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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004
NEED FOR SPEED Purefoods goes smaller, faster BY GLENN C. MICHELENA Sun.Star Correspondent
ALTHOUGH the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs went through a major roster revamp during the off-season, it could very well be the surprise team of the Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Cup, which gets underway Feb. 22.
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sioner of the Metropolitan Basketball Association who recently took over as the ballclub’s team manager. True enough, a closer look at the club’s offseason personnel changes – the acquisition of Shell’s 6-foot-3 forward Eddie Laure in exchange for 6-6 center Billy Mamaril, the drafting of rookie backcourt men Peter June Simon, James Yap and
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WHAT’S HE COOKING? Open-court specialist Lenny Cooke complements Purefoods’ new run-and-gun system.
The franchise has unveiled a new look, with six new players and only six holdovers from last year’s roster, that features an intriguing mix of talented upstarts and savvy veterans – a fresh, bold concept that excites team manager Ed Cordero. “We might not be a big team, but we are constructing this squad into a running, up-tempo unit,” said Cordero, the former deputy commis-
THE bracing feeling of finding the perfect finger hold, hand on warm stone, familiar smell of biners, and the sweat in the hand that holds the post-climb beer will once again bind the climbing enthusiasts of the city as sport climbing enters a rebirth after Habagat Outdoor Equipment set up a wall where everybody can climb for free.
Fanning the climbing revival THE bouldering wall came as an idea to gather the local mountaineers last Friday for the third anniversary of The Van, Habagat’s outlet at its main office along Archbishop Reyes Ave. Habagat’s Wendell YOU CAN CLIMB FOR FREE Getubig, Miko Gonzalez and Jovenz Mo+ What 25-degree inclined wall rales put up the + Where Habagat’s main office on modest three-panel Archbishop Reyes Ave. wall in barely three + When 5 p.m. onwards hours for the gathering, but later decided + How Just log in at the guardhouse to make it a practice wall before Vertigo, which closed up shop last August at the Baseline, builds its new walls in the same site next month. Getubig and the rest of the Habagat mainstays are revving up for a national sport climbing competition here in May either at Ayala Center Cebu or SM CityCebu along with a national kayaking competition in Lapu-Lapu City. Climbers can enjoy the 25-dergee inclined wall from 5 p.m. onwards as long as they log in at the guardhouse. Halogen lamps are provided for the nightly climbs. The Habagat crew is planning to add another panel soon as climbers slowly troop to the place. After peaking from 1999-2001, wall climbing drastically waned in the last two years with the lack of venue, exposure and competition. Only the hardcore rock UP, UP AWAY. Abner Arrojado assists Yahkee Gutip during a test climb. climbers were left active. PCC
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