Young achievers to receive PSA’s Siddayao trophies

02/12/2009

A teenage basketball player and a kid golfer will be the recipient of the Tony Siddayao Awards during the San Miguel Corp.-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night on Feb. 20 at the Alegria Lounge of the Manila Pavilion Hotel.

Fil-Am Norberto Torres and junior golfer AR Ramos got the nod of the country’s oldest media organization as deserving winner of the award given to young and promising athletes who excelled in their respective sports.

The Antonio Siddayao award is named after the late former Manila Standard sports editor considered as the Dean of Philippine Sportswriting.

The 6-foot-7 Torres starred for the Nokia RP Youth team that swept the Seaba junior men’s championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while Ramos, a former US Kids titlist, served as the saving grace of the Philippines’ campaign in the 29th Asia-Pacific Junior Golf Championship.

The two joins past winners of the award such as Wesley So, Dottie Ardina, Mia Legaspi, Cyna Rodriguez, Marcel Puyat and the RP Junior Wushu team bestowed upon them by the PSA during its yearly awards rite sponsored by the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corp.

Torres and Ramos are part of the 60-plus awardees to be feted for their sterling performances in 2008.

Also supporting the PSA Annual Awards Night are the Villar Foundation, Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Shakey’s, Accel, PBA, PBL, NCRAA, PCSO, SBP, Purefoods, Ginebra, Alaska, Sta. Lucia, Rain or Shine, Ever Bilena, Harbour Centre, Liga Pilipinas, Secretary Lito Atienza, Pharex, GAB and Mighty Sports Association.

Heading the honor roll list is Manny Pacquiao, the boxing sensation from General Santos City who was unbeaten in all three fights last year, including a stunning eight round technical knockout win over legendary ring icon Oscar de la Hoya.

Eleven personalities meanwhile, will be conferred with the major award, among them are Kelly Williams (pro basketball), Willy Wang (wushu), Dennis Orcollo (billiards), Wesley So (chess), Nonito Donaire (pro boxing), Dottie Ardina, Jennifer Rosales, Dorothy Delasin and Angelo Que (golf), Jonathan Hernandez (horseracing) and Go Army and Ibarra (horseracing).

Torres, 19, powered the under-18 team to the Seaba juniors title following a four-game sweep of the meet which the Filipinos won by a whopping 42.2 point margin.

The win qualified the country to the Fiba-Asian junior men’s championship in Tehran, Iran.

Torres is from Bulacan and a standout at the Theresa High School in Canada where he is based.

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