The Cebu leg of the CloudFone Batang PBA gets underway today at the Cebu City Sports Institute with six teams competing for the right to represent Cebu in the Visayas regionals later this month.
Staking their claim are the University of San Carlos (USC), the University of the Visayas (UV), Abellana National School (ANS), the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF), Don Bosco Technology Center and the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu.
The winner of this competition advances to the Visayas Regional Finals which will be held here in Cebu on May 21 and 22.
The winner there gets to qualify for the national finals on May 28 until June 4 in Manila.
In a statement that was released at the event’s press launch yesterday at the Patio Isabel, CloudFone Sports Head Miguel Cu said that the development of grassroots basketball was something that he and the rest of the company believed in.
“As an organization, CloudFone partners with brands that our core target market can not only relate to, admire and trust, but moreover, brands that have heart. The PBA is an organization that puts a premium on its grassroots programs with Batang PBA, Alagang PBA and other various league activities. Our partnership with the PBA will allow our CSR programs to have an exponentially greater and lasting effect on being able to empower the youth through sports,” said Cu.
Games on May 7 to 8 will be at the Magis Eagles Arena inside the Ateneo de Cebu campus in Canduman, Mandaue. The Cebu leg goes back to the Cebu City Sports Institute for the remainder of the competition.