BOY MARZO IS SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL DERBY CHAMPION

CARREO by Rolando S. Luzong

Peoples Tonight (February 3, 2010)

HEP HEP HURRAY FOR BOY MARZO

Thunderbird is on a roll…after the solo conquest of Thunderbird Bexan XP die-hard Engr. Sonny Magtibay of the 2010 World Slasher Cup 8-Cock International Derby, it was Thunderbird’s top endorser Boy Marzo’s turn to take the limelight by scoring 8 wins out of 8 matches to win the solo victory of the 2010 San Juan Coliseum 8-Cock International Derby last Monday evening.

I interviewed Boy over the phone and he told me that his son-in-law Ricki Reyes should receive part of the credits because before the championship they sat down to map out their plan. Accordin to Boy, he had 4 Sweater-Gilmore aces lined up for the finals, but he was not happy with the two of tem because their grades were just 9.5 and not 10 points as Marzo would prefer. Ricki, for his part, has 6 aces that all have grades of 10 points, so he offered wto of his fighters to his biyenan. They were a multi-winner Grey of an anknown line and a Double-Right broodcock from Bruce Barnett. Those two birds were Marzo’s last two birds in the finals and both won in spectacular manner.

The win gives BM Blulalayaw its second internation derby title, the first of which was a World Slasher Cup victory in 2005.

Two other entries settled for runner-up honors with 7.5 points.

REPORTS FROM CANDELARIA

I am writing this column on Tuesday, February 2, in an internet shop at Molo, Iloilo City, as the finals of the 165-entry 2010 Annual Candelaria 7-Cock International Derby is going on with only 4 entries undefeated with 4 points apiece.

Another Thunderbird Winning Team member Jesry Palmares of Passi City with a 3-1 win-loss record is fighting for a possible grand slam for Thunderbird.

Candelaria has really gained momentum since it was made an international derby about six years ago. There were a lot of foreign participants and guests and the crowd is obviously bigger than in the World Slasher.

I also would like to mention the consistency of the Antique breeder like Fornier, Encarnacion and Salazar who have practically dominated Panay Island in 2009.

VERY UN-FILIPINO

I had the chance to have lunch with two American cocker-breeders who joined the Slasher and were guests at the Candelaria and I can not believe what they told me about a Filipino who invited them to have breakfast at a hotel. The Filipino left first and when the Americans stood up and was preparing to leave, the waitress gave them the bill. They told the waitress that they were just invited and their host will take care of the chit, however they were told that the Filipino gave instructions that he will not pay for the American’s food and that they should pay for their food.

Said cocker ho invited them is a not-so-liked person who throws his weight around like he’s the king of the world.

He is know to be a very shrewd derby promoter who fixes the matching to benefit himself.

Yes, he is a Filipino, but maybe a Filipino pig, a shame to the Filipino race and our culture of hospitability. Go back to your sty and eat your hogfood.

TWO ENTRIES SPLIT 2009 RAMBULAN 2 9-STAG DERBY

TOP WINNERS
2009 RAMBULAN 2 NATIONWIDE 35M 9-STAG DERBY
December 21, 2009

(contributed by Ms. Maricar Cruz : SJC Rambulan Official Recorder)

Of the total 2,669 entries, only 2 emerged as this year\'s 35M RAMBULAN 9-STAG champions both posting a perfect score of 9 wins. They are F. KOPPIN\'s \"3K HAPIT NA\" from Dumaguete and ATTY. BALENA\'s LPB FARM of Cavite who both survived the tough competition of RAMBULAN and shared the top honors of the largest and richest nationwide stag derby ever recorded in our country\'s cocking history.

On the other hand, there were 34 entries who shared for the P2M cash purse for 8 pointers, 148 who shared for the 7-pointers\' P2.5M prize, 196 entries shared in P3.5M for 6-pointers and 190 entries sharing for the 5-pointers with equivalent prize of P5M.

SJC Management would like to again extend its gratitude to all the participants and the rest of the cocking public who made the 2009 NATIONWIDE RAMBULAN 35M 9-STAG DERBY successful. Hoping to see all of you again next year!!!

