Sentidokomon

By Ester Beatty

After more than three months of non-stop playing of volleyball and basketball, the awarding ceremony of the Inter-community’s St. Catherine Summer Sports League 2007 in Limassol, Cyprus got underway on the 5th August 2007.

Although feeling under the weather, Mr. Arnel Ambon, Committee Vice Chairman & Statistician of the sports league opened the much-awaited ceremony. Mr. Ambon emphasized to all the players and participants alike that with such sport events, he hopes that this will bring us closer in the spirit of friendship, goodwill and unity regardless of our race, religion and nationality.

Fr. Andrew Arhin, organizer on behalf of St. Catherine Catholic Church, delivered an inspirational talk encouraging everyone that through the love of God may this event keep our community stronger and to use what they have learned and experienced from this event positively. Ms. Emilyn Sorilla, Committee Chairwoman, assisted by Ms. Carmel Carton presented the trophies and medals to winners as well as minor awards to players.

 

 

In the volleyball category, Kartoudes Team proved to be too strong for Mantovani Team in the twice-to-beat final games rule, and bagged the 2007 Champions Title. Third and fourth place were Propan and El-Shaddai respectively. Aside from the Championship trophy, Kartoudes team players also received the following minor awards: Mai de los Santos for best team captain, Loida Asug for best stopper award and Amethylen Amoguez received the MVP award.

 

 

 

The best service award was received by Lakshika Muthumali of Ceylon Team while the Best Sportsmanship/Fair-play award was presented to Western Union Team headed by their coach/player “Mummy� Ruth Tagalicud, who kept on encouraging her team to keep smiling even if they were losing badly! Best Manager Award was given to Mrs. Ester Beatty who has shown her total support to her team, Western Union, travelling all the way from Nicosia whenever possible, giving them encouragement even when they were not always winning.

La Maison Team received the best in team uniform as well as the Miss Muse 2007, which was awarded to Ms. Nhorie Joy Elio during the opening ceremony of the league on the 15th April 2007. The best 12 Filipino players were also selected amongst the top four teams who participated in the league for the much anticipated all Filipino (women) Inter-Island Volleyball tournaments, which comprises of the best Filipino volleyball players from the towns of Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia and Paphos respectively, to be held  sometime in September or October this year.

In the basketball event, Antipolo Team claimed the Championship beating La Maison 2-1 games in the best of three series, while Archirodon Team finished third overall. Rodel Ereneo of Antipolo Team was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the league. Miss Crisanta Endozo mesmerized the crowds with her beautiful voice and was joined by Ms. Gemma Cabral to provide the entertainment at the awarding ceremony, which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

 

 

On behalf of the Committees and organisers, Mr. Arnel Ambon expresses his heartfelt thanks to all the sponsors and donors for their generosity and continued support: Mr. Kartoudes for the trophies and medals for the volleyball games; Western Union for the trophies and medals for the basketball games; Columbia Ship Management; Mantovani & Sons Ltd, Imelda Boutique; Ms. Nora Nicolaou, Legion of Mary and El-Shaddai.
Thank you also to the following for providing foods and drinks for this event: Tita’s carinderia, Mr. & Mrs. Demetris Demetriou; Miguela Katidou, Aida of Boracay, Antipolo team and all the volleyball teams.

Without the dedication of the Committees and organisers this event would have been impossible, therefore a BIG THANK YOU to each and everyone: Fr. Andrew Arhin, Emelyn Sorilla, Carmel Carton, Lilian Blanco, Lorna Montemayor, Lanie Efthimiou, Ruth Tagalicud, Rafael Martingano and last but not least, Mr. Leandro Lagan as the leading Referee for all the games.