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SUBIC – After 11 months of inactivity, volleyball is finally back.
The Philippine Superliga (PSL) formally makes a historic return as eight teams clash for pride and glory in the 2021 Gatorade-Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup starting Friday at the Subic Bay sand courts.
With no reported case of coronavirus infection out of 56 players, coaches and league staff, it’s all systems go for this special bubble tourney that is being held in cooperation with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Region 3.
Action fires off at 8 a.m. with Bang Pineda and Jonah Sabete of Sta. Lucia 2 coming in as heavy favorites when they collide with Arianne Luna Alarcon and Christina Canares of Kennedy Solar Energy-PetroGazz in Pool A.
Senior Reporter
AFTER experiencing some delay, the Philippine Superliga (PSL) Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup finally pushes through this weekend at the sand courts of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority in Zambales.
Originally set to take place in November, the tournament was deferred to a later date because of the impending threat by Typhoon Ulysses then.
The Challenge Cup, presented by Gatorade, will be a three-day event beginning on Friday and feature eight competing teams.
It will be the first volleyball event to take place since restrictions were put in place by authorities last year to guard against the coronavirus; something not lost to the organizers of the event, which is why they made sure they covered everything needed so as to ensure the safe conduct of the tournament.
Philippine Superliga (PSL) chairman Philip Ella Juico assured that the historic 2021 Gatorade-PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup bubble will push through as planned on Feb. 26 to 28 in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
PRC / MANILA BULLETIN
Since the end of last year until the beginning of 2020, PRC said that it has been able to respond to a series of disasters such as the Mindanao earthquake, the Taal volcanic eruption, the COVID pandemic, as well as consecutive typhoons “Rolly” and “Ulysses” due to the help of its partners and donors.
PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Richard Gordon noted that in every response, donors were within reach, enabling the PRC help those who have been affected.
“As we move forward, we look back in a tumultuous year – (the) Philippine Red Cross has been in the heart of calamities and the pandemic, providing response and relief to the most vulnerable,” he added.