THE Philippine Blu Girls set out for the Asian Softball Championship slated Nov. 28-Dec. 4 in Taiwan, brimming with confidence following a pair of solid outings in the World Cup of Softball XII and the Canada Cup International Softball Championship. The Phl Blu Girls made quite an impression in the World Cup and Canada Cup by upsetting world No. The Blu Girls, beefed up by Filipinos based abroad and vastly-improved homegrown players, will be using the Asian Championships as part of their preparations towards the goal of making it to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Phl Blu Girls are targeting to play in three Olympic qualifying tournaments in 2018 and 2019, namely the World Championships, Asia-Oceania tournament, and the World Open tournament. “We have conducted several coaching seminars, distributed International Softball Federation rule books, and produced softball 101 videos.

Source: The Standard November 03, 2017 12:45 UTC