Beach volley elims slated next month

The seventh Nestea Beach Volley University Championships, one of the country’s most popular outdoor sports events leading to the summer season, will hold its four elimination legs followed by the semifinals at the Power Plant at Rockwell Center, Makati City, and the national finals on Boracay Island.

Nestea brand manager Tina Samaco said the series of competitions will be held February and April.

All participating teams will be provided with free travel, food and accommodations for the legs of the competition which they will be joining in Metro Manila (Feb. 28), Luzon (March 1-2), Visayas (March 13-14), or Mindanao (March 15).

The semifinals will be held March 16 and the finals April 5-6.

Interested parties are invited to visit the Nestea website at www.nestea.ph or call up Corex Bartilet of Rapp Collins, the event organizer, at tel. No. 633-7429, 11/F JMT Bldg., ADV Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Metro Manila.

A college-based beach volley tournament that brings together Philippines’ most outstanding beach volley players, the seventh Nestea Beach Volley University Championships promises to be the biggest by far in the history of the event. A total of half a million pesos in prizes awaits the winners in the men’s and women’s divisions, with the champion teams in both categories each getting P100,000 and a trophy. Their schools will each receive P50,000 worth of sports equipment and a trophy.

The tournament is open to all college students enrolled for the 2002-2003 school year, and they must be official representatives of their schools. Each school may only field one team each for the men’s and women’s divisions. All applications are screened by the event organizer, and qualified teams are selected on a first-come, first-served basis given the number of slots expected to total 96 nationwide.