CESAFI DARES AT 10
Aug. 6, 2010

With pomp and aplomb that could rival, perhaps even surpass, the opening ceremonies of the UAAP and NCAA, the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. with now 12 members held its parade of colors last Saturday to a jam-packed Cebu Coliseum.

The event, with the theme of “Power and Dominance,” also commemorated the 10th year of partnerships among some of the biggest schools and universities in the island of Cebu to foster and promote sports camaraderie and development.

Just like in Manila, collegiate basketball is a major crowd drawer with the student population, and Coach Joe Lipa and I were suitably impressed with the progress made by CESAFI member teams in nurturing the local hoop talents of their basketball players. Without doubt, they are the country’s third strongest mother league in basketball to date.

A PERPETUAL TROPHY TO INSPIRE

For reaching the highest goal in this year’s collegiate basketball season, the eventual winner of the 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship games can look forward to having its feat immortalized in a prized trophy named after a leading sports patron.

The Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) Perpetual Trophy, named after the sports-loving boss of PLDT and Smart, is an imposing bronze trophy sculpted by the renowned Juan Sajid Imao, and inspired by the theme Abutin ang Tagumpay (Reaching for Success) showing several hands reaching high for a basketball.