List of TATAND winners at the 20th Binay Cup:
1. Girls 12U:
Janna Romero - Champion
Kim Lapitan - 3rd Place
Lorene Uy - 3rd Place
2. Boys 14U
Ryan Rodney Jacolo - Champion
3. Girls 14U
Janna Romero - 2nd Place
4. Boys 17U
Ryan Rodney Jacolo - 2nd Place
5. Men's Non-Rank
Japeth Adasa - Champion
George Quijano - 3rd Place
Zoren Mendiola - 3rd Place
6. Men's Open
Zoren Mendiola - Champion
Ernesto Salvador - 2nd Place
7. Women's Open
Ian Lariba - Champion
Crisanta Abas - 3rd Place
8. Men's 50 & above
Peter Lim - 2nd Place
Nestor Ferre - 3rd Place
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14U 3-peat Champion
Champion Ryan Rodney Jacolo, and Mrs. Arabejo, organizer
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The 20th Binay Cup is Nash's 2nd successful defense of his 14U crown. Nash beat St. Martin Montessori bet Carlo Mateo (3-0) in the quarterfinals. In the semis, Nash pulled up a from-the-behind win against Palarong Pambansa compatriot Jomari Inginiero of UE (3-2). And in the championship match, Nash flattened K. Cabrido of Makati Panthers (3-0) with consistent granite-like blocks and vicious fastloops & topspin counterattacks.
Outside of Binay Cup, Nash and Cabrido are teammates in the National University Bulldogs Junior Table Tennis Team.
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The 17U Challenge
In the photo (L-R): Mrs. Arabejo, organizer,
Champion Gil Ablanque, 2nd Placer Ryan Rodney Jacolo,
and Tournament sponsor Honda Cars Manager.
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For the 3rd consecutive time, 14-year old, high school junior, Nash has campaigned, and took the Silver Medal, in the Boys 17U event.
Quarterfinals: Nash (TATAND) x Francis Igno (FEU)
Nash got past FEU's Francis Igno (3-1) holding out against the latter's ferocious forehand blows. Igno started out with crisp, accurate FH attacks and took the 1st set.
In the 2nd, he started commiting errors with his backhand blocks and Nash exploited it by pounding his opponent's weakened backhand side and tied the match at 1-1.
Igno tried going around the ball on his BH side but Nash has a ready down-the-line counterattack deep into Igno's FH side catching the him outbalanced at the other corner of the table. Nash was able to keep this up for the next 2 sets and Igno had to bow out of the match after the 4th set.
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Semifinals: Nash (TATAND) x Ryan Sy (College of St. Benilde)
This was a rather bloodier affair and actually came as a surprise win. Nash outlasted Sy (3-2) in a spin-block-counterspin battle which lasted till the deciding 5th set.
Nash was able to limit Sy's offensive patterns by immediately seizing initiative as early as the 2nd ball preventing the CSB's lefty collegiate star fromunleashing his massive sidespin loops with which he wiped out his opponents in the earlier rounds of the tournament.
It was an even battle, with the momentum shifting from one player to another, until Nash broke away at 10-7 in the 5th set. Sy, breathing on his back, almost got a deuce at 10-9 but Nash aced the match with an unexpected forehand topspin to the center of Sy's court.
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Championship Match: Nash (TATAND) x Gil Ablanque (UST)
Ablanque was the defending champion and Nash was a returning challenger. Nash drew first blood when he got a 10-8 lead from a well-executed BH-BH-FH attack combination and then proceeded to take the 1st set with a service ace.
Ablanque started the 2nd set strong with a 4-0 lead. But towards the endgame, Nash got him into trouble again at 10-8 after digging up an edgeball, and then turning around Ablanque's killing blow — a lefty FH smash near the net — with an equally fantastic mid-distance BH counter back to the far side of the court. However, the UST star, remaining undaunted, took back 2 quick points with his wicked FH loops, got a deuce, and went on to even up the match at 1-1.
The 3rd set and 4th sets saw a couple of unbelievable rallies to the delight of the audience but the tiring 14-year old challenger started committing errors and Ablanque went on to take both sets and successfully defended his 17U crown.
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Post Tournament
After the 20th Binay Cup, Ryan Rodney Jacolo will now be reverting back to his hometeam, Nashspinner, to resume continuous training for the 75th UAAP in October this year.
After 3 consecutive crowns, the handlers of Nashspinner are now considering that he may no longer compete in future 14U events and will instead focus on 17U and higher events.
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Equipment
NASH played with a Joola Rosskopf Force Carbon blade
and the new Joola Rhyzm rubbers in the 20th Binay Cup.
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Club Affiliations
Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo is also a proud member of the
National University Bulldogs junior table tennis varsity team.
