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Resto teams told to show ‘true’ colors

Coordinator Jojo Molar is requesting participating teams in the 2005 Inter-Restaurant Basketball League to inform him about the preferred dominant colors of their respective jerseys as soon as possible.

The Capricciosa employee said he wants team colors to be determined as soon as possible to avoid the confusion that transpired during the last season of the IRBL when referees had trouble discerning competing teams from one another because of similar-colored uniforms.

To inform Molar about the participating teams’ jersey colors or intent in joining the league, call him at 233-9193 or 233-9194.

The restaurant cage league will be played on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights beginning at 10:30pm.

The regular season would feature a single round-robin format. Throughout the regular season, best player awards will be presented to the top performer of the winning teams and like its inaugural season, 3-point shootouts will be held during halftime.

Organizers also reminded teams that only employees of businesses joining the resto league are allowed to suit up for their respective teams.

Teams, however, are allowed to recruit an “import” provided the player is not currently a member of the CNMI National Basketball Team.

The 2006 Inter-Restaurant Basketball League is once again being sponsored by Triple J Five Star Wholesale and interested teams must fork over a $600 entrance fee to participate.

For more information about the Midnight League, call Molar at the aforementioned numbers or call his co-coordinator Jake Villanueva at 233-1908/233-6961.

Aon Insurance Tennis Tournament kicks off Thursday

The inaugural Aon Insurance Tennis Tournament will start this Thursday, April 20, at the American Memorial Park tennis courts with singles competition featured in the first week followed by the doubles event the following week.

Saipan Tennis Association is organizing the event, which boasts of 18 divisions in the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

The opening week of competition will see action in the men’s and women’s open, men’s 4.5, men’s and women’s 4.0, men’s and women’s 3.0, and men’s 2.0. The second week, meanwhile, will feature play in men’s, women’s, and mixed open, men’s, women’s, and mixed 4.0, and men’s, women’s, and mixed 3.0.

Deadline for entries in both the singles and doubles events is Sunday, April 16. Entry fee is $10 for STA members and $15 for non-members. Players are allowed to enter a maximum of only two divisions for each week of competition.

Draw date for the singles event was yesterday, April 16, while the draw date for the doubles is on April 23 at 6pm.

For more information about the inaugural Aon Insurance Tennis Tournament, call Roy Pangelinan at 287-7697, Nelia Luna at 287-0859, Ricky Castro at 234-5091, Richard Asuncion at 287-0856, Edwin Maratas at 287-0870, Babu Malayil at 287-4472, Peter Loyola at 285-3135, Lenny Pantaleon at 285-9500, or email saipan_tennis@yahoo.com.