence, Hotel SOGO All Stars and FILINVEST Dream Makers.  Pascals won by 7 points over the Hunks.

Brochures

We've started an overhaul of our marketing collaterals this year, starting with our per-division brochures.  This project aims to let our customers get to know our new, exciting products faster, and to reduce costs by obviating the need to give away our 60 peso catalog to each and every customer.

Each brochure is a back-to-back long bond paper, Z-folded.  In the design and selection of our brochures, a foremost issue is the time to market of new products.  The launch windows of the new products are different, with some releasing as late as the 2nd half of 2012.  We will have to manage with a good information campaign to our sales, marketers, and clients.

Our new Water Heating brochure is now live.  Our Water Heater brochure introduces new and upcoming A.O. Smith and Atmor models, particularly A.O. Smith's solar heaters and heat pumps, as well as modern electronic wall-hung heaters.


Our Swimming Pool brochure introduces to the market the Wave Ball wave generators and Badu Jet water treadmills, the energy saving Intellipro VFD pool pump, Sta-Rite's new Intellibrite 5g LED lighting, robotic vacuum cleaners, and alternative systems to chlorine maintenance.  The brochure is already with the printing press, and we're just waiting for delivery.

Our Pumps and Tanks brochure is as of this moment still in the design stage.  It introduces 4 new brands:  Aurora fire pumps, Hydromatic sewage pumps, A.O. Smith pressure tanks, and Pentair chilled water pumps.  With the diversity of pumps that we market, it's been a tough job to prune and fit all the information so that the most important details get in our humble brochure.  This is made more challenging because of the importance of pump performance curves.

Here's an example pump curve for Taco circulators.  This covers 12 models in all.

 

We must make sure a pump chart such as this will fit and still be clearly visible to our readers. That might mean removing some models.  We're progressing so far over the last couple of weeks.  And hopefully by September, we'll be ready with all our collaterals.  At least, we should have all these by the Philconstruct 2011 exhibit.