The Aliling Post Wedding Party

It was time to celebrate as the Monsters headed over to the Ouano household for the post wedding party of Jan and Ting Aliling. The abundance of food and drink was overwhelming and the sweet aroma of isaw and fishballs filled the air. Activities included basketball by the kanto, impromptu photo-ops, imbibing copious amounts of booze and of course, the main event... the next leg of the Monster Poker Tour!

The battle raged on as one by one, players left the table courtesy of Mikey "The All-In Killer" del Rosario and Budz "Lucky Charm" Mananzan. The two previous winners, Normann "Boy Tulis" Garcia and F "The Royal Flush" Francisco, were out of the running early, leaving the door open for a new champion to be crowned. Some of the Monsters who participated were Gelo "Wowowee" Gonzales, MV "Balasubas" Frias and Aloy "The Shaking Hand" Mananzan. In the end however, it all boiled down to a lucky 2-7 draw from Budz Mananzan (who was funded by Mark "The Dancing Farmer" Cariño), thus stealing the crown and earning a slot in the monster mid-year champions tourney later this year. 

Pics to follow.

Monster Beginner's Night is ON!

In keeping with Monster Ultimate's goal of helping spread the love for Ultimate, we are inviting everyone to our weekly Beginner's Night every Monday @ the Manila Polo Club Baseball Field, from 8:00 pm until 10:00 pm. No fancy equipment required. All you need are sporty clothes (i.e. shirts, tank tops, shorts, jogging pants), a good pair of shoes, either soccer cleats (recommended) or rubber shoes, a positive attitude and php100 (field fee), and you're all set!

Learn why Ultimate frisbee is the fastest growing sport in the world today!

Interested parties may text/call 09272955000 or 09209086104 for more details.

CONGRATULATIONS JAN & TING!

Monster Ultimate congratulates Atty. Jan & Dr. Ting Aliling, who tied the knot last Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. The wedding ceremony was held at the Chapel on the Hill in Nasugbu, Batangas and the reception followed at Splendido.

We wish Jan & Ting all the best as they embark on this new chapter in their lives.

Check out more pics of the wedding here, courtesy of the official wedding photographer, Digital Picman.

Monster Poker Tour '09 Kicks Off

MONSTER Ultimate launched its Monster Poker Tour '09 with F Francisco riding a wave of awesomeness (and extremely good luck!) en route to winning the first two legs held in Q.C. (Joaqs' place) and Makati (Mikey's place). Jan "Big Blind" Aliling, the runner-up in the 1st two legs, along with the other Monster card sharks, will be looking to topple F in his home turf as poker action shifts to Tagaytay on Jan. 17.

All interested Monster players are requested to please be at Tagaytay by 8pm. Buy in is at php200.

Shuffle up and deal!

2009 - A MONSTER of a year!

First off, MONSTER would like to say Happy New Year to everyone. May we all be showered with blessings this coming 2009.

Two-O-O-8 was a big year for Monster Ultimate. Apart from participating in the local leagues, we made sure we did our fair share in helping to develop the sport of Ultimate in our small corner of the world. Aside from regularly holding our weekly Beginner's Night, our club hosted the 1st Night League back in August and the hugely successful Annual Monster Hat in October.

We also stepped it up on the playing field (and the beach!), emerging as Pool B Champions in the 2008 Subic Beach Open and stepping it up during the Manila Spirits '08 tourney by bettering our initial seeding to end up 10th. Some of our players also won individual honors during Spirits 08, with Doreen Donato bagging the female MVP award for Pool B and Pipa Decasa getting a Callahan Award. Another Monster player who did us proud was Hersh David as she represented, donning the National colors for Team Pilipinas. Apart from locking people down with her blazing speed the whole weekend, she made the biggest play of her Ultimate career in the final game against Black Flag as she caught the disc in the endzone to put Team Pilipinas at game-point, 14-13. As most of you already know, TP eventually won it, 15-14.

We also were able to finally have Monster Ultimate incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-stock, non-profit corporation (I believe the first local club team to do so) and open our own bank account.

It really was a busy year for Monster. Now the real challenge lies in building upon our achievements the past year and reach for greater heights this coming 2009. If everyone remains as focused on and off the field, I'm pretty sure 2009 is going to be a MONSTER of a year.