AMIGOS capture third NSW basketball cup
Amigos 3rd NSW Filos Basketball Champions Cup 2010 // Photo: Mon Policarpio
With their recent third win, AMIGOS join Cebu Uno and Kogarah Magic as a basketball team of a decade.
In the eighties, Cebu Uno lorded over the rest of the field at Bankstown stadium with mainstays Aaron Capala, Dodi Ramas and John Malabour.
In the nineties, it was Kogarah Magic’s turn to shine led by prized cager Gary Dormido.
And now, the AMIGOS basketball team has solidly stamped its name in history by being the best Filipino Australian basketball team of this decade when it captured the NASA Asia-Oceania title thrice last month defeating the Singapore Distillers and capturing their third NSW Filos Champions Cup at Auburn stadium with a scintillating 49-41 victory over the MERQUE Entertainers.
*** Photos: Mon Policarpio
Virgil Alcantara 9 points and finals MVP Bing Mantua 9 points led the winning AMIGOS quintet in the grand finals scoreboard along with teammates Fil-Aussie James Longanathan 7 points, Francis Canlas 7 points, Cromwell Alvarez 6 points and Joemar Dormido 5 points. AJ Juven 12 points and Byron Murphy 9 points led the brave MERQUE team losing thrust in the finals.
The AMIGOS quintet earned its ticket to the grand finals by edging the JayHawks team in the semis, 31-28, in a bruising contest [8-7 halftime lead]. Bing Mantua 7 points and Virgil Alcantara 8 points led the winning AMIGOS squad while Fil-Aussie Josh MacDonald [elims MVP] scored 11 points along with Redmond Policarpio 7 points for the heartbroken JayHawks team.
MERQUE had to sweat it out in overtime [43-all] in the other semi-finals game, to swat Clintons Toyota A-grade game, 55-51. Byron Murphy 13 points, Marlon Mañas 8 points, Ricky Bautista 7 points and Bernard Bautista 7 points led the Entertainers winning production while Gil de Mesa 17 points, Jordan Montano 5 points and Morris Gutierrez 5 points anchored the brave and feisty Clintons Toyota squad in a losing cause.
The results of the elimination games and quarter-finals:
Group A
MERQUE defeated AMIGOS, 47-41
MERQUE defeated Rockdale Fil-Aus, 44-34
AMIGOS defeated Rockdale Fil-Aus, 86-26
AMIGOS defeated Marrickville X-team, 93-38
Group B
JayHawks defeated Clintons Toyota, 48-35
Clintons Toyota defeated Marrickville X-Team, 50-43
JayHawks defeated Marrickville X-Team, 85-39
Clintons Toyota defeated Rockdale Fil-Aus, 60-45
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Wondering how i can get apart of this. im from newcastle and play basketball and wanna get in touch with my cultural side and play with my fellow pinoys