MANILA, Philippines – Youth tennis takes center stage again beginning today with Capiz hosting the kick-off leg of the 2016 Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional tennis circuit at the Vistec Tennis Club in Roxas City.
Close to 150 players are clashing for top honors and ranking points in various divisions, including the 10-unisex and the 12-, 14-, 16- and 18-and-under categories for boys and girls in the five-day, Group 3 tournament presented by Asiatraders Corp. and Slazenger Tennis Balls.
“We expect keen competition right in our first leg with these young players eager to showcase their wares and build some kind of momentum in pursuit of titles and ranking points,” said Bobby Castro, president and CEO of the sponsoring Palawan Pawnshop.
Action shifts to the Dumalag Tennis Club, also in Capiz, next week for the second leg of the year-long, nationwide 52-stage circuit, a Group 2 tournament set Jan. 14-18 while Leyte will host the next event, another Group 3 tilt, on Jan. 21-25 at the Tacloban City Tennis Club.
Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu wraps up the first Visayan swing on Jan. 28-Feb. 1 for another Group 2 event at the Mactan Tennis Courts, according to tournament organizer and supervisor Bobby Mangunay, also the PPS-PEPP sports program development director. For details, call 0915-4046464.
For complete schedule of events, visit www.palawanpawnshoptennis.com <http://www.palawanpawnshoptennis.com/> .