Bien Unido opens inter-town basketball tournament Dec 1

 

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, November 20, (PIA) –In preparation of its foundation days celebration, Bien Unido town invites town basketball teams all over Bohol to try their luck in the town’s most ambitious basketball league.

Mayor Rey Nino Boniel, himself a basketball enthusiast and athlete said the league is a follow-on after the town successfully capped an inter-barangay tournament that showed the best of the best from the town’s barangays.

Set for December 1 to 15, Bien Unido inter-town Basketball tournament is an open-aged but admits only registered voter players of a town only, no imports, stressed Manuel Item, town information officer in an interview.

Bien Unido Foundation Days are on December 15-16.

All interested teams must register before December 1, Item emphasized, noting that a coaches meeting for all participating teams has been set for November 28.

We will be explaining the tournament rules, game regulations and other policies during that meeting, according to him.

This is so that by the tournament opening, a sure game would entertain spectators at the spacious Bien Unido Gymnasium, the equally agile basketball player information officer said.

We do not give so much though, Item humbly admitted, when asked about tournament prizes.

The tournament champion however can take home a grand cash prize of P30,000, and bring home a trophy.

Second and third prize winners get P20,000 and P10,000, both of which carries with it a respectable-sized trophy, Item added.

Fourth prize gets P5,000, he said.

Registration is P300.00, Item added.

Interested town-based teams can seek more information or register by seeing Councilor Ramon Arsenal, of LGU Bien Unido, or call or text Manuel Item at +63 932 713 5616. (RAC /PIABohol)