BOHOL braces for another four-day battle of power and strokes as it hosts the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age group presented by Technifibre beginning this Saturday at the Sto. Nino Tennis Club in Ubay.
A banner field is expected to vie for top honors in various divisions, headed by the host province’s leading and rising stars along with those from Cebu, Dumaguete, Siquijor, Panglao, Carmen and from other towns of Bohol.
Mayor Galicano Atup has guaranteed a successful staging of the event, which features competitions in the boys’ and girls’ 12-, 14-, 16- and 18-and-under categories along with the 10-unisex section.
Registration is ongoing. For details, call Philta regional vice president Tingardz Uy at 0917-6320849 or Bobby Mangunay, PPS-PEPP tennis event organizer and sports program development director at 0915-4046464.
“As in our past hosting of this highly popular circuit, we expect another huge cast not only from Bohol but also from the nearby cities and provinces,” said Atup, who also cited Palawan Pawnshop and Philta’s joint effort to develop the sport and at the same time discover fresh talents, especially from the countryside.
“The tremendous response of the youth – and the host provinces – in all our legs has continued to inspire us to put up more and more tournaments, especially at this time when we help keep the youth busy this summer season,” said Palawan Pawnshop COO Bobby Castro.
The Bohol stage also serves as the final leg of Palawan Pawnshop’s summer festival with action to shift to Mindanao on June 18-21 for the Isulan, Sultan Kudarat tournament.