Beach Hut continues supporting grassroots women's football with their first-ever Beach Football Festival
Beach Hut Sunscreen,
the #1 beach sunscreen in the Philippines, continues to make waves as a true
outdoor essential, concluding its first-ever Beach Hut Beach Football Festival
in Boracay and empowering women one goal at a time.
Seven all-girl football
teams from Luzon and Visayas went head-to-head for the top spot, with Manila
Digger Team emerging as the Grand Champions, taking home the grand prize of PHP
100,000 in cash. Borongan FC won second place, winning PHP 50,000 in cash,
while Beach Hut FC Green came in third and received PHP 25,000 in cash. All winners
also received Beach Hut products and sponsored prizes.
The Beach Hut Beach Football Festival championed Filipina footballers from Luzon and Visayas, inviting teams to join a series of multi-destination beach football games across the country’s most popular beach destinations, all under the maximum protection of Beach Hut Sunscreen.
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Beach Hut Beach Football Festival 3rd placers
Beach Hut FC gather onstage to receive their PHP 25,000 cash, Beach Hut
products, and sponsored prizes during the awarding ceremony.
The competition brought
together promising young Filipina football talents and provided them with a
platform to showcase their skills – something that was rarely seen before. And
aside from the beach football competition, local luminaries in the women’s
football scene also joined in the fun through an exhibition game.
UP Women’s Football
team Field Player, Bethany Talbot, expressed her excitement about the
experience and the bright future of women’s football in the Philippines. “I’ve
never experienced or ever watched beach football let alone an all-girls beach
football tournament so kudos to Beach
Hut. This is such an amazing project tournament that they set up,” she said.
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Third placer, Beach Hut FC Green are all smiles during the Beach Hut Beach Football Festival in Boracay.
Likewise, Women’s
National Football team Field Player, Camille Rodriguez congratulated the brand
for their efforts, “You are setting the standard for
believing in women’s football. You put a girl’s team, we have young girls here,
very young promising talent, the ates who
are making them better every game, to the coaches who always tirelessly give
their time. I have a big belief na this is only the start and I’m so excited to
see where Beach Hut goes!”
Her teammate,
Goalkeeper, Inna Palacios, talked about how important it was to have events
like these to help build the football community and become a platform to
develop talents for the international level. [MOU1] “Maybe one day we will
see one of these girls represent the country for beach football and it all
starts in a small community like this. So hopefully this really goes on every
year and we’d be so happy to be back!”
Meanwhile, Team Captain
of the Women’s National Football Team, Hali Long, shared a message for aspiring
footballers, highlighting the value of believing in the process of improvement,
having fun, and teamwork.
“Just be proud of
yourself and be better each and every time you come out. It’s also a team sport
no matter how old you are” she said. “Always have your teammates back no matter
what!”.
Beach Hut: Empowering Filipinas, one goal at a
time
Beach Hut Sunscreen
passionately believes in the Filipina talent in sports and is committed to
promoting grassroots women’s football, where it serves as a space where girls
further develop their skills. Hence, the brand created Beach Hut FC, the
country’s first all-girls football club.
Now in its 5th year,
the brand continues its mission to positively impact local communities and
empower women athletes in the Philippines by providing scholarship
opportunities that allow more young women to get into the sport and even paving
the way for collegiate scholarship exposure.
Beach Hut FC scholar,
Queenie Magno, said that one of the many perks as a scholar aside from the
chance to train with seasoned coaches and travel expense-free for tournaments,
is being able to develop sportsmanship: “Kapag
naglalaro po kami o nagte-training nagkakaroon po kami ng bonding (We bond
every time we play or train),” Queenie shared. “Tapos walang hard feelings kapag nagkaka-talunan kami (There’s no
hard feelings whenever we compete),” she added.
The journey as a Beach
Hut FC scholar was also very rewarding for Joshper Halili, who initially wanted
to retire from football, “Before this, I wanted to quit football, but then
Beach Hut, they were like ‘Oh you should join, you should join this beach
football’ and that brought my sport back.”
She
also shared a message for aspiring women football players, "There’s nothing you have to lose if you try. Just try, just go for
it. You think the worst thing that could happen is when you lose – but at least
you lose with learnings, with experience. So just try,” Halilli affirmed.
Another Beach Hut FC
player, Karia Favis, also expressed her excitement about the Beach Hut
initiative and how it helps dismantle stereotypes in football. For her,
“football is football” and everyone who enjoys playing should be given a chance
to play. “It’s a sport made for everyone,” she added.
Outdoor activities
especially in beach settings require an enhanced first line of defense against
the harmful effects of the sun’s rays, so throughout the event, Beach Hut put
up a Sunscreen Station to ensure that players can have maximum protection and
maximum fun through its products that provide 99% protection against UV Rays.
Through its
scholarships and Football Festivals, Beach Hut Sunscreen sees a bright future
in the local women’s football scene and aims to continue supporting women in
the sport by providing opportunities for growth, friendly competition,
community, and fun.
For more information on Beach Hut Sunscreen, follow their social media pages at facebook.com/beachhutsunblock and instagram.com/beachhutsunblock or visit their website at www.beachhutfun.com.
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