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Shakey's V-league to include Southeast Asian Club Invt'l
Plans are now afoot to integrate the Southeast Asian Club Invitational as part of the Shakey’s V-League calendar possibly starting next year.
Officials behind the success of the pioneering women’s volleyball tournament in the country admitted that the proposal is currently being considered in the light of the warm reception being given to the inaugural staging of the four-day club championship that features the national teams of Vietnam and Malaysia.
V-League Season 8 champions Philippine Army and Ateneo de Manila complete the four-team cast that formally kicks off this tomorrow with an exciting doubleheader at The Arena in San Juan.
“Right now, we’re trying to restructure the Shakey’s V-League and see how we can incorporate the SEA club championship in our year-long calendar,” bared Moying Martelino, chairman of the organizing Sports Vision, during the PSA weekly Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave.
Since the V-League 1st conference is being held every summer, Martelino said they are eyeing to make it an all-school competition, while the second conference will feature a mixture of invited club teams and schools which are willing to participate as in the case of Season 8’s final offering where corporate squads such as Maynilad, Air Force and Army saw action.
“And then we’ll cap off the year with an invitational tournament pitting our local teams opposite club champions from Southeast Asia,” added Sports Vision president Ricky Palou, who was also present during the session presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Outlast Battery, and Shakey’s, together with tournament commissioner Tony Boy Liao and Philippine Army coach Rico De Guzman.
“It’s good for our teams to be exposed in this kind of tournament,” Liao stressed.
Martelino expressed his gratitude to Shakey’s for making the club invitational possible, which he said cost one of the country’s largest pizza restaurant chain around P3 million for its staging.
“So let’s see what happens next year,” the Sports Vision president added.
Both foreign teams are already here in the country, arriving one after the other late Tuesday afternoon.
Vietnam, silver medal winner in the 2009 SEA Games in Laos, will be reinforced by two Russian players in Anactaxia Trernai and Ekoterina Martynova.
“Kailangan talagang pag-handaan ito, lalo na `yung Vietnam kasi sobrang lakas nila,” said De Guzman, whose Army squad will banked on former national team members Cristina Salak, Michelle and Marietta Carolino, Mary Jean Balse, and guest players Rachel Ann Daquis, Jennelyn Reyes, and Nerissa Bautista.
Handled by coach Roger Gorayeb, Ateneo is leaning on stalwarts Alyssa Valdez, Fille Cainglet, Jamenea Ferrer, and Angeline Marie Gervacio.
Opening day games will have Army taking on Malaysia at 2 p.m., followed by the tussle between Vietnam and Ateneo (4 p.m.).
The following day, it’s Ateneo against Malaysia (2 p.m.) and Army opposite Vietnam (4 p.m.), before Ateneo clashes with Army (2 p.m.) and Vietnam battles Malaysia (4 p.m.) on the final day of the preliminaries.
A single battle for third place, and the winner-take-all Finals are set on Sunday.(pr)
Officials behind the success of the pioneering women’s volleyball tournament in the country admitted that the proposal is currently being considered in the light of the warm reception being given to the inaugural staging of the four-day club championship that features the national teams of Vietnam and Malaysia.
V-League Season 8 champions Philippine Army and Ateneo de Manila complete the four-team cast that formally kicks off this tomorrow with an exciting doubleheader at The Arena in San Juan.
“Right now, we’re trying to restructure the Shakey’s V-League and see how we can incorporate the SEA club championship in our year-long calendar,” bared Moying Martelino, chairman of the organizing Sports Vision, during the PSA weekly Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Ave.
Since the V-League 1st conference is being held every summer, Martelino said they are eyeing to make it an all-school competition, while the second conference will feature a mixture of invited club teams and schools which are willing to participate as in the case of Season 8’s final offering where corporate squads such as Maynilad, Air Force and Army saw action.
“And then we’ll cap off the year with an invitational tournament pitting our local teams opposite club champions from Southeast Asia,” added Sports Vision president Ricky Palou, who was also present during the session presented by Smart, PAGCOR, Outlast Battery, and Shakey’s, together with tournament commissioner Tony Boy Liao and Philippine Army coach Rico De Guzman.
