PML Playoff Game
In the PML playoff news, Airai has officially made it to the Championship round by defeating Team Koror. Team Koror has one last shot at redemption if they can beat Team Ngerbeched in a do or die, win and your in game tonight June 1st at Asahi Field, starting weather depending at 6pm.
Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup kicks off June 2, 2012
Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup officially kicks off tomorrow at Lawson Tama Stadium in the Solomon Islands. The OFC Nations Cup is an eight-team tournament that will decide which four teams advance to the next stage of World Cup qualification. Host Solomon Islands will also be joined by 2008 OFC Nation’s Cup winner New Zealand, in addition to Fiji and Papua New Guinea forming one pool and Tahiti, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Samoa rounding out the other group. A lot more than a shiny trophy and bragging rights is riding on the tournament as the winner of the Nations Cup also qualifies for next year’s Confederations Cup in Brazil.
Guam celebrates 25 years of ONOC announces 3 Olympians
This year the Guam National Olympic Committee will celebrate it’s 25th anniversary of becoming a full and independent member of the global Olympic family. Guam will also be able to proudly say they will host at least three Olympians at the games when Ric Blas Jr. became the first local athlete to officially qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. That is one big judoka, but you have to be to compete in the 100-plus-kilogram weight division. He previously qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Dunn, another Guam Olympian from the 2008 Games, was awarded a tripartite allocation for the sport of female wrestling in the 68-kilogram weight division rounding out the trio, Derek Horton qualified in the mountain bike event with Horton’s last appearance representing Guam was at the 2000 Olympics Games in Sydney, Australia.
USA Junior College Scholarship Available through ONOC
All you young athletes who aspire to be future Oceania Olympians! The USA Junior College Scholarship Program is being offered to all National Olympic Committee’s in Oceania. The applications process starts June 1, 2012 with Scholarships initially being available for the sports of athletics and swimming, but an exceptional candidate outside of these sports may also be considered. For local Palauan athletes who want more information, stop by the Palau National Olympic Committee Office or call Marcy Tellei at 488-6562. Application must be submitted to Palau NOC before July 31st .
Final Earthrace 5 Year Flashback. “Where are they now?”
May 2nd-31st 2007, the bio-diesel fueled trimarron affectionately known then as Earthrace, had to remove it’s bid to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe by power boat, when a leak was discovered in the hull off the coast of Malaga, Spain. For the past month we’ve been taking a walk down memory lane going through never seen before footage taken by yours truly and local Palauan Jennifer now known as Koskelin Gibbons. So what’s changed in the five years besides Jennifer’s last name. Well in most all of our cases, a lot! Jennifer is now a proud mother of two and happily retired from her sea-faring adventures. And Capt Pete? Well, you can say his life is a bit dramatically different. Earth race or Ady Gil lies somewhere beneath the Antartic Sea, Capt. Pete has a new love interest in the sexy new Sea Legs, a boat that can traverse both water AND land. According to the Earthrace.net website, Pete and his crew of eco- warriors are running missions with Sea Legs down in South Africa in an effort to discourage illegal fishing.You can follow along Pete’s adventures at earthrace.net. myself well, I’m still trying to finish my epic Earthrace documentary and at this pace, I’ll have it ready in time for the 10 year anniversary! But seriously, it’s still in the works and will be hopefully be making it’s debut very,very soon.
Rising Stars of the Sea
Out this sports wrap with one last it of self promotion, my other great passion besides sports is Music. And I am proud to have been a part of this little CD, Rising stars of the Sea performed by the very talented young women and men of Maris Stella. This is a fundraising CD support not only Maris Stella but one of the very few afterschool music programs in Palau, led by the extremely talented Tamara Okabe. Our very own Malo Paulis contributed as well as up and coming superstar Taka Emeschiol. It’s only $10 and you can find it at PCC bookstore in addition to the Maris Stella school and Sacred Hearts church for a limited time. Support the arts! and if you see this CD pick it up!!!