Stage set for RVL National Finals

MANILA, Philippines — It started nine years ago, a vision by Rebisco chief Jonathan Ng of giving female high school players a venue to show their worth.

From a handful of schools then, the Rebisco Volleyball League’s scope has now ballooned to 500 teams all over the country and culminates in the RVL National Finals and Invitationals from Jan. 17 to 24 at the Ynares Center Pasig.

“The RVL started because of Jonathan Ng’s love for volleyball and we’re now 500 schools,” said Rebisco’s Integrated Sports and Marketing Communications head Kenneth Yu during yesterday’s media briefer at the Privato Hotel.

Also present were stars from Criss Cross and Creamline including reigning Southeast Asian Games beach volley gold medalists Bernadeth Pons and Dij Rodriguez.

The 500 squads battled it out in multiple regional tournaments that produced 10 of the best and brightest in Philippine girls volleyball including three-peat-seeking Bacolod Tay Tung and inaugural champion National U.

The eventual winner wins the top purse of P100,000 and the runner-up P50,000 that would go to the school’s athletic programs.

The other finalists are University of San Jose Recoletos Cebu, Linao National High School from Leyte, Immaculate Conception Academy from Dasmariñas, Cavite, Iligan City National High, La Salle-Lipa, Davao City National High, Holy Trinity College from General Santos, and California Academy from Northern Luzon.