Sports

Following the exciting North and South brackets eliminations, the Provincial Sports Office (PSO) and ABANSE NEGRENSE’s Governor’s Cup Inter-LGU 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will continue for semi-finals and the provincial championship on Oct. 8, Saturday at 9 am in Talisay City.Thirteen LGU teams from the Northern and Southern districts will be participating in the 12-under and 14-under categories. These are Cadiz City, Talisay City, San Carlos City, Murcia, Manapla, and Escalante for the North District category.As for the South district category, participating LGUs include La Carlota City, Himamaylan City, Kabankalan City, Sipalay City, Bago City, Ilog, and Valladolid. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose V. Lacson and PSO Head Mr. Anthony Carlo Agustin are expected to grace th...

PTTF president Ting Ledesma with 11-year old Khevine Keith Cruz, silver medalist in the World Table Tennis Youth Contender in Bangkok, at the opening of the Bacolod tournament.*The championship round of the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Table Tennis Cup at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City is set today, October 7.Almost three hundred paddlers from Negros, Panay and Cebu joined the tournament that began Wednesday, October 5, organizers said.“This tournament demonstrates the concern and support of Mayor Albee Benitez and his administration to the grassroots development of sports in the city. The experience you gain from your participation ensures that each one of you is already a winner,” said Bacolod City Councilor Kalaw Puentevella, who represented the mayor at...

The Table Tennis Legends Association of Bacolod (TTLAB) members pay a courtesy visit to Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez to update him on the preparations for the upcoming tournament. In photo are Jake Cordero, Jojo Jalandoon, Nonoy Gubaton, Mogie Gindap, Mayor Albee Benitez, TTLAB Chairman Jacksi Go, Arvin Villaruel and City councilor Kalaw Puentevella, (l-r, front) Joms Anlap, Jerson Niery, TTLAB president Rudy Sy and Vice-President Nicky Puentevella (l-r, back).*As part of Bacolod City’s Masskara Festival 2022, the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez Table Tennis Cup opens 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 5, at the groundfloor of the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in , Bacolod City.Bacolod City Councilor Kalaw Puentevella will represent Mayor Benitez in the opening rites, while guest of honor is Phi...

It’s another fun and exciting weekend for all sports enthusiasts in Negros Occidental as the Provincial Sports Office (PSO) announces more Inter-LGU tournaments from Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2022.The line-up of events includes Abanse Negrense’s Children with Disabilities Athletics Day, Governor’s Cup Inter-LGU 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament (South Bracket B Eliminations), Governor’s Cup Football Championships (North, Central, and South Qualifying) and Abanse Negrense’s Boxing at the Park Eliminations.Spearheaded by Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and PSO Head Mr. Anthony Carlo Agustin, the PSO is holding a special athletics activity dedicated to children with disabilities on Sept. 30 at 8 am in Canetown, Brgy. 19-A, Victorias City. This event is in partnership with Aban...