DDS Tigs, Pibulls top Kicksand Beach Football Minda leg

KICKSAND WOMEN'S CHAMPION. Team DDS Tigs led by team captain Kristel Dureza whoop it up after winning the women's title in the 2011 Kicksand Beach Football Mindanao Leg at the Bluejaz Resort and Waterpark. BFAP President Mike Athab (partly hidden) personally awarded the trophy to DDS Tigs which beat Team Galaxy in the finals via shootout. DDS Tigs keeper Reynalyn Ravanes won MVP honors. (NJB)

MEN'S CHAMPS. Team Pitbulls celebrate their championship after a thrilling victory over S and G Ventures in the men's finals of the 2011 Kicksand Beach Football Mindanao leg at the Bluejaz Resort and Waterpark. BFAP President Mike Athab and vice president Jackie Calumba presented the trophy to Pitbull who won with a last minute goal by MVP winner Jeric Iligan.

Bluejaz hosts Kicksand beach football on Saturday

 Beach Football Association of the Philippines (BFAP) president Mike Athab (left) with PSC senior executive assistant Atty. Guillermo Iroy, Jr. during the awarding program in the Kicksand Beach Football Luzon leg. (F1 Event Solutions Inc.)

DAVAO CITY—Bluejaz Resort and Waterpark lays down its new beach football facility on Saturday with the staging of the 2011 2011 Kicksand Beach Football Tournament Mindanao Leg in Samal Island.

Saturday’s action will be for the women’s division where seven teams have signified to crowd the hunt for the title. The women’s division is composed of Black Knights, Solido FC, Team Galaxy, Igacos-Bluejaz, DDS Tigs, DDS Teens and Metro TMS Angels.

A brief opening ceremony will formally open hostilities in this event organized by the Beach Football Association. BFAP President Mike Athab and Island Garden City of Samal Mayor Aniano Antalan are the guests of honor in the opening program. Also expected are Davao Football Association president Edward Lam and vice president Erwin Protacio, Davao Norte FA president Rene Cosmod and Bluejaz Resort owners Richard and Jazmin Middleton.

Leading the title-hunters in the men’s division is the veteran-laden Columbia FC, a fixture in club football tournaments in Davao for the past two decades. Out to make the battle for supremacy a wide open race are Black Knights, Metro TMS, Solido FC, Philippine Rabies, Tagum City, Bluejaz FC, PNP-Davao Norte, Team Asbal, Metro Card Club 3410, Kingfisher, Montevista FC, Igacos FC, Malita FC, Central United and S&G Adventures.

Four teams are still on the waitlist for the men’s division—Seagull, Bulldogs, Solido FC-B, and Malita-B.

The tournament is the final leg of the beach football trilogy that started in Subic on April 16-17 and Boracay on May 28-29. Mama Sitas FC and Libertas FC won the titles in the Luzon leg in Subic while Loco Frio Boracay won the Visayas leg recently over Zigzag FC. Holiday Homes Boracay pocketed third place.

The Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Football Federation are supporting the tournament which hopes to discover fresh talents for future beach football national teams.

The event is backed up by major sponsors NIVEA Sun and official carrier SEAIR, minor sponsor Sun Cellular, media partners Aksyon Radio Sports TV5, ABS-CBN Davao, 105.9 Mix FM, Mindanao Daily Mirror, Sunstar Davao, GMTV, and 106.1 Radio Boracay, and event partners Bluejaz Resort and Waterpark, Subic Metropolitan Authority, La Isla Bonita Resort Boracay, Boracay Terraces Hotel, Boracay Paradise Hotel, Cool Waves Boracay, and Wilson.

F1 Event Solutions Inc. is the official marketing group of the tournament which is also held in coordination with Davao Football Association, Davao del Norte Football Association and Igacos FA.PR

NIVEA Sun supports Kicksand beach football tournament

NIVEA Sun, the leading sun care skin protection, has signed up as major sponsor of the 2011 Kicksand
Beach Football tournament which will soon move into its southern swing in the finest resorts in Boracay
and Davao.
“We are happy to partner with NIVEA Sun for the Kicksand Beach Football series. NIVEA’s line of
products suit well with beach sports,” Beach Football Association of the Philippines (BFAP) president
Mike Athab said.
NIVEA Sun signed up for the two tournaments in Boracay and Davao through Kicksand’s marketing
group F1 Event Solutions, Inc.
Jamie Sanico, brand manager of NIVEA Sun, said NIVEA is committed to outdoor sports events like beach
football and is happy that the brand will be associated with Kicksand.
La Isla Bonita Resort will be hosting the Visayas leg in scenic Boracay on May 28-29 while Bluejaz Resort
and Waterpark in Samal Island, Davao will be the venue of the Mindanao leg on June 11-12.
The tournament, organized by the BFAP and supported by the Philippine Sports Commission and the
Philippine Football Federation, has expanded to a three-leg series covering all three islands of the
country this year.
The tournament is open to all football clubs and will be part of a selection process for the men’s and
women’s national beach football team. The Boracay leg will be the second leg of a trilogy that started in
Subic last April 16-17 with Manila FC winning the men’s title and Libertas FC taking the women’s crown.
The final leg in Mindanao will be staged on June 11-12 at the scenic Bluejaz Resort and Waterpark in
Samal Island.
Kicksand is supported by media partners GMTV Online, 105.9 Mix FM, Sunstar and Mindanao Daily
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