The tourney organizers pose for a class photoOrganized by the Lopez Group HR Council and the Walk the Talk team, the 2017 Lopez Group Badminton Tournament was held at Centro Atletico in Quezon City on May 13, 2017.

More than 100 badminton players came not only to proudly champion their own companies, but also to banner the Lopez Values that they have been assigned to represent.

After a whole day marked by intense competition and warm camaraderie, the Pink team emerged as the overall champion. Their winning streak extended even to the team events, with all nine of the men’s, women’s and mixed categories dominated by Pink team members.

Presented in the order of their overall finish in the tournament, the teams were Pink (Employee Welfare and Wellness) composed of ABS-CBN, SKY and Knowledge Channel; Orange (Unity) with Energy Development Corporation and OML Center; Green (Business Excellence) with Lopez Group Foundation Inc., Adtel, INAEC, Lopez Holdings Corporation, Lopez Inc., IBSI, Lopez Museum and Eugenio Lopez Foundation Inc.

Completing this year’s contenders were the Yellow team (Social Justice) of First Philippine Holdings Corporation and First Gen; Blue (Pioneering Entrepreneurial Spirit) with Rockwell and Asian Eye Institute; and Red (Integrity/ Nationalism) with First Philippine Realty Corporation, Third Gen, TGSI, First Balfour, STSI, Thermaprime, Terraprime, First Philippine Industrial Corporation, First Philippine Industrial Park and First Philec.(Story/Photos by: Dimpy Jazmines)

The Pink team dominated all events on the way to being named overall champion

EDC and OML Center, as Team Orange, finished in second place

The “Greenies” of Lopez Holdings and company came in third

The yellow shirts bannered by FPH and First Gen

Rockwell and Asian Eye are proud to be Blue

Red is the color of Integrity and Nationalism