10 teams take part in Purcia basketball tourney

CEBU - Ten squads coming from different export-import, brokerage and courier companies and hotels will vie for top honors in the 1st Purcia Cup Basketball Tournament 2008, which kicked off last week at the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit Gym.

These are Lao Brokerage, D’Mians, OCS, UPS-Aspac, TMI Group, Cebu Flamingo, Carga Transport, Pearlea Trading, Shangrila Hotel-Mactan and Cebu City.

Games will be played every Sunday from 8:00 am to 12:00 nn.

Staging the event is Guilbert Purcia’s way of giving back all the good things that basketball has done to him. He is the President of Purcia Transport System Incorporated.

It is aimed at fostering camaraderie among friends and colleagues as well establish new friendship and discover hidden talents among their comrades. — Marigold P. Lebumfacil (THE FREEMAN)