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2015 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
The Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference is the inaugural conference of Spikers' Turf. The opening ceremony was held on April 5, 2015 with the first match of volleyball game at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, Metro Manila. There were eight (8) competing teams in this conference. Tournament Format Preliminaries (PL) Single Round-robin. Top four (4) teams qualified for the Semifinals. Semi-finals (SF) The four (4) semi-finalists will compete against each other in a single-round robin phase. * Top two (2) SF teams will compete for GOLD. * Bottom two (2) SF teams will compete for BRONZE. Finals The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided: * If the battle for GOLD ends in two (2) matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either GOLD or Bronze. A tie in BRONZE (1-1) will be resolve using FIVB rules. * A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken in a Game 3, regardless of the result of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PLDT Home Telpad Turbo Boosters
PLDT Volleyball Club may refer to: * PLDT Volleyball Club (men) * PLDT Volleyball Club (women) {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Spikers' Turf Season
The 2015 Spikers' Turf season was the inaugural season of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, the counterpart of the women's Shakey's V-League. In 2014, the Shakey's V-League introduced a men's division during its 21st conference. The following year, Sports Vision, the organizers of the Shakey's V-League decided to spin off the men's vision as a separate tournament, giving birth to the Spikers' Turf. Open conference The Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference, Open Conference, which started on April 5, 2015 was the inaugural conference of the Spikers' Turf. ; Participating Teams ; Preliminary * All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00) ; Semifinals ; Finals * Battle for Bronze * Battle for Gold ; Final standings: ; Individual awards Collegiate conference The Spikers’ Turf Collegiate Conference was the 2nd conference of the Spikers' Turf which started on July 13, 2015 and ended on September 27, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 PSL All-Filipino Conference
The 2015 PLDT Home Ultera PSL All-Filipino was the first conference of the Philippine Super Liga for its third season. The conference began on March 21, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena and ended on May 14, 2015 at the Cuneta Astrodome. There was no tournament for the men's division. In the women's division, the former Generika Lifesavers became Shopinas.com Lady Clickers, the original Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions were renamed Philips Gold Lady Slammers and a new team assumed the Mane 'n Tail name, while RC Cola did not participate. The Petron Blaze Spikers became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13–0 record and claim the All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title. Women's division Classification round Playoffs Quarterfinals Semi-finals 5th place 3rd place Women’s Finals Final standing Awards Individual awards Skill set leaders Venues *Cuneta Astrodome (main venue) *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakey's V-League 12th Season Open Conference
The Shakey's V-League 12th Season Open Conference was the 23rd conference of Shakey's V-League. The opening ceremony was held on April 5, 2015 with the first triple header of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, Metro Manila. There were eight competing teams for this conference. The PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters won its first Shakey's V-League championship, dethroning the defending champion, Philippine Army Lady Troopers, in three games. Tournament Format Preliminaries (PL) Single Round-robin. Top four teams qualified for the Semifinals. Semi-finals (SF) The four semi-finalists competed against each other in a single-round robin phase. * Top two SF teams competed for gold. * Bottom two SF teams competed for bronze. Finals The battles for gold and bronze followed the best-of-three format, provided: * If the battle for gold ends in two matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either gold or bronze. A tie in bronze (1-1) would be resol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin
Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles * Spin quantum number, a number which defines the value of a particle's spin * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning * Spin (geometry), the rotation of an object around an internal axis * Spin (propaganda), an intentionally biased portrayal of something Spin, spinning or spinnin may also refer to: Physics and mathematics * Spin group, Spin(''n''), a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(''n'') ** the corresponding spin algebra, \mathfrak(n) * Spin tensor, a tensor quantity for describing spinning motion in special relativity and general relativity * Spin (aerodynamics), autorotation of an aerodynamically stalled aeroplane * SPIN bibliographic database, an indexing and abstracting service focusing on physics research Textile arts * Spinning (polymers), a process ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marck Jesus Espejo
Marck Jesus Paguirigan Espejo (born March 1, 1997) is a Filipino volleyball athlete who will play for of the V.League. He is also member of the Philippines men's national volleyball team and played collegiate volleyball with Ateneo de Manila University. Career Youth Espejo studied at the Santa Elena High School - Marikina. While playing for his secondary school, Espejo bagged the Best Attacker awards in the 2012 Palarong Pambansa, 2011 National Milo Little Olympics Championship, 2012 and 2013 NCR Volleyball Regional Meet. Collegiate As a multi-awarded high school volleyball player, he was recruited by Ateneo De Manila University to play for its men's varsity volleyball team. Espejo won the 2014 GUIDON-Moro Lorenzo Sportsman of The Year award. UAAP In the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Volleyball Championship, Espejo led Ateneo's team to win three consecutive championships from UAAP Season 77 to UAAP Season 79. In UAAP Season 76 where Ateneo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Place
In sociology, the third place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and the workplace ("second place"). Examples of third places include churches, cafes, bars, clubs, libraries, gyms, bookstores, hackerspaces, stoops, parks, and theaters, among others. In his book '' The Great Good Place'' (1989), Ray Oldenburg argues that third places are important for democracy, civic engagement, and a sense of place. Oldenburg's coauthor Karen Christensen argues in the 2025 sequel that third places are the answer to loneliness, political polarization, and climate resilience. She also clarifies the difference between third places and public spaces. Oldenburg and Christensen's characteristics of third places American sociologist Ray Oldenburg called one's "first place" the home and the people the person lives with. The "second place" is the workplace—where people may actually spend most of their waking time. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system, a competitor has to challenge the current champion to win the championship. A competitor (called ''number 1 contender'') can challenge the current champion after defeating other challengers. This form of championship is used in individual head-to-head competitions and is particularly associated with combat sports such as wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts. Tournament system The term championships (in the plural) is often used to refer to tournament competitions, either using a knockout format, such as at Wimbledon and other championships in tennis, or a mixed format with a group stage followed by knockout rounds, such as used in the European Football Championships. A variation of the knockout format is the "best-of-X" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Round
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Army
The Philippine Army (PA) () is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), responsible for ground warfare. , it had an estimated strength of 143,100 soldiers The service branch was established on December 21, 1935, as the Philippine Commonwealth Army. The Philippine Army has been engaged in numerous combat operations, including the ongoing Communist rebellion in the Philippines, the Moro conflict and, alongside other national military forces, in conflicts of international scope. The Commanding General of the Philippine Army is its professional and overall head. Its main Headquarters#Military, headquarters (Headquarters Philippine Army or HPA) is located at Fort Andres Bonifacio, Taguig City. Background Spanish Era Majority of the soldier that served the Captaincy General of the Philippines are Philippine natives, as opposed to their Native-American, Mestizo from the Americas or white counterparts who at first, are mostly Criollo people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
