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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Nashspinner 3rd In TATAP National Juniors Selection

Awarding ceremony of the TATAP National Juniors Selection.

L-R: POC chief Cong. Peping Cojuangco, 5th placer John Castro (LOPTTA-Bacolod), 2nd placer Walden Ledesma (DLSU-Manila), Champion John Gubaton (LOPTTA-Bacolod),

3rd placer Ryan Rodney Jacolo (NASHSPINNER- Manila),

4th placer Jan Marie Nayre (DONIC-Cebu), PSC Commissioner Salvador Andrada and TATAP President Ting Ledesma.

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After 3 days of gruelling competition, Nashspinner Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo bagged the Bronze Medal in the recently concluded National Juniors Selection.

The national tryouts, dubbed BEST-OF-THE-BEST, was organized and conducted by TATAP headed by its president, Mr. Ting Ledesma, last Sept 5 - 8, 2012 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Rizal Memorial Complex, Manila, Phils.

The awarding ceremonies was graced by the presence of POC head Cong. Peping Cojuangco and PSC Commissioner Salvador Andrada.

Background

Earlier this year TATAP conducted a series of regional qualifying tournaments for 14U & 17U Boys & Girls categories from Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao picking the top 5 winners in each category. Twenty winners were picked from each region.

NASH won the Boys 17U Gold Medal in the Luzon leg earning him the priviledge to participate in the National Juniors Selection aimed to pick the most promising young Table Tennis players from all over the country for the National Juniors Team.

First Round

The first stage was a round robin affair where each player competed in his/her age group category.

The 14-year old NASH, Luzon leg champion, campaigned in the 17U Boys category. It was a field of 11 players where each participant was scheduled for 10 matches. After 2 days of eliminations, NASH finished 3rd with a 7 Wins:3 Loss record.

Winners in the 17U elimation round were:

Champion : John Gubaton - LOPTTA (Bacolod)

2nd : Walden Ledesma - DLSU (Manila)

3rd : Ryan Rodney Jacolo - NASHSPINNER (Quezon City)

4th : Serknight Benoya - MISORTTA (Mindanao)

5th : Daniel Cua - St. Stephen's HS (Manila)

Final Round

The 3rd day was the Final Stage of the tournament. In a crossover format, each of the five 17U Boys winners were scheduled for 5 matches against each of the five 14U Boys winners. The objective was to pick the top 5 winners in the Boys category.

The same was true with the Girls Category.

NASH posted a perfect 5 Wins:0 Loss record in the Final Round retaining his 3rd place in the overall standings for the Boys category.

The top 5 results included three 17U players and two 14U players.

List of Final Qualifiers:

Champion: John Gubaton - LOPTTA (Bacolod)*

2nd : Walden Ledesma - DLSU (Manila)*

3rd : Ryan Rodney Jacolo - NASHSPINNER (QC)*

4th : Jan Marie Nayre - DONIC (Cebu)**

5th : John Castro - LOPTTA (Bacolod)**

*17U player

**14U player

Post-Tournament

As usual after each tournament, NASH is reverting back to his home team to resume training for succeeding engagements.

Next stop for NASH is the 75th UAAP Season starting in the last week of September 2012 where he will be competing under the banner of his school team — NU Bulldogs.

Securing a solid spot in TATAP's Junior Team has multiplied NASH's drive to train harder for higher and better opportunities to exhibit his talents in an internationational arena and further prove his dedication to the sport he loves.

The handlers of NASHSPINNER Ryan Rodney Jacolo would like to thank the current TATAP leadership for its program to provide such an avenue for the promising young athlete and would be looking forward to future engagements.

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Trivia

NASH was also part of the NU Bulldogs Team crowned champion in the Milo Olympics Table Tennis Team Event - High School category held 1 week earlier at the Marikina Sports Center.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

NASHSPINNER CHIPS IN 2 MEDALS FOR TEAM TATAND

PHI — Nashspinner Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo plays for TEAM TATAND at the 20th Binay Cup held at the Makati Coliseum last June 2-3, 2012. NASH is the Boys 14U champion and 17U Silver Medalist for 3 consecutive quarters adding 2 awards to TEAM TATAND's total medal haul.