TOP WINNERS are as follows:
ENTRY NAME OWNER PTS

CHAMPIONS
1 DUM 3K HAPIT NA F. KOPPIN 9
2 CAV LPB FARM ATTY. BALENA 9

ANY 8 POINTS
1 AGU USAPA NA-LUCKY AEGP RTRBP RANDOLPH PLAZA 8
2 BAC RAGAMAK R. MINGPIT / CAPT. E. ESPINOSA / G. BARCELONA 8
3 BAC JERRY & FRANCIS J.CONCEPCION / F. LIZARES 8
4 BAT UNANG APO NAUJAN COL. DEC. 19, 7-COCK 3RD ANNIV. JOEL TEVES 8
5 BIC APT FARM IRIGA 1 ATTY. ALDO TURIANO 8
6 BUL SAGAT 37-1 A. PIOQUINTO / R. PANIZAL 8
7 CAV SANDRO JMG 888 SANDRO CASTRILLO 8
8 COT GUADALUPE DOK2 SALA 8
9 COT JS DOUBLE EM DOT COM P. LIM 8.5
10 COT 4MJ DIMPLE TM KOKONG UMALI / T. MARIANO 8
11 DAP CHIKAY NINA JEFFREY VILLEGAS 8
12 DAP JSM J. MACAUMBOS 8.5
13 DVO JERICO MJME COL. ECHEVERIA 8
14 DVO BALITE SA DAVAO ROA RALPH ABELLA 8
15 DVO RICSAN CADONG APARES 8
16 DVO ALDON GOLDEN BULLET BENTON 8
17 ILO AXEL BP / D' CAPTAIN REMEGIO PANIZAL JR. 8
18 LAG B.M. BUDDY ROBRIGADO 8
19 LU JALDZ RONNIE AQUINO 8
20 LU FANTASTIC GREENFIELDS FEB. 25, 4-COCK TUBA ANDOT FLORES / ENGR. BONG CABABA 8
21 LU SM FIRE BLADE II DECK DUMO 8
22 SAM ALWIN B.O. II AL / WINNIE 8.5
23 SJC V2B IRON EAGLE - 2 EDWIN FAUSTO / VALIENTE BERTES 8
24 SJC JAM SB JEFF & AYLWYN SY 8
25 SJC PEEJAY CARIGARA NICK CRISOSTOMO 8
26 SJC AGRAM MARIO GARCIA 8
27 SJC SWING 888-C TONY MARFORI 8
28 SJC POPOY V-4 POPOY / AMAY 8
29 SJC APO JOSE CA CARRIE CHUA / CA 8
30 SJC AGILAWIN 2 ATTY. ABELLA 8
31 SJC BIBOY FRANKLIN BAUTISTA 8
32 SJC RHM RAMBULAN ELIM. NOV.25 PAMP. COL. - 1 MARGA 8.5
33 SJC LUBAO COCKPIT ROBERT QUIAMBAO 8
34 SJC DGM SOUTHERN LEYTE BLUE EAGLETS GOV. MERCADO 8

PACQUIAO AT THE BIG DOME, MY CHOICE

CARREO by Rolando S. Luzong
Peoples Tonight (November 11, 2009)

PACQUIAO AT THE BIG DOME, MY CHOICE

By now, every Filipino who is thinking of watching the Pacquiao – Cotto fight on Sunday, November 15 is weighing all options on where he will watch the much talked about match.


For this writer, since the promoters of the Pacman fights decided not to sell pay-per-views to residences anymore, I have tried probably all places watching our very own Manny – the Great beat the hell out of his last several opponents. They are so many indeed that all of us have gotten use to see the Pacman raised his hands in victory every fight’s end.


First, in our kanto with the rest of the neighbors; second in a restaurant; third at the Aliw Theatre in the CCP Complex and last time was at the Araneta Coliseum, where I probably shouted to the top of my lungs when Manny treated us to the unexpected second round demolition of Ricky Hatton.

Of the four venues, my experience in Araneta was incomparable, despite the bout not going the distance. On my way to the Big Dome that day, I thought the big screen be put in one side, probably where the dugouts are located and the audience will all be facing in one direction. I was surprise to find out that there will be four big screens facing each side of east, west, north and south.


