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TANAUAN CITY – De La Salle University-Dasmariñas registered a double championship in the men’s and women’s division to lead the Boracay qualifiers at the end of Luzon leg of the 15th Nestea Beach Volleyball Championship Friday at the First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities sand court here.

Jennifer Manzano and Giselle Bembo needed only 55 minutes to turn back University of Perpetual Help-Biñan, Laguna, 21-7, 21-17, in the women’s finals.

Joel Villanueva and Ran-Ran Abdilla then completed a twin kill for the Patriots with a 21-12, 21-18 win over Dagupan City’s University of Luzon in men’s championship. Read the rest of this entry »

IT’S all systems go for the holding of Boracay Code 03: Banana Peel’s Beach Volleyball Tournament slated on April 10-12 at the Bamboo Beach Resort and Restaurant beach front in Boracay.

The event, presented by Good Fellas and Banana Peel, is divided into two divisions – the Competitive (men’s and women’s) and Open (mixed).

The entrance fee for the Competitive division is P3,000, where the champion will take home P20,000 cash, while the second placer will claim P10,000.

In the Open division, entrance fee is pegged at P2,000, where the winner will bring home P5,500, while the runner-up will settle for the P3,500 prize.

The three-day event is supported by El Hombre Tequila, Bamboo Beach Resort and Restaurant, Grand Boracay Resort, Boracay Tropics, Asian Dragon Apartment, Urban Ninja, Ginger Rue, P&P Tattoo, Infinite Fashion, Lightworks Optoelectronics Philippines Inc., Eagle Photography, Bachelor’s Pad and Bardeli’s Deli and Liquor Mart along with media partners Clavel Magazine, Circuit Magazine, The Philippine Star, PCTV and Chinoy TV.

For more details, check the event’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/theboracaycodebeacholympics. (TJ)

Boracay Code 3: Banana Peel’s Beach Volleyball Tournament

April 10-12, 2012
Bamboo Beach Resort and Restaurant

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Phone: +63 917 884 1888

HOPE Christian High School nailed its seventh Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League crown by nipping first-time finalist National University, 11-25, 19-25, 26-24, 25-15, 15-9, in the Metro Manila championship Sunday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

Tested to the limit, Hope rallied from two sets down to complete a ‘three-peat’ in the tournament.

A service ace by Maria Lina Isabel Molde, a rookie from Catmon Elementary School in Cebu, Hope raced to a 10-2 lead.

NU threatened to 8-14 but an attacking error by 6-foot-2 Jaja Santiago allowed Hope to clinch the championship point.

The winningest team in the league, Hope followed up its conquests against Angeles University Foundation and University of Santo Tomas in the Manila regional finals in the last two editions. Read the rest of this entry »

DESPITE of his looming two-season ban in the NCAA, Ateneo still has its full confidence multi-titled women’s volleyball coach Roger Gorayeb.

The Lady Eagles will continue to have Gorayeb on the bench as they continue their bid for the elusive first-ever UAAP women’s volleyball crown.

“Yes, we are keeping him (Gorayeb) as our coach,” said Ateneo athletic director Ricky Palou in a text message.

On his fourth year, Gorayeb steered the Lady Eagles to a runner-up finish in Season 74, which is the best-ever finish by the Katipunan-based squad since joining the league in 1978.

The NCAA suspended Gorayeb, who is also handling the San Sebastian College volleyball team, and San Beda College basketball mentor Frankie Lim for two years for their involvement in the brawl which took place at the San Beda Gym last Dec. 2.

Gorayeb suffered injuries and he was not able to show up on the next day in the Ateneo’s first round meeting with La Salle to recuperate in a hospital.

The Lady Archers captured their seventh league championship after winning two of their three finals matches against the Lady Eagles last week.