Team Signa rules FDG Cup badminton

MANILA, Philippines - Team Signa played true to form and came away with three victories to beat Team Summit Shores and Team Escalade for the overall championship in the FDG Cup badminton tournament at PowerSmash in Makati recently.

Led by the Philip Dacanay-Jason Santos, Sirluck Bantugan-Danilo Tayao and Lulay Alano-Marjorie Wong tandems, Team Signa took the Levels A, D and E diadems in the annul event among employees and business partners of Robinsons Land Corp., which consist of the company’s suppliers, contractors, architects, designers and construction managers.

The other members of Team Signa were Geoffrey Gautani, Elaine Gotauco, Kerwin Lee, Marion Mendoza, Jason Santos and Rose Sarmiento.

Team Summit Shores ruled Level B behind Jeffrey Cham and Percival Francisco and finished third in Levels A (Alex Ang-Bruce Go) and D (Mich Edu-Gil Rawat) while Team Escalade wound up second in Level D behind Sam Mejia and Francis Rubio.

Team Sapphire topped Level C behind Romy Llige and Nicky Villanueva while Team Crowne Plaza pocketed the Level F title behind Beth Herrera and Tess Morfe.

Also in the Team Summit Shores were Ludie Betimana, Ruselle Ann Buenviaje, Sandra Ignacio, Cathy Laud, Mary Ann Sadia and Kerwin Tan while Team Escalade included Raymund Baylon, Marinel Dominguez, Jessie Dy, Wesley Hontiveros, Carina Ko, Henry Laco, Richard Mariano, Rey Remogat, Aris Roxas and Ofelia Salamat.

Vice President Jejomar Binay, also the president of the Philippine Badminton Association, and RLC president Frederick D. Go awarded the prizes to the winners in rites hosted by TV personality Pia Guanio.

Malaysian Ambassador Ibrahim Saad and his wife also came to watch world No. 1 men’s singles player Lee Chong Wei and Koo Kien Keat, the world No. 4 in men’s doubles, play exhibition matches with Go and Kennevic Asuncion in the highlight of the eighth staging of the two-day event.