The two-day 1st Mayor Doc Eric Saratan Table Tennis Invitational starts today at the Tayabas Elementary School in Talisay City.
The competition is open to all Negrense paddlers who will be seeing action in a team event format, tournament official Arnie Uy of the Royal Paddle Table Tennis Club said.
Each team will be compose of three players, either an all-men’s team, all-women’s team or mixed, Uy said.
The teams will be playing in world class tables, Double Happiness and Andro, that will be be used during the tournament, he added.
Expected to join in the tournament are local standouts Ervin Bomban and Ferdinand Jong of Bacolod City and Talisay City’s Anthony Berja and Joel Paran.
The champion team will receive a trophy and P3,000 cash prize, while the first runner-up will get a trophy and P2,000, and a trophy and P1,000 for the second runner-up.
Also sponsoring the event are Coca-Cola, Joola Philippines and Green Paddle.*NAB
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