By R. Vincent Tupaz
For Variety

A Long-running basketball league will expand its offerings for fans next week as its season gets underway.
For the first time ever the island’s Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) will host a Women’s league as part of its Spring format.
According to Bobby Zamora of the PABL, interest in this season was immense. So much so that the PABL will pare down the men’s league from 14 interested teams to just 10. “We have about 14 teams, and that’s too many teams so we need to minimize to at least just 10 teams,” explained Zamora.
Meanwhile the inaugural Women’s Pilipino Amateur Basketball League will boast five teams. “We’ll have five teams for women, and this is going to be the first time we’re going to have a women’s basketball league with the PABL,” said Zamora.
“We’re going to have a really good men’s team this year offered Zamora. It’s very exciting - the competition will be extremely competitive and it will be entertaining this season,” added Zamora.
The PABL has existed for 32 years. The league is slated to start on March 28. Zamora told the Variety that the both the PABL and WPABL were finalizing schedules and venues as of yesterday and a formal announcement will be made this evening at 7 p.m. during a press conference at Noble Roman’s Pizza in Tumon.
Interested men or women should call Zamora at 898-3310 or Diony Tanedo at 888-5902.