Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Sixteen of the country’s most talented men and women in volleyball are set to contest the title of King and Queen of the Sands on Saturday (July 11) at the SM Sands by the Bay.
In its second edition, the King and Queen of the Sands is a one-day tournament that breaks traditional 2-on-2 competition formats by allowing all 16 competitors to play with and against one another.
Each player gets the chance to play 8-9 sets and win as much as 21 points per set, depending on the amount scored with his or her partner.
At the end of the eliminations, the top 4 with the highest scores go into the finals and battle for the title.
In a departure from the previous tournament the match-ups will now be mixed with each side being comprised of one male and one female, with the top-scoring male and female crowned as King and Queen of the Sands, respectively.
The participants are:
MEN
AJ Pareja
Rocky Honrade
Jade Becaldo
Hack Gilbuena
Jeriel Apelar
JP Pareja
Kris Roy Guzman
Tim Young
WOMEN
Fiola Ceballos
Patty Orendain
Bea Tan
Gretchen Ho
Charo Soriano
Michelle Morente
Alexa Micek
