JEDDAH, 16 November — After three-month-long exciting games, the Police & Seiko Basketball Tournament finally came to an end last week at Ittihad Sports Club. A huge crowd of basketball aficionados witnessed the championship matches with Hygienic-Fine Tissue (Inter-Comercial Open B Division), Seiko-Marriott (Inter-Hotel Division), NAI-Juffali (Inter-Commercial Open A Division), Castrol/Hyundai (Inter-Company Bona Fide Division) and Pagadian (Inter-Maguindanao Division) teams emerging as champions in their respective divisions.
Officials from the Consulate General of the Philippines headed by Labor Attache Carlos Sta. Ana, Assistant Labor Attache Naser Munder, OWWA Welof Mustafa Glang, Welof Jake Samain and Cultural Officer Gene Gangco Punguinaguina (representing Consul General Kadatuan P. Usop) graced the occasion. Other personalities present were Elaa Al Baz, Abdulatiff Al-Moin & Alex Mathew of Bugshan Est., Muhammed Ali Taleb (representing Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini), Hussain Kunhi of Completa Coffee Creamer (FCDF), Yousuf Ali Javed of Royal Brunei, Hisar Iqbal of Castrol and Ben Garcia of SkyFreight Forwarders. Community leaders from KASAPI Congress like Bobby Dalos, Romy Bani, and Elmer Alberto and Jun Cabrera also attended the affair. Forty-four (44) pieces of trophy/plaques were given to various team and individual awardees before and after the final match. Following is the list of individual and team awardees:
Bona fide Division: Mythical Five - (Best Guard): Nap Solis of Castrol/Hyundai and Aris Ramos of SARCO, (Best Center): Louie Cailles of Castrol/Hyundai, (Best Forward): Aaron Mayo of Castrol/Hyundai and Jojo Banal (SARCO). Most Valuable Player (MVP) : Nap Solis of Castrol/Hyundai. Best Coach: Jojo Esquivias of Castrol/Hyundai. (Champion Team) Castrol/Hyundai, (1st Runner-Up) SARCO - Saudi Archirodon, (2nd Runner-Up) Hanco Maintenance, (3rd Runner-Up) Al- Majal Service Master. Inter-Hotel Division: Mythical Five - (Best Guard) Ferdie Magat of Marriott (Seiko) and Frankie Lastimoso of Le Jeddah Meridien. (Best Center) Hector Quizon of Seiko-Marriott, (Best Forward) Chito Landingin of (Seiko-Marriott) and Abel Castillo of Le Jeddah Meridien. (Most Valuable Player -MVP) Chito Landingin of Seiko-Marriott. (Champion Team) Marriott-Seiko, (1st Runner-Up) Le Jeddah Meridien, (2nd Runner-Up) Marhaba Supermarket & Bakeries, (3rd Runner-Up) Al-Attas/Leylaty. Inter-Commercial Open A - Mythical Five - (Best Guard) Omeng Sahagun of NAI-Juffali and Frankie Lastimoso of Ghanassi & Malabang, (Best Center) Dindo Garces of Ghanassi & Malabang (G&M) (Best Forward) Tata Santander and Dante Rivero of NAI-Juffali. (MVP-Most Valuable Player) Dante Rivero. (Champion Team) NAI-Juffali, (1st Runner-Up) G&M - Ghanassi & Malabang, (2nd Runner-Up) Bridgestone. Inter-Commercial Open B - Mythical Five - (Best Guard) Rey Buhat of Fine Tissue and Omeng Sahagun of NAI-Juffali, (Best Center) John Gatchalian of Fine Tissue, (Best Forward) Dante Rivero of NAI-Juffali and Abril Mabarit of Fine Tissue. (MVP-Most Valuable Player) John Gatchalian of Fine Tissue. Inter- Maguindanao Division: (Champion Team) Sarangani-Gensan, (1st runner-up) Pagadian.
