MANILA – The Chooks-to-Go National
Basketball Training Center (NBTC) decided to postpone anew its events scheduled
for this month due to the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)
in Luzon until April 30.
NBTC program director Eric Altamirano said in a statement that the schedules of
the National Finals and the Coaches Convention will be pushed again to later
dates, or when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the country
is over.
The National Finals – backed by
Chooks-to-Go; SMART; Vivo; Darlington; Phoenix Fuels; Epson; Gatorade; Go for
Gold; and Molten – was originally set to take place from March 21-27 at the SM
Mall of Asia Arena. It was first postponed to April 20-26.
“In light of the recent turn of events concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, we
have decided to once again postpone the National Finals and the Coaches Convention,”
Altamirano said.
“We are one with the government in preventing the spread of the virus and help in flattening the curve,” he added. “Chooks-to-Go, NBTC, and SM are still in the process of finalizing the rescheduled date for the National Finals and the Coaches Convention.”
“We assure that the participants and the public’s safety is our utmost priority. We shall inform everyone as soon as possible about the new date for our tournament,” he further said.
Once the tournament resumes, Western Visayas will be bannered by the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts in the National Finals after they defeated Iloilo’s St. Robert’s International Academy Panda Rockets during the Regional Finals in Ibajay, Aklan./PN
