DOUBLETAP Gaming Entertainment will host an esports online charity tournament involving some of the country’s top volleyball players on June 27.
Done in cooperation with Sports Bytes Philippines, the event will feature a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang competition with the proceeds given to the frontliners of different hospitals in the metro.
The tournament will be for two days, with the next play date happening on July 4. The games will start streaming at 3:00 p.m.
Participating teams will come from the Premier Volleyball League, which include the BaliPure Purest Water Defenders, Petro Gazz Angels, Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors, PLDT Home Fibr Hitters, Chery Tigo 7 Pro Crossovers and the UAC Power Hitters.
Among the registered players who will play for their respective teams are Graze Bombita and Alina Joyce Bicar of Balipure, Grethcel Soltones and Myla Pablo of Petro Gazz, Mylene Paat of Chery Tigo, Andrea Marzan and Jonah Sabete of Sta. Lucia and Angeli Araneta and Dimdim Pacres of UAC.
Also competing are collegiate teams from San Beda, LPU Lady Pirates and the UP Fighting Lady Maroons.
Each team will be made up of five players that will play in a single-round robin tournament.
“The idea just popped up when we started to talk with some players from Balipure that was set up by team manager Gil Cortez back in April. In the course of our conversations with the Purest Water Defenders, I was surprised to find most of them seriously into playing Mobile Legends. So I thought of setting up an online match between them against my nephews and niece plainly for fun. The attention soon spread and then it was there where I learned that there were a lot of players from the PVL teams into MLBB,” Brian Yalung, Sports Bytes PH founder, said.
The event is sponsored by Smart Communications, Inc. and Sta. Lucia Realty.
All games for the charity event will be streamed live via the Facebook Pages of DoubleTap Gaming (https://www.facebook.com/DoubleTapEntph), Sports Bytes Philippines (https://www.facebook.com/sportsbytesph/) and Smart Sports (https://www.facebook.com/SMARTSportsPhilippines).
