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The 2020 Chooks-to-Go 3 × 3 Pilipinas season came to a successful conclusion on Friday at the INSPIRE Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna, leaving the organizers relieved and grateful to be able to carry it out despite the myriad of challenges. .
Struck by the coronavirus pandemic, the people behind the newly recognized league worked and planned hard to carry out the tournament, even if it meant going down the costly “bubble” path, which had them corner all participants in the facilities approved by the government of the National University for the two-week duration of the President’s Cup.
The tournament ended on Friday with Family’s Brand Sardines-Zamboanga City Chooks emerging as the biggest winner, taking the grand finale to Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards, 22-19, in a highly competitive championship game while also pocketing the P1 jackpot. million.
Zamboanga City, made up of members of the group of national teams, also won three of the previous four stages of the tournament that began on October 21.
“The Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3 × 3 President’s Cup bubble at INSPIRE Sports Academy was a resounding success … Beyond the players who were the main actors in the 3 × 3 basketball show, many people behind stage crew worked twenty-four hours a day for weeks to run the tournament flawlessly and keep everyone safe, ”wrote Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. league president and owner Ronald Mascarinas of the tournament, who also served as part of preparing the national team for the Olympic Qualification Tournament next year.
To run the tournament, Chooks-to-Go 3 × 3 Pilipinas had to work with relevant government agencies, including the Games and Amusement Board (GAB), to guide it from planning to the proper competition to arrive at the protocols. suitable.
It also employed the services of safety and medical experts to ensure no stone was left unturned when it came to health and safety throughout the bubble.
And his efforts paid off with the tournament’s successful run, with zero positive cases of coronavirus.
The league was also praised by its partners for staying the course and cooperating throughout the process.
“We thank them (the league) for their diligence and their close working relationship with the GAB. We hope to work with them again soon. They have exceeded the suggested protocols and it was worth it, ”GAB President Baham Mitra said in a statement.
“We are very happy and proud of Chooks-to-Go for being able to do it. This is the only ‘full’ bubble. And the most important thing we have seen is that due to our strict implementation of health protocols, the ‘full’ bubble remained intact, ”said INSPIRE Sports Academy marketing director Lee Tajonera, for his part.
With the successful staging of the 2020 season of Chooks-to-Go 3 × 3 Pilipinas, Mascarinas also expressed his hope that the potential and beauty of 3 × 3 basketball will be recognized by more Filipinos.
“The success of the tournament removes any doubt that 3 × 3 is becoming the most popular format in basketball and it is here to stay. We just had our official coming-of-age party, and what a party it was! “- Michael Angelo S. Murillo
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