Philippine National Shooting Association president Art Macapagal. “I wish that after the Games, we can sincerely take a more dispassionate view of where we are and what we need to do to move sports forward.”
Meanwhile, Macapagal said he isn’t giving up on the country’s gunners even if the favorite shotgun events of trap and skeet are absent in the SEA Games calendar.
“There are still a few more events up in Laos and I am optimistic that the remaining shooters can deliver,” he said.
Nathaniel (Tac) Padilla, Robert Donalvo and Ronaldo Hejastro will shoot in rapid fire today then center fire on Friday. Shanin Gonzales, 15, competes in the 25-meter sport pistol tomorrow. No Filipino is competing in the other shooting events left in the calendar.
The PSC provided assistance and benefits to five of the country’s 11 shooters in Laos. The five are Emerito Concepcion, Donalvo, Carolino Gonzales, Padilla and Hejastro. The others were accredited by the POC, namely, Eddie Tomas, Rocky Pardilla, Edwin Fernandez, Shanin Gonzales, Ruth Ricardo and Padilla’s 18-year-old daughter Mica.



