Sibalom Chess Association holds youth tournament

The Sibalom Chess Association headed by Mr. Agaton Grasparil will be holding its yearly youth tournament this May. Here is their press release;

SIBALOM CHESS ASSOCIATION
Helping develop and harness the municipality’s intellectual capital
c/o SK Chairperson Benjamen B. Evardone Jr., Cubay Napultan, Sibalom, Antique http://profiles.friendster.com/sichessasso
sibalom_chess_association@yahoo.com 09196922379
May 10, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
13th Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom to be conducted
SIBALOM, Antique – The thirteenth yearly edition of the Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom, a tournament which is open to Sibalomnons who have not yet reached the age of twenty-two years, will be conducted later this month.
The event, named Ilabas 2009 – Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom, will start on May 27, 2009 at the Alex & Al Café and Snack House in District II, and end on May 28, 2009 at the Ilabas Barangay Hall.
The event is a project of the Sibalom Chess Association which is led by Agaton R. Grasparil III. The event is supported by the following: the Barangay Council of Ilabas which is led by Honorable Gemma Grafane-Tabiling, the Sangguniang Kabataan of Ilabas which is led by Honorable Livelie Ann C. Grafane, and the Sibalom Tree-Planting Movement. The project manager is Von Steven L. Aquino, and the assistant project manager is Benjamen B. Evardone Jr.
The winners in the previous edition of the Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom, named Cubay Sermon 2008 – Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom, are the following: (1) Lou Vincent B. Baculna of District I, (2) Ryan A. Masulit of Esperanza II, (3) Rodolfo P. Puyong Jr. of Cubay Sermon, (4) Jessie C. Balen Jr. of Cubay Sermon, (5) John Laurence F. Gadayan of Maasin, (6) Ervin L. Burgos of District I, (7) Benjamen B. Evardone Jr. of Cubay Napultan, (8) Jasmin Rose O. Peligueras of District I, (9) Adomer M. Magbanua of Lacaron, (10) Paul John C. Tayo of Cubay Sermon.
With the first day of an edition of the Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom as the reference point, the not-yet-twenty-two-years-old among the winners in the previous edition automatically qualify as finalists. But Masulit have already reached the age of twenty-two years, and Evardone, though still young enough to participate in the Ilabas 2009 – Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom, will serve as the assistant project manager of the event. And so only eight of the ten winners in the Cubay Sermon 2008 – Pangpamatan-un nga Torneyo kang Chess sa Sibalom are eligible to participate in the upcoming event.
There will be seventeen finalists in the upcoming event, including three automatic finalists from Ilabas, the host-barangay of the upcoming event's last day.