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Former Philippine team standout Haydee Ong said on
Saturday that the revival of the Women’s Philippine Basketball
League (WPBL) is a shot in the arm for women’s basketball in the
country.
Ong, who will call the shots for
Nutri-C (not Godiva as earlier reported) in the coming tournament,
emphasized the need for a highly competitive tournament in the
country in order to raise the level of game of female cagers as well
as encourage the young ones to take up the sport seriously.
“The revival of women’s
tournament is good because this will showcase our own brand of
basketball and this will also help the national team,” said Ong,
who is expected to watch open tryout, which the PBL will conduct on
Sunday at the Jose Rizal University gym.
“This kind of tournament is
going to help the sports program of women’s basketball, I just
hope others will get involve in this kind of project,” said Ong.
Close to 100 players from various
colleges and universities are expected to join the tryout, which
will be supervised by PBL technical operations head Joey Guanio.
The tryout is set from 8 a.m. to
12 noon but the players are advised to come early for registration
and further instructions.
Meanwhile, the management of
Nutri-C is going to tap the players of Ateneo to spearhead its
campaign in the coming tournament.
Cynthia Tiu’s Discovery Suite,
on the other hand, will sponsor the RP women’s team to keep the
Nationals in top form.
Also joining the tournament are
Smart Sports of Manny Pangilinan, Ever Bilena of former PBL chairman
Dioceldo Sy, Muscle Tape of Chito Narvasa, Oracle Residence of PBL
chairman Mikee Romero, Pharex and Bacchus Energy Drink.
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