The trip of Domingo Lacson National High School for the 2006 Senior League World Series in Lower Sussex, Delaware was aborted Saturday when the financial assistance expected from the organizers of the international event did not arrive.

Williamsports, which was supposed to shoulder the fare of the 14 players and three coaches of DLNHS, was not able to send the money amounting to about P1.2 million on time, prompting the Bacolod-based squad to cancel its trip.

Domingo Lacson coach Hernando "Kulafu" Posadas told the DAILY STAR last night that the WS organizers were not able to send the money because of some flaws in the processing of their tickets for the trip.

The fare to the US of the DLNHS squad was supposed to be shouldered by Williamsports after the Bacolod team ruled the Asia-Pacific Senior Girls Softball Tournament in Manila in June.

The initial flight of the Domingo Lacson contingent was set at 10:40 p.m. Friday, but it was rescheduled to 10:40 Saturday.

Posadas, who guided Domingo Lacson to fifth place finishes in its past two WS campaigns, said that they never expected for their trip to be aborted due to financial constraints because the bulk of their expenses was supposed to be handled by the international event's organizers.

"The experience is very painful for us because we were more than ready to compete," Posadas said. He said that the softbelles were even practicing on Friday morning because they were expecting to have a successful campaign in the WS since they knew they could compete well with their opponents in their bracket.

DLNHS was supposed to be playing in Bracket A together with America South, host District III, America East and Canada. Posadas also asked the people who helped them financially in their trip to Manila to forgive them for their unintended aborted trip. *CIT

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