ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Volleyball devider Alas Pilipinas teams showcase skills in Asian seniors beach volley tilt in Nuvali

Alas Pilipinas teams showcase skills in Asian seniors beach volley tilt in Nuvali

Published Oct 31, 2024 06:38 am

At A Glance

  • Alas Pilipinas is set to put on a show anew for the local fans in the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships that starts serving Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the City of Santa Rosa.

Alas Pilipinas is set to put on a show anew for the local fans in the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships that starts serving Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the City of Santa Rosa.

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) is again bringing top-notch action to the Nuvali Sand Courts, with Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and FIVB-rated teams battling for top honors.

“Again, the Philippines and Nuvali become the epicenter of beach volleyball with some of the continent’s, if not the world’s best showcasing their elite skills before Filipino fans,” said Ramon “Tats” Suzara, president of both the AVC and PNVF.

Ran Abdilla and James Buytrago, who clinched the bronze medal in the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia last year, team up anew in a bid to topple the fancied rivals from Asia and Oceania in the competition backed by Nuvali, Ayala Land, Rebisco, Smart, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, City of Santa Rosa, Mikasa, Senoh, Asics, Akari, Sip, Cignal, One Sports, One Sports Plus, Pilipinas Live, AVC and the PNVF.

Iran’s Abbas Pourasgari and Alireza Aghajanighasab seek another top podium finish after their romp in the AVC Beach Tour Nuvali Open in April, while three tandems from Australia and two from New Zealand are in the 24-team field.

After earning silver with Buytrago in the 2024 FIVB Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures in April and teaming up with Abdilla in the Futures tournament in China in September where they had a 1-2 record, Rancel Varga is again playing with a new partner this time.

Twice MVP in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, Varga guns for a podium with Alas Pilipinas new guy Lerry John Francisco of the Philippine Coast Guard.

Twenty pairs have been seeded to the main draw, with four more spots to be disputed by 15 teams in the qualifying event. That field includes the third Philippine tandem of former Perpetual Help star Ronniel Rosales and former National University stalwart Edwin Tolentino.

Focus will also be on Khylem Progella and Sofiah Pagara, who made it to the quarterfinals of the 2024 FIVB Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Qingdao.

The former University of Santo Tomas teammates went 2-1 in the preliminaries including a three-set win over compatriots Gen Eslapor and Kly Orillaneda before falling in the last eight where they got swept by Japan’s Asami Shiba and Chika Nakagawa, who went on to bag the bronze medal.

Shiba will see action in the Asian Senior Championships in Santa Rosa with Saki Maruyama, while also back are Nuvali Open champions Stefanie Fejes and Jana Milutinovic of Australia.

Eslapor and Orillaneda went 1-2 in Qingdao, scoring a sweep over a young Argentine pair, and now the Air Force duo seeks to deliver in front of the home crowd.

The Army’s Alexa Polidario and the Coast Guard’s Jenny Gaviola, who also saw action at Nuvali in April, try to make a return as go through the qualifying tournament.

Seven teams are entered in the qualifying event, with four slots to the main draw at stake.

Related Tags

PNVF
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.