Cesafi eyes resumption in August 2021
THE Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) will not adopt a bubble environment when it holds its postponed 21st season tentatively in August next year. Long-time Commissioner Felix Tiukinhuy said the league is hopeful that the Covid-19 pandemic would significantly ease late next year, thus there would be no need for a bubble.
“It’s very hard to use the bubble and we can’t risk anyone. At the same time, the bubble is very expensive. We will just have to wait for next year,”tiukinhuy told Businessmirror in a phone interview.
“Besides, we want the fans to be present during the games,” he added.
Tiukinhuy said the country’s third most popular collegiate league—after the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and National Collegiate Athletic Association—is conducting sports webinars to coaches and athletes.
“We don’t have the money. For now, we just have to follow guidelines and protocols,” he said.
Tiukinhuy added the member schools will establish training guidelines for their student athletes.
The Cesafi is composed of defending men’s basketball champion Southwestern University (SWU), University of the Visayas, University of Cebu, University of Southern Philippine Foundation, University of San Carlos, University of San Jose Recoletos and Cebu Institute of Technology University.
The seven schools also maintain high school teams except for SWU. Sacred Heart School Ateneo de Cebu is the reigning juniors basketball champion. Also in the high school roster are Don Bosco Technological College and Cebu Eastern College.
The Cesafi holds competitions in athletics, basketball, swimming, indoor and beach volleyball, dancesport, taekwondo, karatedo, tennis, weightlifting table tennis, badminton and chess. Joseframos