CONGRATULATIONS IAN LARIBA!!!

Photo courtesy of ITTF

Ian Lariba (PHI)

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HONGKONG — Ms. Ian Lariba, RP's top female Table Tennis player and a De La Salle University varsity player won the 'Golden Ticket to Rio' to qualify for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

THE PHILIPPINES' 1ST TABLE TENNIS OLYMPIAN! 

Another golden opportunity for the Filipino athlete made possible thru the tireless efforts of the Table Tennis Association of the Philippines (TATAP) under the stewardship of its President, Mr. Ting Ledesma.

Ms. Ian Lariba was mentored at the Asian Olympic trials by TATAP's Korean coach Mi Sook Kwon.

Nashspinner Hits Two Silvers At The 2016 Philippine Superleague

L-R: TATAP VP Arnel Berroya, Coach Johann Remaneses, Kirby Colis, NASHSPINNER, and Andrew Timson

Manila, Phils —  The 2nd Philippine Table Tennis Superleague was held at the Harrison Plaza on April 2-3, 2016. The tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Association of the Philippines (TATAP) in cooperation with Harrison Plaza and Philippine Airlines.

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Silver Medal in Men's Open Singles

Silver Medal: Men's Open Singles Event

Nashspinner prevailed in the early rounds over Ruiz (DLSU), Tunay (UST) and Mendiola (San Beda) in the Semis but bowed to fellow National Team Player Jan Nayre (Donic) in the Finals.

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Silver Medal in Men's Open Team  Event.

Silver Medal: Men's Open Team Event

Kirby Colis, Andrew Timson, Coach Johann Remaneses and NASHSPINNER. They beat King's Montesorri in the Quaterfinals, then beat UST in the Semis but lost to the Huaching Team in the Finals to settle for the Silver Medal.

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BLAZERS Recognizes NASHSPINNER

2016 awarding w/ DLS-CSB Sports Director Stephen Fernandez (right)

2015 awarding

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Manila, Phils — The DLS - College of St. Benilde awarded Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo a Certificate of Achievement at the BLAZERS Thanksgiving Party.

This is in recognition of NASHSPINNER's success in bringing honor to DLS-CSB in the field of sports.

For 2 years in a row, NASHSPINNER has won the Most Valuable Player Award in Men's Table Tennis in the NCAA Seasons 90 (2014) & 91 (2015).

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Perfect 2016 World Team Championships

NASHSPINNER (PHI) with Table Tennis legend Jorgen Persson (SWE)
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The Perfect 2016 World Team Championships was held on 28th February to 6th March at Malawati Stadium, Shah Alam, Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The tournament recorded the highest viewership during its 7 days of action.

Pierre Justo, Managing Director of CSM Media Research-KantarSport Asia was quoted: "With close to 200 million unique viewers and a Men's Final, the sports programme with the highest viewership in 2016, there was a 60 million reach for the Men's Final alone; the 2016 World Team Championships also has the best table tennis audience in more than five years.”
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Malawati Stadium

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The Philippine Contingent

Headed by TATAP President Ting Ledesma, the Men's Team was composed of Richard Gonzales, Nashspinner and Jann Nayre. The Women's Team were Ian Lariba, Emmy Dael and Rose Fadol.

The Philippine Table Tennis Team off to Malaysia.
L-R: Rose Fadol, Ian Lariba, Emmy Rose Dael, TATAP President Ting Ledesma,
Jayson Jaquilmo, Jan Nayre, Ryan Rodney Jacolo & Richard Gonzales.
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Pinoy  International Umpires Rachel Ramos and Sam Sacopla were present.

Filipina International Umpire Rachel Ramos with TATAP President Ting Ledesma
at the ITTF Annual General Meeting.

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Filipino International Umpire Sam Sacopla with colleagues in Malaysia

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Notable Pinoy Table Tennis stalwarts were also there to show support in their own private capacities.

TATAND officers and some friends.
L-R: Mr. Alex Wong, a friend, Mr. Richmond Ong, Mr. Cris Magat, Mr. Charlie Lim
and Mr. Philip Uy (NASHSPINNER's JOOLA sponsor in the Philippines).

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The Father-Son tandem of Mr. Billy Yap and Handel Yap of Donic-Cebu were there supporting the Philippine Team throughout the tournament.

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Ponger friends from Amoranto Table Tennis flew to Kuala Lumpur to show support for the Philippine Team. L-R: Engr. Jose Rico, Mr. Manny Tan, Mr. Loreto Kho & Dr. Tony Rafael.

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Tournament Proper

TATAP President Ting Ledesma reported improvement in the Philippine Team's output this year. The Men's team went up from Rank #72 to #65 and the Women's Team from Rank #65 to #59.

NASHSPINNER posted several victories against Yemen, Uzbekistan & Paraguay.
Preview Video

Warm-up against Yemen

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Playing venue

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Championship match

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NASHSPINNER's New Pingpong Pals

Of course, what good is a big event without making new friends...

Bernadette Szocs (ROU)

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Lily Zhang (USA) & Crystal Wang (USA)

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Ma Lin (CHN)

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Chee Feng Leong (MAS)

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Joo Saehyuk (KOR)

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Jorgen Persson (SWE)

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Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)

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Buerghil (GER)

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Rest & Recreation

Kuala Lumpur duty-free shop

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Outside the stadium

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Dining room

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Dining room

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Dinner

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Dinner

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At the trade fair

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Trade fair

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