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

In the photo (L-R): Tournament sponsor Honda Cars Manager,

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.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Nashspinner Player Profile

RYAN RODNEY A. JACOLO

Birthdate: 22 February 1998
Place of Origin: Quezon City, Philippines
Sport: Table Tennis
Club Affiliations:
- Member, Philippine National Team
- Member, DLS-College of St. Benilde Blazers
- Member, TATAND
- JOOLA-sponsored player under Mr. Philip Uy

Personal Adviser/ Guardian:
Mr. Rodney Jacolo,
rodney.jacolo@gmail.com

Table Tennis Background:
Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo (Nashspinner) learned to hit his first pingpong ball when he was 7 years old, on the table of world-class chopper and hardbatter Mang Jaime Seminiano of Quezon City and Bicol.

Grade School
He won his first Table Tennis championship in the 2007 Q.C. Mayor's Cup at the age of 9, under the tutelage of his personal coach/trainer and father Mr. Rodney C. Jacolo.

In 2009, while in Grade V, he qualified into the NCR Team for the Palarong Pambansa in Tacloban City, Phils. where he won a Silver Medal in the Elementary Boys Team Event.

The following year, Nash led the NCR Elementary Boys Table Tennis Team in the 2010 Tarlac Palarong Pambansa where he bagged another Silver Medal in the Team Event.

High School
Nashspinner was the top rookie pick of the National University Bulldogs Junior Table Tennis Team in 2010. In October that year, he won the prestigious UAAP Season 73 Rookie of the Year Award together with the Silver Medal in the UAAP Juniors Team Event.

In the 2012 UAAP season 75, Nashspinner led his school team, National University, win the Gold Medal in the Juniors Table Tennis Team Event and was voted MVP of the tournament.

In the Palarong Pambansa 2012 held in Pangasinan, he won Bronze Medals for the NCR Team in the H.S. Singles & Team Events respectively.

College
Nashspinner was drafted into, and powered, the De La Salle - College of St. Benilde Men's team to regain the NCAA Table Tennis crown after 5 years. A few months later, the DLS-CSB Men's Team also won the Phil. Unigames Table Tennis crown. Nashspinner and his new college team, The Blazers, has already posted a 3-peat so far... and going for the 4th Gold this 2016.

Professional Table Tennis
Outside school, Nashspinner is affiliated to the following groups:

- PHILIPPINE NATIONAL TEAM. A full time member and an employee of the Philippine Sports Commission. He is training regularly under a National Coach and has represented the country at the Asian Youth Games in 2013, Youth Olympic Games-Asia & the 2015 Singapore SEAGAMES.

- JOOLA. Nashspinner is a free agent presently sponsored by Joola under the care of Mr. Philip Uy of Green Paddle, Inc.

Table Tennis Awards and Achievements

2015
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Hua Ching Invitationals

CHAMPION: Scholar's Challenge
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20th University Games

CHAMPION: Men's Team Event
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NCAA Season 91

CHAMPION: Men's Team Event

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Men's Division
View video:
DLS-CSB x San Beda Men's Team Event Match #1
DLS-CSB x Letran College Team Men's Team Event Match #4
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28th SEA Games: Singapore

Quarterfinalist: MX Event with teammate Muse Balatbat

2014
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Philippine Juniors National Selection

Champion: 18U Boys Singles

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Huaching Foundation Invitational

Bronze Medal: Scholar's Challenge

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19th Philippine Unigames

Champion: College Men's Team Event

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NCAA Season 90

Champion: College Men's Team Event

Most Valuable Player: College Men's Team Event

View video:

NCAA90 RD1: ST. BENILDE x SAN BEDA COLLEGE MATCH #4

NCAA90 FINALS: ST. BENILDE x SAN BEDA MATCH #2

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20th Junior SEATTA
Brunei Darussalam

