I was told that a big and exciting basketball tournament is coming in November that will have a similar atmosphere to the UAAP, CESAFI or UniGames.
And this is happening in Tagum on November 14 to 27, an event brought to you by the LYR Group of Companies that has its corporate office located at the LYR Corporate Center along Gante Avenue, Magugpo West in Tagum. That explains why the tournament will be played in the City of Tagum.
Davao City, after the qualifying tournaments, will be represented by Ateneo de Davao University, St. John Paul II College, Jose Maria College, University of Mindanao, Holy Cross of Davao College and Philippine Women’s College.
Joining the squads are Xavier University and Liceo de Cagayan from Cagayan de Oro City, Cor Jesu College of Digos City, Father Saturnino Urios University of Butuan, one from Surigao and host Tagum.
We would like to take our hats off to the LYR Group of Companies for backing a big event like this. LYR, if you’d like to know, stands for Lorenzo Y. Rubinos, who started a small home-based furniture business in the 1980s that has grown to selling quality appliances too.
I used to tag along with my grand old man Marcial who was working in Tagum as Division Supply Officer of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS) in the 1980s and obviously, I had not heard of LYR Furniture then because it was still a small enterprise. Even in the years of me tagging along with my old man Marlou at the Rotary Tennis Club, I have not heard of that company too.
Today, LYR Group of Companies have branches in Tibungco, Digos, Gen.Santos, Nabunturan, Sto.Tomas and Compostela and sister companies Rubi in Ulas, Calinan, Panabo and Polomolok serving customers for their furniture, appliance and IT needs.
And in the basketball community, the company is now well known not only for supporting basketball development in the region but because of its motto in business that suits basketball’s way of life, “Go, Fight, Win”.
Basketball players and coaches have that similar motto, “Go, Fight, Win”. And we are glad that LYR has made basketball development as part of its ways of giving back to the community.
I would not be surprised someday, some of the players after their glorious playing days may find themselves joining Gas Island, Alfa-R Clear, Alfa Binos Printing Press Corp., Moto-R Republic Corp., Rubi, Alfa, L&L, Honda Binos, Alfalink Total Solutions, Motorhub Corp., and LYR SAC.
To all teams, good luck and to the LYR Group of Companies, may you continue to grow for the next 100 years and support basketball development in this part of the region.
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