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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Gullas Cup gathers country’s top junior netters
Intense and exciting battles are expected when the 11th Gullas Tennis Cup comes off the wraps at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Cebu Country Club tennis courts.
“Like in the past years, it’s going to be a very tough and exciting competition because all the top players in the Vis-Min region are coming over to show their stuff and compete against Cebu’s best,” said tournament director Fritz Tabura.
“The out-of-towners are among the best in their respective places and for sure, they’re all in top shape because they won’t gamble in coming over here only to be booted out in the first round,” said Tabura.
Participants
Tabura, who will be working hand in hand with former tennis ace John Pages in running the biggest junior tournament in Visayas and Mindanao, is confident they could surpass last year’s 140 participants.
“We’re expecting a huge turnout of entries this year. We have had lesser participants last year because that event coincided with the Cviraa Meet and the Arafura Games. Besides, this is a Philta Group sanctioned event so we expect more players to come hopefully to earn points needed for their rankins,” said Tabura.
Tabura said among the visiting netters to watch out for is Mecy Solon of Dumaguete City’s Silliman University, a member of the RP Girls team that will see action in the 2006 Junior Davis Cup regional qualifying tournament on May 7-13 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Longest-running tournament
“This is the longest tennis tournament for the youth that we have developed,” said University of the Visayas executive vice president and tournament backer Jose “Dodong” R. Gullas in a news conference yesterday at his office.
“Sir Eddie and I are very much involved in sports so we come to think that we have developed basketball (the UV Green Lancers), why don’t we develop tennis?” said Gullas.
Eddie R. Gullas or simply Eddiegul, the current UV president and Cebu First District representative, is Dodong’s older brother.
Registration fee is P200. For further details, call Ging-Ging at 416-1122 or 0917-6303077 or visit Cebu Country Club.
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