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| Team members celebrate their victory |
By Emz Frial
Fate, the all-Filipina
softball team in the the 2023-24 Hong Kong Open League of the Hong Kong China Softball
Association , finally achieved its 11-year quest to beat local leading team
Sieger by scoring a 10-5 victory in the Women’s A Division last March 17 at Tin Kwong field in Kowloon.
Made up of 16 domestic
helpers who could practice only on their Sundays off, Fate is now co-leaders
with Sieger in the 10-team premier league for women, with three wins and one
loss.
"It was unexpected,"
team captain Don Gaborno said during a short meeting after the game.
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Their manager, Pamela Law, said:
“Everyone can't believe that they won the game. But, finally they made it.”
Pamela manages the team to
continue the legacy of her father, Law Wai-ho, who helped Gaborno organize the
team in December 2012 and provided for its needs, such as uniforms, balls, bats
and other equipment until he died in his sleep at 92 years old on June 9, 2022.
David Wong, Fate’s coach, attributed
the victory to the members working closely as a team.
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| Eunice Locop scores |
The game started at 12:30pm
with Fate as an away team, racking up a 2-0 lead in the first inning with Gaborno
and Ana Chelo Garbo running home. But Hung Yik Shan and Lui Chee Ar equalized with
their own runs on Sieger’s turn.
Fate’s newest member,
Lanilyn Aligno, pitched during the game to replace Gaborno, who shifted to
short stop, and teamed up with catcher Eunice Locop to silence the locals in
the second inning after Ma. Eva Mendez, Rena Albor and Locop scored, sending
their team ahead, 5-2.
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Aligno was playing with a
handicap of being unable to practice with the team during Sundays at Shek Kip
Mie grounds due to conflict of days off. She made up for it on weekdays when she could get off work, with Gaborno
and other teammates with more flexible schedules helping her catch up.
In the third inning, Fate collected
one run by Aligno while Sieger managed to add two by Lui Chee Ar and Wong Hiu Tung, bringing the score to 6-4, still
in favor of Fate.
In the fourth inning, Locop,
Rosella Joy Coloma and Gaborno crossed the home plate while Aligno allowed only
one local Chinese, Mui Wing Ki, to score as the Filipinas piled up their lead
at 9-5.
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Both teams were scoreless in
the fifth.
Garbo’s final home run sealed the game in the last inning, 10-5, as the locals remained scoreless in their last turn at the bat.
Fate will return to the field on April 29, against SCAA ST.
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