Medellin to host beach soccer

By Edri K. Aznar


SIX teams from Cebu City will be competing in Mayor Rick�s Invitational Beach Soccer this Saturday at the Kawit Beach in Medellin, an activity that will increase the locals� awareness of the ever-growing sport of football.

University of San Carlos and Saint Theresa�s College will be fielding two teams each along with San Roque FC, Jivas Regal and Cebu State College of Science and Technology in the one-day beach football tournament.

The event is part of the activities in the town�s fiesta and organizers are hoping that it will also help raise awareness for the sport in the town.

�We are still introducing the football program there,� Joel Deen, one of the organizers, told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday.

The tournament, which will start at 8 a.m., will follow a single round-robin format, wherein the top two teams will battle in the championship round.

Aside from the beach football event, Deen also said the Cebu Football Association will be conducting a seminar for school teachers on May 3. Eleazar Toledo of the CFA will head the seminar targeted for elementary and high school students.

The town has also made a push to increase the popularity of the sport as the town�s mayor, Rick Ramirez, has started building full-sized pitches near schools.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on April 26, 2011.