Davao Eskrima bags 8 medals

DAVAO Eskrima Evalution collected a total of two gold medals, two silvers and four bronzes in the recently-concluded Cacoy Doce Pares World Federation SGM Cacoy Cañete Filipino Martial Arts Festival Eskrima World Tour at the City Sports Club Multi-purpose Gym in Cebu City.

Alessandra Alejandre of Ateneo de Davao University (Addu) and Davao City National High School (DCNHS) coach Jose "Boy" Sapar clinched one gold each in their respective divisions.

Alejandre topped the full contact single stick competition while Sapar ruled the double stick boys 50-above event. The latter also copped a silver in single stick event and a bronze in bladed weapon.

Vince CJ Tan of DCNHS fell shy of the gold but collected two medals - single stick full contact silver and double stick bronze.

Addu arnis coach Eliezar Gamboa also vied in the event where he copped the single stick full contact bronze.

Janna Alexandra Ramirez of Precious International School of Davao (PISD) salvaged a single stick full contact bronze.

Davao Eskrima head coach Celso Tan, in an interview with Sun.Star Davao, said it was a gruelling stint as it was their first time attending an international competition.

"Grabe, kailangan mo talaga idominate yung kalaban bago manalo sa event na iyon," Tan said.

He added that host team Cacoy Doce Pares dominated the tournament.

He claimed that they will try to win more golds next time.