Cebu Metropolis Performing Vice Mayor Dondon Hontiveros (in inexperienced shirt, on the again) and organizer Blake Diao (in inexperienced shirt, entrance) pose with the champion staff of the DH25 Males’s Volleyball Open Match. | Picture from Donald Bolivar
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The upcoming Sinulog Cup 2025 Basketball Match could endure a big transformation, probably changing basketball with volleyball as its major sport.
This consideration follows the profitable inaugural DH25 Males’s Volleyball Open Match, held earlier this month at UC METC in Barangay Mambaling.
Cebu Metropolis Performing Vice Mayor Dondon Hontiveros, who additionally organized the current volleyball occasion, is exploring this shift to boost sports activities tourism within the lead-up to the grand Sinulog Pageant. Hontiveros, alongside fellow organizer Blake Diao, has expressed enthusiasm in regards to the concept of incorporating volleyball, a sport that has gained appreciable reputation nationwide.
The DH25 volleyball event attracted 20 groups, signaling a robust turnout for a brand new occasion and highlighting the rising reputation of volleyball.
“This yr, our prime prize for the Sinulog Cup was P150,000, geared toward selling sports activities tourism. We welcomed groups from Mindanao, Bacolod, and Ormoc,” Hontiveros said.
“Whereas the occasion concluded efficiently, we did face some points through the event.”
Hontiveros recounted points concerning his participation as a participant in a staff whereas additionally dealing with organizational duties.
“Regardless of clarifying {that a} separate group was managing the event, considerations arose when our staff didn’t even qualify for the second spherical. That’s when points surfaced, together with walkouts.”
A number of groups, together with EGS and UNBL, walked out through the event, a state of affairs that drew consideration however didn’t overshadow the occasion’s general success.
The championship match between the OCCCI Sheermasters of Ormoc and Z’Nars Jewellery of Marawi attracted a big crowd on the Cebu Metropolis Sports activities Institute, underscoring the event’s success.
Given volleyball’s rising reputation, Hontiveros is contemplating incorporating and even changing basketball in subsequent yr’s event.
“Whereas we will’t keep away from points, we at all times try to enhance after every event. We are going to current our proposal to the board, suggesting that if basketball continues to pose challenges, volleyball may very well be a viable different,” he famous.
“Nonetheless, we should additionally take into account the normal side of basketball within the Sinulog Cup.”
Diao helps Hontiveros’ imaginative and prescient, advocating for volleyball’s inclusion to draw extra out-of-town groups, significantly if a ladies’s division is added.
“We now have ample time to arrange. Introducing each males’s and ladies’s volleyball tournaments might encourage wider participation. This initiative would enable guests to expertise Cebu Metropolis through the Sinulog Pageant whereas competing for money prizes,” Diao stated.
Within the just lately concluded DH25 Volleyball Open, Crew Amigos triumphed, securing the P50,000 money prize, whereas the CIT-U Wildcats completed in second place, incomes P15,000.
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