Ortigas Pasig, Philippines, September 21, 2024: With a total of 84 event attendees, the ACEL’s 19th Badminton Tournament proved to be a roaring success as it doubled the total number of its participants compared to last year.
The tournament started with a short prayer to ask for everyone’s safety and a smooth flow of the day’ program . Following this, the opening remarks of ACEL Co-Chairman to the Committee on Fellowship — Badminton, Mr. J. Eladio L. Angeles.
ACEL Past President, Mr. Onofre T. Banson, Jr., was also present to emphasize the importance of a recreational activity focusing on sports to promote better health and fitness. And to complete the opening ceremony, a short guideline about the tournament was given for everyone’s information and compliance.
Part of the tournament’s program was the elimination stage from the qualified pairs of Class C and D, which occurred in the morning session. By afternoon, almost half of them remained and advanced to the semi-finals.
Later that afternoon, the competition got tighter for everyone as the remaining pairs from Class C and D competed for the spots in the finals. Meanwhile, the elimination of Class A and B commenced as different elite players showcased their badminton prowess to determine which pairs would advance to the finals, resulting in a great game that left the audience in awe.
The tournament concluded with the announcement of winners, signifying that the competition was over. Below are the pairs who won the Champion and First Runner-Up spots for each class category:
LEVEL A
Champion: Jimuel Sajonia & Jeremy Buen (IPM Const. and Dev’t Corp.)
1st Runner-up: Nat Delos Santos & Mhy Jimenez (First Phil. Skills and Eqpt. Testing Corp.)
LEVEL B
Champion: Mark Delos Reyes & John Neil De Leon (Monark Eqpt. Corp.)
1st Runner-up: Matt Benedicto & Gio Saoit (Benedicto Steel Corp.)
LEVEL C
Champion: Joan Vallo & Peejay Telebrico (Civic Merchandising Inc.)
1st Runner-up: Percy Abadilla & Rey Godoy (Monark Eqpt. Corp.)
LEVEL D
Champion: Baldwin Abala & Bryan Agpoldo (Socor Const. Corp.)
1st Runner-up: Leo Pastor & Airuz Suria (T1 Rentals)
Third Photo: The ACEL BOD Members: Ms. Cristina De Vera and Ms. Abigail S. Mancilla together with Mr. Matt Benedicto of Benedicto Steel Group and ACEL Past Presidents, Mr. Onofre T. Banson Jr., and Mr. Lito M. Garcia.
Fourth Photo: Ms. Mhy Jimenez, winner of the raffle’s grand prize, a 43’’ SMART TV together with ACEL Corporate Treasurer, Ms. Abigail S. Mancilla, ACEL Co-Chairman for the Committee on Fellowship – Badminton, Mr. J. Eladio L. Angeles and ACEL Past President, Lito M. Garcia.
To officially conclude the festivities, ACEL Co-Chairman to the Committee on Fellowship – Badminton, Mr. J. Eladio L. Angeles, and ACEL Past President, Mr. Lito M. Garcia, delivered their closing remarks.
And as every fellowship customary, different prizes were given away to different winners, such as (20) Trelleborg/Olympic umbrellas as consolation prizes. (10) Aquazorb Fingertip Towels, (8) Royce Chocolate Bars, (3) Royce Amande Chocolates,
(2) Royce Marshmallow Chocolates, (5) Ben Cookies, (2) Bluetooth Speakers, (7) 18 oz. Aquaflasks, (3) 10,000 mAh Powerbanks, and (10) The Spa GCs worth Php 1,000.00 as minor prizes.
(2) Xiaomi Mini Gun Massagers and (1) Yonex Badminton Racket as major prizes, while (1) Devant 43” SMART TV for the grand prize.
Thank you again to all our members and participants for making the badminton tournament a resounding success.
ACEL would like to express its gratitude to all the sponsors who supported and made the event possible. The Gold sponsors included Olympic Engineering & Sales Corp., Inframachineries Corp., Cleamco Industrial Corp., Civic Merchandising, Inc., Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure, Jap Const. & Dev’t Corp., Excelucent Equipment Corp., Monark Equipment Corp., M.G. Lualhati Construction Corp., LTE Concrete Solutions Inc., Datem Inc., Bienes De Manila, REBCOR Construction and Trading Corp., and CM Pancho Const., Inc.,
The Silver sponsors were T1 Rentals, RD Policarpio & Company, Inc., and Highland Tractors Parts Inc.
The Bronze sponsors included Equiprime Optimum Solutions, Inc., Megawide Construction Corp., First Phil Skills & Equipment Testing Corp., Pacific Orient Winds Corp., Faequip Corp., J.E. Manalo & Company Inc., HD Rentals & Construction, Inc., Rayman Builders, Inc., MDC Equipment Solutions Inc., and Benedicto Steel Corp.
