PSL Moves Invitational Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup to February 2021

Volleyball fans will have to wait longer before they could get a taste of smashing action from their favorite teams in the Philippine SuperLiga (PSL).

In a statement released on Sunday, PSL Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Philip Ella Juico announced that the PSL Invitational Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup which was originally set to open on November 28, has been moved to the middle of February 2021. The said beach volleyball tournament was supposed to take place IN Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

"After many hours of deliberation that took into account several weather disturbances occurring in rapid and disastrous succession, the safety of all athletes exposed to outdoor conditions and other participants and the effectivity of front liners assigned to monitor both the Challenge Cup and to render essential public services during a calamity, it is with sadness that the Philippine Superliga (PSL) has decided to reschedule the PSL Invitational Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup from November 28 to 30, 2020 at the SBMA, Subic to mid-February 2021"  Juico cited in the statement. 

The development also happened at a time when the Philippines is bracing for possible damage that will be brought about by not one but two weather disturbances with SBMA in Zambales amount those that could possibly be hit. Juico added, "The PSL clearly sensed the serious concern expressed by the same frontline agencies in calamities in a two-hour coordination conference on Friday night. The officials in attendance spoke of their involvement as front liners in alleviating the suffering of thousands in Central Luzon to be directly affected by nature's wrath and the damage to infrastructure and the disruption of public services. All these disasters will definitely make more difficult the management of an already challenging pandemic"

In the end, the PSL chairman said that "the PSL expresses its deepest regrets to the thousands  of PSL fans and stakeholders for the rescheduling of the Invitational Challenge Cup" 

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