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First Club Manila East Surfing Cup a success!

March 1, 2010

Club Manila East successfully held its first ever indoor surfing competition on February 27.  Organized by the Philippine Surfing Academy, the Surfing Cup 2010 drew two dozen amateur surfers to CME’s Ocean Wave pool to display their skills.

Competition results:
3rd place - Mark Go
2nd place - Lincoln Ong
Champion - Ed Gualberto

This video, courtesy of Diarito.com, shows Paulo Soler, instructor at PSA; and Reu Dellota, operations manager of CME, talking about surfing and the prospects of the sport in the country.


 

Meanwhile, the video below captures the awarding ceremonies.  On stage are the finalists with Paulo, Rue and Lui Tortuy.

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