Resort owner joins Liga Dabaw

LIGA Dabaw got another big boost with the support thrown by resort owner Jazmin Middleton.

Middleton, who owns Bluejaz Beach Resort and Water Park in the Island Garden City of Samal, was formally accepted by Liga Dabaw secretary general William "Butch" Ramirez as the latest member of the Board of Trustees last Jan. 13 during the birthday party of her American husband Richard held at the Bluejaz's Pavillion.

"It's a great honor for me and my family to be a part of Liga Dabaw because we also love sports," Mrs. Middleton said.

Middleton also turned over a P50,000 check in support of Liga Dabaw, which opened its First Conference last Jan. 8 at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Aside from giving financial support to the tournament, Jazmin Middleton also had sponsored the uniforms of the ABS-CBN Davao, one of the participating teams in the Sectoral Division of Liga Dabaw.

ABS-CBN Davao was represented by news manager Ad Roel Alcober, team representative Andy Rara and broadcaster Allan Abais.

Also present durng the affair was the Scribes Davao basketball team composed of the officials and members of the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) and the Sports Communicators Organization of the Phils. (SCOOP) Davao led by their presidents Charles Maxey and Lito delos Reyes, respectively.

James Infiesto and Pocholo Elegino, both representing the Davao City Mayor's Sports Development Division Office, were also present.

Liga Dabaw, which has three separate divisions in the commercial, sectoral and collegiate teams, is led by its chairman Dr. Guillermo Torres Jr. of the University of Mindanao, while the vice chairman and vice president is lawyer Mans Carpio, husband of Mayor Inday Sara Duterte.

The Liga Dabaw First Conference is also sponsored and sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) under Mindanao Area B Director Regino "Boy" Cua.[PR]

Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on January 17, 2011.