We were, I believe, no less than 15,000 that day and the feeling was as if you are really there where the bout was being held.


While the round girls in the screen are doing their thing in during the breaks, there were actual round girls in flesh acting as round girls on stage.


The sound is so crisp that one can hear even the breathing of the boxers.

I was jumping and punching the air after Hatton was floored and it felt like I have expelled every bad whatever inside my body, because it really felt good.

There are lots of choices for everyone who doesn’t want to wait for the snail-paced, commercial-infested broadcast, but for me, I will go back to Las Vegas, I mean…Araneta Coliseum.

AMAZING SAN JUAN COLISEUM

For the first time, I had the chance to get inside and see the new San Juan Coliseum during a meeting with its owner Mr. Bong Pineda. And the first thing I uttered was, “awesome”. Well, it was really the right word for me, knowing how San Juan Coliseum was before Pineda bought it and did the incredible.

I worked at SJC during the early ‘90s and I just can’t see any piece of the old edifice or even a semblance of it anymore.

The air-conditioning is the first thing that one who had not been in the new SJC, but have been in the old SJC will notice.

Every inch of the floor is clean and you won’t see even a speck of trash. The restaurant, the coffee shop and lounge will make you forget that you’re in a cockpit, but instead is inside a 5-star hotel.

There are cameras everywhere. So many in fact that I thought they were just part of the architecture or interior design, until I was invited by top man Ariel inside the control room where there are, three or four, huge LCD screens where everything happening inside the Coliseum is well-monitored.

Even a bettor who will deny his bet after the rooster to which he bet on loses, will not be able to get away because things can be replayed and reviewed that anyone who bet can be identified including to whom he bet against with.

BAKBAKAN MOVES TO ARANETA

The first of several national eliminations of the ongoing 2009 Bakbakan 10-Stag National Derby will begin at the Araneta Coliseum on Monday, November 17 wherein qualifiers from the October 26 – elims in Makati Coliseum and from the Rizal Gamefowl Breeders Association two preliminaries plus the ones who survived the first salvo of the Bulacan Gamefowl Breeders Association will lock horns for the right to advance to the finals and closer to the P15,000,000 champion’s prize from the P30 million total guaranteed cash prize.

Good luck, may the breeder with the best roosters win…

Thunderbird’s Tuazon & Briones Runner’s-Up in SJC Int’l Derby; Bong Pineda is Solo Champ

Thunderbird Wiining Team standouts Dr. Boy Tuazon of Pateros and newspaper executive Rey Briones shared runner-up honors (7 points) in the SJC International 8-Cock Derby held last June 1, 3, 6 & 8 at the San Juan Coliseum topped by Pampanga’s Bong Pineda who posted 7 wins and 1 draw to claim solo victory.

“I have been very successful with Thunderbird Bexan XP, my fighters are faster and more alert”, stated Dr. Tuazon who is known for his regular entry name AUT Chicka Babe. He first hit the limelight when he bagged the Luzon Gamecock Breeder of the Year title. In last month’s 2009 World Slasher Cup-2, he posted 5 wins and 1 draw out of 8 fights.

“For me, conditioning of my rooster for their fights starts upon hatching. This is why from egg to the pit, I give them feeds and vitamins from Thunderbird”, former World Slasher champion Rey Briones revealed. He has also won a big number of championships including several Cocker of the Year awards from top cockpits in Metro Manila.

Briones who hails from the province of Masbate is popularly known for his famous entry name RB Spartans. In the SJC Int’l Derby, he used the entry name Masbate Wild Hawks-I.

With Pineda in his solo championship via the Ramloid-2 entry is combined with Ramon Preza and Eddie Gonzales assisted by handler Amay Andico.

140 ENTRIES IN SJC INTERNATIONAL DERBY

PEOPLES JOURNAL : Wednesday - May 27, 2009

The second leg of the "2009 SJC International 8-Cock Derby" will be held on June 1, 3, 6 & 8 at the San Juan Coliseum with soem 140 entries expected.

Cockfight champions have already signed up for the super cockfest that offers P6 million to the winners.

A specially-crafted trophy will be awarded to the champion.

The first leg of the 2009 international derby last January lured a rec0rd-shattering 191 entries with Amboy Manlapaz of Bulacan emerging as solo champion.

