MANILA – Rebisco Volleyball League (RVL) is not closing doors in holding its annual tournament.
In order to come up with a final answer, however, the organizers will have to wait for the country’s situation from coronavirus disease 2019 to normalize first.
Metro Sports vice president for operations Johanz Buenvenida said that they are still optimistic that the 2020 regional tournaments, which will be featuring the addition of the boy’s league too, will still tipoff after the crisis.
“Based on the last meeting namin with Rebisco, as soon as medyo umayos ayos na ‘yung condition natin at mabigyan na tayo ng clearance, we will be launching again the RVL 2020,” Buenvenida said.
“We will continue. As part of his legacy, kami ‘yung magpapatuloy,” he added, pertaining to the late Freddie Infante who was behind the development of the grassroots volleyball program.
Last year, Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts represented Western Visayas in the RVL National Finals after beating Central Philippine University Golden Lions in the regional finals in Bacolod City.
Taytung had a decent campaign in the national leg. The team reached the semifinals before settling for fourth place after losing to Hawaii.
The exposure of the team in the tournament then led to some of its players being recruited by Manila-based schools. Joan Marie Monares is set to suit up for the University of the Philippines, while Erika Deloria, Shane Carmona and Rhean Almendralejo will banner Enderun College’s colors./PN
