{"id":8697,"date":"2025-06-01T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/inauguration-of-the-inter-school-womens-volleyball-tournament-gbc-cup-promoting-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T19:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:36:07","slug":"inauguration-of-the-inter-school-womens-volleyball-tournament-gbc-cup-promoting-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/inauguration-of-the-inter-school-womens-volleyball-tournament-gbc-cup-promoting-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of the Inter-School Women&#8217;s Volleyball Tournament GBC Cup: Promoting Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GBC Pharmacies Inaugurates Intercollegiate Women&#8217;s Youth Volleyball Tournament<\/h2>\n\n\nSanto Domingo, R.D. \u2013 The GBC Farmacias Group kicked off this Sunday the first Intercollegiate Cup tournament of juvenile female volleyball. This sporting event&#8217;s main objective is to promote the practice of sports among young people.\n\n\n<p>The competition is taking place at the Centro Dominico Americano Sport Complex and features the participation of eight representative teams from various educational institutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ashton School<\/li><li>Top Sport (St. Patrick headquarters)<\/li><li>Dominico Americano<\/li><li>Seraf\u00edn de As\u00eds<\/li><li>Colegio Cristiano G\u00e9nesis<\/li><li>Blitz Blanco<\/li><li>Blitz Negro<\/li><li>Saint Joseph<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>During the opening ceremony, Raymond Rodriguez, executive vice president of GBC Pharmacies, reiterated the company&#8217;s commitment to sports. He highlighted the importance of the sports sector for the country&#8217;s development, emphasizing its connection with education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe best tool for transformation is education, that&#8217;s why we are encouraging sports in schools. What we are seeing today is historic, because the future Queens of the Caribbean will come from here, that&#8217;s why we tell them that they can count on GBC as a great ally\u201d<\/p><cite>Raymond Rodr\u00edguez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFrancisca Santana, Marketing and Promotion Manager at GBC Pharmacies, emphasized that the Inter-School Cup is a demonstration of the company&#8217;s constant support for sports.\n\n\n<p>The opening ceremony included the blessing by Sof\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez and the sports oath, taken by athlete Alexandra Castillo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those attending the event were \u00c1ngel Rivas, president of the National District Volleyball Association, and Jean Carlos Pichardo, founder and president of the Blitz academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GBC Intercollegiate Cup is sponsored by GBC Pharmacies, along with the support of La Goma Autoservicio, Applebee\u2019s Restaurant and Dominico Americano Sport Complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GBC Pharmacies Inaugurates Intercollegiate Women&#8217;s Youth Volleyball Tournament Santo Domingo, R.D. \u2013 The GBC Farmacias Group kicked off this Sunday the first Intercollegiate Cup tournament of juvenile female volleyball. This sporting event&#8217;s main objective is to promote the practice of sports among young people. 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