Quartefinalist: MX Event w/ teammate Jamaica Sy

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Binay Cup 28th Edition

Champion: Men's Open Event

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Philippine National Games

Photo courtesy of TATAP

Participant: National Team Ranking

View video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvoAD1fvceo

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YOG-ASIA Trials

Quartefinalist: 18U Boys Singles

View video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQcUKafhuM

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1st Taytay Mayor's Cup

Champion: Men's Open Team Event

View video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7I6K9LxkL4

2013

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Huaching Invitational

Champion: Scholars' Challenge

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Junior SEATTA

Photos courtesy of Jason Jaquilmo & Lorie Wadjad

Bronze Medal: 15U Boys Team Event

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Andro Cup 2013

Champion: Men's Open Team Event

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Binay Cup 24th Edition

Silver Medal: Men's Open Singles Event

View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2DeEK6B3Js

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2013 CFBC Cup

Champion: Open Team Event

View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCtcVkAluXE

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4th PTTA Cup

Champion: R2150 Event

View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_Xs0zYi78

Champion: R1950 Event

Silver Medal: Open Team Event

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SM City Xiamen, China

Exhibition Match participant

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PTTA 2nd Mandaluyong Cup

2nd Place: Open Team Event

2012
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Binay Cup 22nd Edition

Champion: Men's Non-Rank Event
2nd Place: Boys 17U Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G2wzFFgTxU

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Manila Meet
Champion: High School Boys Single Event

View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgLv_kocURM
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Binay Cup 21st Edition

Champion: 17U Boys Single Event
2nd Place: Men's Non-Rank Event
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20th Binay Cup

Champion: 14U Boys Single Event

Silver: 17U Boys Single Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuySaHG-xLg&feature=youtu.be

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Palarong Pambansa 2012

Bronze: H.S. Boys Singles Event

Bronze: H.S. Boys Team Event

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1st Jose 'Peping' Cojuangco
Table Tennis Qualification Tournament
(Luzon Leg)

Champion: 17U Boys Single Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l49m5hRPgEc

Silver Medal: Men's Open Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_LFwQitVs0

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4th Philippine Table Tennis Open

Bronze Medal: High School Boys Singles Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCvQ99EqvI

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7th Uni-Orient Cup and Interscholastic Table Tennis League

Bronze Medal: High School Boys Team Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgHcqNMB4l0

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19th Binay Cup

Champion : 14U Boys Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKiSMY5rT_s

Silver Medal : 17U Boys Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FftMBd8TRM

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NCR Meet

Silver Medal : High School Boys Singles Event

2011
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18th Binay Cup

Champion: 14U Boys Event

Silver Medal: 17U Boys Event

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Batang Pinoy Championships

Bronze Medal: Boy’s Singles – National Level

Silver Medal: Boy’s Singles – NCR

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UAAP Season 74

UAAP Season 74
Silver Medal: High School Team Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eembnxSPmVE

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17th Binay Cup

Silver Medal:14U Boys Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_sjHtvktcg

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7th Eastern Cup

Silver Medal: Team Event High School Division

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METTA Cup 3

Silver Medal: Boys 15U Singles Event

2010
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UAAP Season 73

UAAP Rookie of the Year : Juniors Division
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ztD5bbpA-k

Silver Medal : Juniors Team Event

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Palarong Pambansa

Silver Medal : Elementary Boys Team Event
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hacOmknIy3M

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NCR Meet

Champion : Elementary Boys Singles Event

L-R: BPES Teacher Ms. L.Cabaccan, 1st Runner-up J. Inginiero, Champion Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo and 2 NCR Meet Officials

2010 NCR Champion Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo with Father/Mentor and Personal Trainer Mr. Rodney C. Jacolo

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14th Binay Cup

Champion : 12U Boys Event

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5th Uni-Orient Cup

Bronze Medal : 12U Boys Event
L-R: Silver Medalist Chris Mendoza (St. Martin), Champion Jomari Inginiero (P. Gomez E.S.), TATAP Founder Mr. Seethian Salvador, Bronze Medalists Nico Camiling (St. Martin) & Ryan Rodney A. Jacolo (Nashspinner)

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13th Binay Cup

Bronze Medal : 14U Boys Singles Event

2009
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Palarong Pambansa

Silver Medal : Elementary Boys Team Event
L-R: NCR Coach Richard Ching, Daniel Cua, Paul Vasquez, Ralph Chua and Ryan Rodney Jacolo
View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9hD0fuRLb4

NCR Meet