Photo courtesy Batangas Racing Circuit

The next leg of the National Drag Racing Championship will be held at Clark Field, Angeles City, Pampanga, on 22nd August. The exact location is behind the Clark Expo on the North side of the former Clark Air Force Base. This particular race session should determine the Philippine National Drag Racing Champion for 2009.

For such a high-octane motor sport it is interesting that a relatively low-octane product, San Mig Coffee, sponsors National Drag Racing Championship. But sponsor it they do, along side (more appropriately) Yokoham

Photo courtesy Juliet Solar

UPDATED 30/7/2009

This kayaking event has been renamed Kayak Explore Cavite Corregidor Bataan but is still part of the Kayak Philippines Series. A great way to GetWet in September.

For those of you who did not make it to the eco tours Kayak Explore One Hundred Islands event in April, this second kayaking event in the Kayak Philippines Series 2009, from 18th - 20th September, is your best chance to GetWet on a kayak: kayaking from Caylabne Bay to Corregidor, Bataan at Camaya Cove. This Kayak Explore Philippine kayaking eve

Photo courtesy Martyn Willes

UPDATED 29/7/2009

Champion of Champions Men's Lawn Bowls Team Philippines Wins Bronze! bringing their 5-year total to 100 international medals in lawn bowls championships - the most of any Philippine Olympic Squad. Congratulations to Emman Portacio.

The 2009 Champion of Champions Lawn Bowls Competition, took place in Ayr, Scotland, and featured only Emman Portacio (playing here in the red shirt) from the Philippines' Olympic Squad. Nomad Sports Club members and Etihad Airways sponsored Emman's airfares and accommodation. The two-week-long Champion of Champions Lawn Bowls competition is held every year at different venues around

The Manila Aqua Marine and Aquatic Resources Exposition 2009 (MAMARE'09) at the World Trade Center from 20th to 23rd August, 2009, aims to bring together everyone involved in marine services, equipment and resources management.

The objective of the Manila Aqua Marine and Aquatic Resources Exposition 2009 is to provide a single venue for the promotion of various aspects of the Philippine marine environment, including: marine conservation, water utilization, habitat preservation, marine development, water sports, travel, tourism and recreation.

The four day MAMARE'09 ev

Photo courtesy John Smart

Following the success of the Independence Day Regatta in June, Subic Bay Yacht Club and the Saturday Afternoon Gentlemen Sailors (SAGS) sailing group have chosen their next big event to be on the National Hero's Day – the traditional August Holiday – weekend, 29 - 31 August, 2009, which will follow the Ninoy Aquino Anniversary Day Regatta 21 - 22 August, at the same venue. Nineteen boats competed in the June event, making it the largest sailing event in Subic Bay for Philippine club boats in more than a decade; more are expected in August.

The National Hero's Day Regatta in Subic Bay will attract all sizes of sailing boats. If you do not have a boat but want one then there will be boats available for rent and for hire; if you want to

Photo courtesy Liberty Class Association

The 5th Asean Para Games featuring the Philippine Sailing Team from Sailability Philippines will be held in Kuala Lumpur and other locations in Malaysia, between 15 - 19 August, 2009. The sailing portion of the Asean Para Games will be held at the Admiral Marina and Leisure Club in Port Dickson.

Ten Asean Para Sports Federation (APSF) member nations plus Timor Leste will be participating in this games with approximately 1200 athletes and officials involved. Competitive sports in eleven disciplines will be featured including: athletics, badminton, power-lifting, sailing, chess, swimming, table tennis, bowling, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis.

The Philippine Sailing Team from Sailability Philip

Photo courtesy Bulalacao Mayor's Office

UPDATED 05/07/2009

Kiteboarding and windsurfing weather forecasts have been available from windguru.com for some years now and the weather forecast locations are well established, so when windguru.com ads a new weather forecast location for kiteboarding and windsurfing we are compelled to investigate. Last week, windguru.com added the new kiteboarding and windsurfing weather forecast location of Bulalacao at the South of Oriental Mindoro - just one week following the installation of an IP camera/webcam showing Tabuk Beach, Bulalacao Bay (where this photograph was taken in April this year).

Bulalacao offers good wind during the northeast monsoon and off

Photo courtesy Bernadette Villaluz

UPDATED 04/07/2009

Finals match (04/07/09) full-time score: Philippines 25 - Guam 0. Although the win was a clear demonstration of the skill and stamina of the Philippine rugby team, the score line does not reflect the tenacity of the Guamanians who nevertheless came very close to scoring in the closing minutes of the game. Team Philippines now move up to Division 2 of Asian 5 Nations Rugby.

Due to a late venue change, Nomad Sports Club is now hosting the first ever Division 3 Asian 5 Nations Rugby Tournament on Saturday, 4th July. Americans also welcome!

There are large crowds expected for this first ever at Nomad Sports Club so come early to secure your spectator spot for the Asian 5 Nations Rugby Tournament and support the best of the Philippine National Rugby Team.

If you have not been to the Nomad Sports Club for a while then you will be pleased to know that you no longer run the risk of getting lost in Merville Park (just South of the airport) and missing the game. You can go direct to the Nomad Sports Club's new entrance al