TWO sports dearest to the hearts of Filipinos are the featured discussion in the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum on Tuesday (July 18) at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines, headed by newly-elected president Robbie Puno, serves as the main guest of the two-part session that will also have the protagonists of the Sharks International 9-Ball Open.
The session starts at 10 a.m., with San Miguel Corporation, Philippine Sports Commission, MILO, Philippine Olympic Committee, and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation as major backers.
Puno, the current congressman representing the first district of Antipolo, will be accompanied by secretary-general Marcus Manalo and executive assistant Karina Picson to talk about the ABAP’s immediate plans and activities, including its coming campaign in the Asian Games, which serves as qualifier to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Chief organizer Hadley Mariano, on the other hand, is going to discuss the Sharks 9-Ball Open meet that will have World Cup of Pool champions James Aranas and Johann Chua as among the top participants.
PSA president Nelson Beltran, sports editor of the Philippine Star, enjoins members to attend the session being livestreamed via the PSA Facebook page fb.com/PhilippineSportswritersAssociation and aired on a delayed basis over Radyo Pilipinas 2, which also shares it on its official Facebook page.
