The 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Football Tournament opened with a bang on Oct. 1 with no less than former Azkals player, Ian Araneta in attendance to lend support to the aspiring football players, as young as 5-years old.
Victorias Mayor Javi Benitez led the ceremonial kick-off and addressed the crowd at the opening rites in the La Provincia Open Fields. He was joined by Malaysian journalist Tony Mariadass, tournament director Coach John Carmona, Natasha Bantug and David Villagracia, MassKara sports committee head.
The newly-renovated Panaad Football Stadium was the other venue for the tournament and day 1 brought in several winners in various categories.
For the 4-5 year-old category, hailed champion were the Universal Kids FC, followed by St. Ana De San Carlos FC and Club De Los Hermanos De Futbol as first and second runners up, respectively.
Tamasak FC meanwhile grabbed the top spot in the 6-year-old category followed by Club de Los Hermanos De Futbol and USLS A in second and third places.
It was Club De Los Hermanos De Futbol’s turn to grab the championship crown in the 7-year-old category with Dolphins FC Negros Occidental and Golden FC completing the top three spots.
In the 10-11 year-old group, Pamplona FC took the top spot with Dolphins FC Negros Occidental and Tamasak FC coming in second and third place respectively.
The Under-19 category was won by the Tamasak FC with Sabas FC taking second place while Dolphins FC Negros Occidental got the third place, a statement from its organizer said.*
