Capital1 a volley force in 3 years

MANILA, Philippines — When battle-scarred, championship-decorated coach Roger Gorayeb sat down and talked to the passionate sister tandem executives of Milka and Mandy Romero last Saturday to form the Capitol1 Solar Energy volleyball team, a goal was to gradually form a team that could evolve from a contender into a champion squad.

After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

“Great teams take time to build,” said Milka during yesterday’s team launch at the Milky Way Restaurant in Makati. “We hope we can create a formidable team in the next two to three years. We want to create a culture and elevate our team.”

Mandy, for her part, said they would bring in their passion reminiscent of their father’s. Their dad is avid sportsman and patron Rep. Mikee Romero.

“With our inherited passion for winning, we want to have a competitive spirit, something we learned from our dad,” she said.

Also in the presser were the Romeros’ mom and GlobalPort president Sheila, PVL president Ricky Palou and chair Tonyboy Liao, and Capitol1 Solar manager Ed Galvez.

Gorayeb, for his part, vowed to use his vast experience to help the team compete. But he’s still in the process of putting up the team.