Rebels Win 3rd Place in 2006 Bronco Regionals

The Rebels team that represented the Philippines in the Asia Pacific Bronco Regional Tournament took 3rd place in this very competive event. As expected, Chinese Taipei and Taipe City took 1st and 2nd place, respectively. While our boys played their very best during the games, we simply had no chance against both Taipei teams who reportedly practices 3 hours a day 6 days a week and are housed in one school. According to Cris Day, one of the organizers of the event in Taipei, the Rebels was the best team ever that was sent by the Philippines to compete in the event.

The Rebels team is composed of former ILLAM Majors players who were initially drafted into the Little League Nationals but decided to join the Pony League tournament instead because of issues in the tournament team organization (See related story that will be posted in this site soon).

On the other hand, the ILLAM team, managed by ILLAM favorite veteran manager Vencer Viray, that competed in the Little League regional tournament in Hongkong last week reportedly finished last place following the little league point system.

Philippines Girls Softball Wins Regionals

The Philippines' girls softball team won the regional tournament held at the Rosario baseball stadium last month. The Philippine team dominated Guam all through out the game which ended by mercy rule in favor of the Philippines. Head coah Uly Mejia and Team Manager Hiro Bamba are now busy preparing the girls for the world series in Portland Oregon next month. Our congratulations to Pepe Munoz and Hiro Bamba who together were responsible for selecting and organizing the team for the 2005-2006 ILLAM regular season; to the coaching team: Uly Mejia, Alex Causapin and Joey Carillo for their dediction and commitment to the team and the training program they implemented which obviously was effective; to Hiro Bamba for his guidance and direction as manager of the team.