“It’s good for our teams to be exposed in this kind of tournament,” Liao stressed.
Martelino expressed his gratitude to Shakey’s for making the club invitational possible, which he said cost one of the country’s largest pizza restaurant chain around P3 million for its staging.
“So let’s see what happens next year,” the Sports Vision president added.
Both foreign teams are already here in the country, arriving one after the other late Tuesday afternoon.
Vietnam, silver medal winner in the 2009 SEA Games in Laos, will be reinforced by two Russian players in Anactaxia Trernai and Ekoterina Martynova.
“Kailangan talagang pag-handaan ito, lalo na `yung Vietnam kasi sobrang lakas nila,” said De Guzman, whose Army squad will banked on former national team members Cristina Salak, Michelle and Marietta Carolino, Mary Jean Balse, and guest players Rachel Ann Daquis, Jennelyn Reyes, and Nerissa Bautista.
Handled by coach Roger Gorayeb, Ateneo is leaning on stalwarts Alyssa Valdez, Fille Cainglet, Jamenea Ferrer, and Angeline Marie Gervacio.
Opening day games will have Army taking on Malaysia at 2 p.m., followed by the tussle between Vietnam and Ateneo (4 p.m.).
The following day, it’s Ateneo against Malaysia (2 p.m.) and Army opposite Vietnam (4 p.m.), before Ateneo clashes with Army (2 p.m.) and Vietnam battles Malaysia (4 p.m.) on the final day of the preliminaries.
A single battle for third place, and the winner-take-all Finals are set on Sunday.(pr)
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1st Handy Fix Super League set
THERE’S always room for another cage tournament in this basketball-crazy country.
A nationwide tournament dubbed the `1st Handy Fix Super League National Barangay Championship’ will be launched next month in an effort to create an opportunity for barangay athletes to compete in the national level.
Covering Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the meet will run from September to November in the different barangays in the country.
League organizer Darren Evangelista of Evangelista Aquatics and Sports Management Inc., together with Magna Prime Distribution Corporation general manager Derreck Tan, and Unilab representative Ferdy Bruegerra were present in last Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Avenue and talked about the Super League.
Evangelista said the national champion will receive P25,000, while runner up gets P15,000. Second and third runner ups go home with P10,000 and P5,000, respectively.
The league will only accept six barangays per city on a first come, first serve basis.
Registration and eliminations will be held in Manila, Pasay, Paranaque and Taguig in Luzon, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Talisay and Cebu in the Visayas, and Davao, Panabo, Tagum and Digos in Mindanao.
Registration fee is pegged at P1,000 per team.
Regional Finals will be set to all city champions in their respective regions.
Luzon and Mindanao finalists will avail of an all-expense-paid trip to Cebu for the National Finals set Nov. 12-13.(PSA PR)
A nationwide tournament dubbed the `1st Handy Fix Super League National Barangay Championship’ will be launched next month in an effort to create an opportunity for barangay athletes to compete in the national level.
Covering Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the meet will run from September to November in the different barangays in the country.
League organizer Darren Evangelista of Evangelista Aquatics and Sports Management Inc., together with Magna Prime Distribution Corporation general manager Derreck Tan, and Unilab representative Ferdy Bruegerra were present in last Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s U.N. Avenue and talked about the Super League.
Evangelista said the national champion will receive P25,000, while runner up gets P15,000. Second and third runner ups go home with P10,000 and P5,000, respectively.
The league will only accept six barangays per city on a first come, first serve basis.
Registration and eliminations will be held in Manila, Pasay, Paranaque and Taguig in Luzon, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Talisay and Cebu in the Visayas, and Davao, Panabo, Tagum and Digos in Mindanao.
Registration fee is pegged at P1,000 per team.
Regional Finals will be set to all city champions in their respective regions.
Luzon and Mindanao finalists will avail of an all-expense-paid trip to Cebu for the National Finals set Nov. 12-13.(PSA PR)
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