By Francis Neil G. Jalando-on

There were 22 participating teams from Iloilo and Negros Occidental in the “Kahidlaw sa Takraw” tourney.

The CPU Golden Lions won the championship in the Sepak Takraw Best Regu Open Tournament dubbed as “Kahidlaw sa Takraw.” The tournament was held at Block 22 Housing Mandurriao, Iloilo City with 22 participating teams from Iloilo and Negros Occidental.

The CPU Golden Lions Team was able to defeat Team Dueñas with a score of 2-1 in the set. The 3rd place went to Barotac Nuevo and Dingle Brotherhood while the 4th place is the team from Victorias.

The Most Valuable Player of the tournament was John Hiros Jalandoni of CPU, while Steven Togle of CPU) got the Best Tekong award. RV Gangoso of Team Dueñas got the Best Spiker award while Paul Germae Oñate of CPU was the Best Setter of the tournament.

According to Pastor Keith Dune Gallos, the organizer of the event, there were 22 teams distributed into 4 brackets for a round robin match. In the 3 days of tournament, 50 games were played in the qualifying matches, 4 games in the quarterfinals, 2 games in the Semis, 1 game for 3rd place, and 1 game for the championship. They have done it with only 6 referees plus 2 part time referees, 2 line judges plus 2 part time line judges, 2 first aiders from Red Cross, 1 part time physiotherapist, 1 tournament manager, and most of all 1 God.

Pastor Gallos declared that there is “Nothing is impossible with God.” He brings back all the glory and honor to God for the successful tournament.