SPORTS BRIEFS

FIL-TAGA SEPTEMBER ACE THIS SUNDAY

The Fil-Taga Golfers Association will hold its October Ace of the Month Tournament this coming Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Lao Lao Golf Resort west couse.

Tournament director Greg De Torres has set the show time for the October tournament at 11:30am with tee time scheduled 30 minutes later at 12pm.

Winners of the monthly tournament in the A and B flights automatically qualify for the Fil-Taga Golfer of the Year Tournament.

Established in 1993, Fil-Taga’s tournaments operate under a computer-controlled handicap system that creates parity among players in the A and B Flights.

A Fil-Taga Ace of the Month champion is crowned monthly. Regular tournaments are scheduled once a month, normally every third Sunday. Green fees are in the $35 to $40 price range for most tournaments.

$1K TOP POOL BAR TOURNEY THIS DECEMBER

The Top Pool Bar $1,000 Open 9-Ball Tournament will be held on the weekend of Dec. 18 and 19 from 7pm to 2am.

The contest will have a 32-man field and will be a single elimination, race to seven wins series. Only eight players will remain after the first day with the final players contesting the Top 3 money places the following day.

Entry fee for the billiard event is $30 per person and pairings will be done through a draw, which date will be announced at a later time.

For more information on the Top Pool Bar $1,000 Open 9-Ball Tournament, please call 233-6999 and look for Zheng Jian Qing or Velma Fleming. Zheng can also be reached on his mobile phone 287-7676.

INTER-GOVERNMENT BASKETBALL LEAGUE SET

The 2004 Inter-Government Men’s Basketball League will kick off at 6pm on Oct. 22 at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.

Deadline for rosters, entry fees, and completed waiver forms is this coming Friday, Oct. 15, at 10am.

Games will be played on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings at 6pm and 8pm. The entry fee for the league is $375, and all players must play for their specific department or division. If that team has already filled the maximum 15-man roster, players are free to get in where they fit in.

For more information about the 2004 Inter-Government Men’s Basketball League, contact league coordinator Joey Dela Cruz by calling 235-2508/3.

25-AND-UNDER LEAGUE UNVEILS THIS OCT. 23

The 2004 Basketball Association of the Northern Mariana Islands 25-and-under Basketball League will finally kick off on Oct. 23, Saturday, at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.

Deadline for submission of entrance fee, rosters and players’ identification is on Oct. 15.

Entrance Fee is set at $600 per team. BANMI is also charging a $5 membership fee for each player.

For more information in the upcoming 25-and-under league, please call BANMI president Mike Muna at 664-3582, or league coordinators Abner Venus at 287-5911 and Elias Rangamar at 664-2503.