Runner-up finishers were Jorge Torres of California and Mayor Salvador Perez with Otto Balboa of Pangasinan.

Others with good scores are Nelson Uy, Jun Topacio, Mayor Cito Alberto, Mayor Nene Aguilar, Mauro Prieto, Engr. Allan Mirasol, LB Candelaria, Jojo Pilongo, Lito Cay, Oca Domingo and Dori Du of Davao among others.

"MAG-NINONG DERBY" IN SAN JUAN COLISEUM

PEOPLES JOURNAL : Wednesday - May 27, 2009

San Jaun Coliseum will hold today the "Mag-Ninong 5-Cock Derby" , a showdown of bigtime cockers featuring some 90 fights.

Sportsmen Bebot Villar of the National Cockers Association and Popoy Taruc of Nueva Ecija will host the event.

Villar will field his Riverside entry using the dreaded Lemon Sweaters ,while Taruc will rely on the Batangas fowls of 2009 World Slasher Cup champion Marcel Julao.

Majority of the participants will come from the NCA and SJC Cockers Circuit

"MAG-NINOY DERBY" HATAW NGAYON

ABANTE - MIERKULES MAY 27, 2009

Nag-iisa ang ang San Juan Colsiweum na may paderby sa araw na ito sa Metro Manila, ang "Mag-Ninong" 5-Cock Derby na tatampukan ng may 90 sultada. Piling-pili ang mga bigtime cockers na kasali sa derbing ito na pangungunhan nina hosts Bebot Villar ng National Cockers Association at Popoy Taruc ng Nueva Ecija.

Kilala si Villar sa kanyang Riverside entry habang katropa naman ni Taruc sa Joystar MTJ entry si 2009 World Slasher Cup champion Marcel Julao.

Aabot sa P1.5 milyon ang premyo rito habang P33,000 ang entry fee.

JAMES "JAMUL" FERRER WINS DAANG-HARI DERBY

100 FIGHTS SJC COCKFEST

The "Super Angels 4-Cock Derby" woth more than 100 quality fights on tap, kicks off today at San Jaun Coliseum.

No less than P500,000 in guaranteed prize awaits the champion, according to host Minda Arroyo of the SJC Group.

Leading the competitors are Mayor Dennis Pineda, Popoy Taruc of Nueva Ecija, Raymond Velayo, Allen dela Cruz, Mayor Roy Panganiban, LB Candelaria, Henry Cappuchino, Butchoy Olano, Eric dela Rosa, Mayor Buddy Dunca, Ador Pleyto of Bulacan and Danny Soriano among others.

Last Monday, two participants topped the "2nd SJC Circuit 6-Cock Derby : Tony tan (Swing fatman All-Stars W) and Oca Domingo (MCCSA Santiago) who posted five wins and one loss each.

Meanhile, the "Allen David 5-Cock Derby" follows next on Saturday, March 14. The "Klub Don Juan Anniversary 6-Cock Derby" is set March 16, 18 & 21.

For details, 725-5369 and 725-6563 (look for Ariel or Maricar)

100 SULATADA NGAYON SA SJC COCKFEST NGAYON

Pambato ng San Juan ang mahigit 100 sultada ngayon sa isa pang malupit na banatan ng mga bigtime cockers, ang "Super Angels 4-Cock Derby".

Bandang alas-dos ng hapon mag-uumpisa ang labanan sa kampeonato at sa premyong P500,000 sa pasabong na ito ni Minda Gater Amoyo.

Nangunguna sa mag kasali sina Mayor Dennis Ineda, Popoy Taruc ng Nueva Ecija, Raymond Velayo, Allen dela Cruz, Mayor Panganiban, EB Candelaria, Atty. Henry Capuucchino, Mayor Buddy Dunca, Ador Pelayo ng Bulacan, Danny Soriano, T. Haruta at iba pa.

Nitong Lunes, naghati sa kampeonato ng "2nd SJC Circuit 6-Cock Derby" sina Tony Tan (Swing fatman All-Satrs W) at Oca Domingo (MCCSA Santiago) ng magtalo ng 5-1 (panalo-talo) kartada