Thursday, August 09, 2007 130 teams sign up for San Roque fiesta
A HUNDRED and thirty teams signed up for the second edition of the Pepsi San Roque Football Fiesta on Aug. 18 and 19 in Mandaue City.
Organizer Eleazer Toledo said there was a drop in the number of entries from last year’s event because some schools have limited their entries in the annual fiesta, which offers contest in the various age groups in the Boys and Girls divisions as well as the men’s and women’s open.
Though they may have been absentees in the roster, Toledo said they also have a few new schools like the Little Angels Montessori signing up for this year’s edition.
The screening for the festival will also be conducted by the Cebu Football Association, which is imposing a new rule regarding football events.
“We were told that if you organize a football event, the CebuFA will hold the screening because they have the records,” said Toledo.
The CebuFA’s role is also expected to limit or erase notions of cheating in the age divisions, which hounded two festivals last year.
Meanwhile, though they will be the host, members of the San Roque Men’s and 36-above team won’t be seeing action in the two-day fiesta, which is the first football event in Cebu since the Aboitiz Cup ended last summer.
The team members, though, would still be visible during the event.
“The whole men’s team and the 36-above team will be the marshals for the event,” said Toledo.
Since the event coincides with their annual fiesta, Toledo is hoping the marshals will be able to discourage people from drinking liquor in the sidelines and to keep the peace in the festival. (ML)
