A national team hopeful celebrates his win at the Philippine Fencing Association’s senior ranking qualifier for the December Southeast Asian Games at Gateway 2 Mall in Cubao, Quezon City on Saturday (Feb. 8, 2025). Succeeding qualifiers are scheduled at Philsports Arena in Pasig, Alabang Town Center in Muntinlupa City and Ormoc City, Leyte for the 33rd SEA Games slated Dec. 9 to 20 in four cities in Thailand. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)