By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

TWO more pairs were crowned champions in the 2007 Traders Insurance/PTI Cup badminton tournament last Sunday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym.
Alvin Alvarez and Eric Peña ruled the Men’s B doubles after slipping past Emil De Belen and Robert Reyes in three sets.
The duo of Alvarez and Pena took the first set 21-16, but failed to sweep the title match after De Belen and Reyes recovered in the second set, 21-19. Alvarez and Peña finally claimed the championship with a 21-13 win in the deciding third set.
De Belen and Reyes were undefeated in the elimination round before bowing to Alvarez and Pena in the finals.
Loida Ito and Cristy Villaflor swept all their games to top the Women’s A/B division. They had a 3-0 slate in the elimination and capped the division with a 24-21, 21-16 triumph over Diane Dar Juan and Shirley Kim in the finals.
Placing third were Jinky De Belen and Janis Parcon, who downed Da Juan and Kim in the consolation match, 22-20, 21-15.
With their finals victories, the pair of Alvarez and Peña and the duo of Ito and Villaflor will join the champions’ circle, which included Macoi Aguda and Raj Jayalal (Men’s A), Narlou Achas and Ariel Mariano (Men’s C), Deborah Fisher and Camille Samonte (Women’s C) and Fisher and Milo Valdez (Mixed C).
Action in the season-opening tournament of the Northern Marianas Badminton Federaiton will resume this weekend with competitions in the Mixed A/B elimination round.