JVC badminton Cebu leg on today

Over 200 shuttlecock enthusiasts will converge this afternoon at the Cebu Holiday Spa badminton courts to vie for top honors in the Cebu City leg of the highly-anticipated JVC badminton regional circuit.

Prior to the start of the competition, a press conference will be held at 9:30 am.

Aside from the inter-collegiate team invitational, other events to be contested in the elite and juniors (16 years old and above) categories are the boys/men's and girls/ladies singles, the boys/men's and girls/ladies doubles and the mixed doubles.

The winners in the three-day competition will receive cash prizes and trophies aside from advancing to the 6th JVC Open Championships slated this July in Manila.

The sponsoring JVC (PHILS.) Inc. has decided to put up the JVC regional circuit for the second straight time following its successful debut last year where the winners also gained berths in the centerpiece JVC Open Badminton Championships in Manila.

Action shifts to Pampanga on April 17-21 for the second leg at the Excel Badminton Center, while Davao will stage the third leg on May 1-5 at the Wheels 'N More Badminton Club. The event winds up in Bacolod on May 15-19 at the Pohang Badminton Center.

Deadline for submission of entries for Pampanga is on April 12, April 26 for Davao and May 11 for Bacolod.

The JVC regionals is sponsored by JVC, Victor (exclusively distributed by Pcome Industrial Sales), Lactacyd and Bingo Bonanza and backed by The STAR, Pinoy Exchange, Pioneer Life, Sunbolt , Alaska, Hanford and Cebu Holiday Spa, Pohang Badminton Center, Wheels N' More Badminton Courts and Excel Badminton Center.

For further details, one may check website at www.jvcbadminton.com or call 0917-8050702 (Tonette); 0917-8050601 (Carol); 0917-5288970 (Nelson).