The Beach Volleyball Association of the Philippines was formally organized Wednesday night as part of the National Beach Volleyball Referee Course Congress at the Pilapil Hall of La Salle Greenhills in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City.

Appointed as the president and managing director of BVAP, respectively, were Roger Banzuela and Rustico Camangian, who mentored the men and women's beach volleyball squads of the Philippine Team during the 23rd Southeast Asian Games last year. Banzuela, who also serves as the president of the Philippine Volleyball Federation, said that the 26 beach volleyball referees from Bacolod, Cebu , Baguio, Leyte , Batangas and Metro Manila who attended the congress appointed him and Camangian.

The other set of officers of the newly formed association will be appointed this month, Banzuela said, adding that he is still asking for recommendations from the country's beach volleyball referees to assign the best people for the job.

Among the projects planned by BVAP are establishing beach volleyball centers in Bacolod, Cebu, Davao, Manila and Northern Luzon, and conducting coaching and officiating seminars, Banzuela said.

BVAP is also planning to hold summer training camps for the youth, create a beach volleyball talent identification program, and form a marketing committee that will be in-charge of fund-raising projects, he added.

Banzuela and Camangian are also among the resource speakers in the on-going congress as well as referee committee head Vic Abalos and international referees Efren Gaa, Philip Sison and Bobby Viray.

BVAP aims to promote and develop the sports that Filipinos have the potential to excel in, but their skills not maximized because of lack of support, Banzuela said. *CIT

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