A number of teams have shown interest to participate in the Second Season of the local premier basketball league of Simara Amigos Basketball Club (SABC) or Amigos Cup as homegrown local players battle for supremacy for their respective company, agency, or barangay teams.
The league, set to start on October 6, caters to local players aged 18 to 50 years old who are homegrown talents of teams from their companies or barangays.
For this coming season, each team can field 15 players and 5 bench personnel headed by their team manager and coach. Coaches and assistants are required to wear their IDs following a strict eligibility interim rules of the league club. Replacement of player is allowed only if a player is injured and unable to continue to play the said season. There will be also a separate 12 and Under Basketball for kids and youngsters to develop and explore their kept talents.
The Amigos Cup will held its games at the MF Fojas Sports Complex, Corcuera, Romblon and maybe playing out-of-barangay games in Ilijan, Mabini, Gobon and Mangansag depending on their site availability. The league is giving the barangay an opportunity to watch closely their homegrown talents up close and personal.
The league’s games will be getting exposure through the FB live broadcast on Amigos' Facebook page.
Amigos interim chairman and former SB Member and currently Clerk of Court Melford Mirasol is excited for the coming season as the new talents take center stage in the upcoming tournament.
Mirasol is grateful and thankful to all the company and individual sponsors for their continued support and partnership. Sponsors for this Season 2 are Cong. Budoy Madrona, Gov. Jose Riano, LGU of Corcuera, Santinos Pizza, M&K Construction, Liquilife Water Station, SAGAS, sofias Sportwear and Tailoring, Mirasol Builders, Blue Seas Restaurant, Job Fallar Group of Companies, Goodwill Commercial, RNN, SN&E, Mirasol Trading, Rain or Shine Paints, SBP RoRCA, LGU Poblacion, OVM Apple Fondevilla, SB Members of Corcuera, Romblon, Engr. Jenny Famodulan Almanzor, Vilma Foley, Faderagao Family and all others.
“I’m looking forward to seeing another successful season this year. I would like to dedicate this to the Simaranhon basketball loving community as we step forward to a new amateur league that could keep us physically fit and healthy, free from vices, generate jobs to our local referees and small stall owners, attract tourists and entertainment to our small island specially this off-season months where habagat is prevalent and maintain sportsmanship among our players aside from discovering new potential talents from our teams, that could excel further” said Mirasol in a chat with the Romblon News Network.
According to him, the SABC is a complimentary league for the RBL, OMBC and BBL in developing future players that can excel in bigger leagues. In added development, the Champion teams from OMBC and AMIGOS will compete in a best of 3 winner take all. The league hopes that someday it could send a champion team to the Romblon Basketball League which M&K Enterprises is currently seeing in action in Manila. Aside from Amigos Cup, Palaro ng Pasko is also next in line this December 2019 thru the initiative of SB Member Lowie Fetalvero.
Consultants of the Amigos Club are Mayor Elmer Fruelda, VM Apple Fondevilla, SBM Lowie Fetalvero, SBM Ronald Falogme, Mr. Joey Faner, Mr. Jawong Fojas and Kap. Edgar Fallurin.
