A CRACK field of 24 teams—12 women and as many men—will see action in the Beach Volleyball Republic (BVR) On Tour Santa Fe Open this weekend.
The Beach Placid Resort in scenic Bantayan Island in Cebu will host the event for the third straight year with previous leg champions Bea Tan and Dij Rodriguez of Negros and Ranran Abdilla and Jessie Lopez of Air Force hoping to figure prominently anew for the crown.
Also competing are PetroGazz, Cebu, Visayas, National University, Bacolod, University of San Carlos, Southwestern University and Russia.
Cebu Provincial Sports Commission (CPSC) commissioner Nimrod Quiñones is looking forward to the province’s successful hosting of event.
“The CPSC continues to support BVR on Tour because volleyball is one of the most popular sports in Cebu. Beach volleyball is also a major crowd drawer and is in line with our thrust to push sports tourism,” Quiñones said.
Last year, the Visayan-based squads ruled the Santa Fe leg, with UNO-R’s Alexa Polidario and Erjane Magdato topping the women’s side and Cebu’s Jade Becaldo and Calvin Sarte emerging triumphant in the men’s section.