Philippine Showbiz Today
October 8 - 21, 2017
Cojuangco wants training center for athletes
Having a training center
that’s dedicated to the needs of
the national athletes is the key
for excellence in international
competitions.
“Kung wala nito, mahihirapan
tayo,” said Philippine Olympic
Committee President Jose ‘Peping’
Cojuangco last Friday during the
thanksgiving mass and dinner
party for athletes who saw action
in the Asian Indoor and Martial
Arts Games delegation Friday
night at V Corporate building in
Makati City.
With a training center around,
POC President Peping Cojuangco
Cojuangco said he believes the
country will be able to end its gold
medal drought in the Olympics in
the 2020 Tokyo Games.
He said that homegrown
athletes could win around five
gold medals in the Olympics if
they are given the proper support
in nutrition and in training.
They could also get results
from Fil-foreign athletes in
swimming and in athletics.
However, Cojuangco did
not name the athletes and the
national sports associations who
will most likely earn medals in the
23
SPORTS
Games.
Cojuangco
said
there’s
a master plan already in the
works for the construction of a
new sports facility in Clark Green
City.
On the other hand, he said
that the local government unit
of Iba, Zambales, also has plans
to put up a training center.
“Basta na inaalagan ang
atleta, by the time that they are
going to compete, ready na sila,”
said Cojuangco.●
- P. Atencio, M.S.
Ilocos Sur will host 2018 Palarong Pambansa
The province of Ilocos Sur
will host the 2018 Palarong
Pambansa.
Officials
of
the Department of
Education said this
following a meeting
last week.
The decision was
reached after a close
match among five local
government unit (LGU)
bidders,according
to Department of
Education (DepEd) Secretary
Leonor Magtolis Briones in a
statement.
The other contenders who
placed their bid to host the Palaro
next year were Marikina City;
Baguio City and the province of
Benguet; the province of Bulacan;
and Ilagan City, Isabela.
Secretary
Briones
said
the bidders were all
assessed based on
their readiness and the
completeness of their
sports facilities.
She
added
compliance of these
facilities
to
meet
international standards
was also a factor.
The DepEd also
considered the distance
of the venues from the billeting
quarters, the peace and order in
the area, and the support of other
LGUs and stakeholders in the
locality.
“We had a group of technical
inspectors that visited these LGUs
and they scored almost the same.
PH wins overall title in
Singapore karatedo
Philippines garnered 36
medals, including 12 golds to
claim the overall title in the recent
37th Karate-do Gojukai Singapore
International Championships at
the Singapore Badminton Hall.
Adam Bondoc, Krisanta
Renzel Asistido and Matthea
Lazo claimed two gold medals
each as the Filipino young
karatekas from the Association
for the Advancement of Karatedo
Philippines showed class and
domination in the tournament
participated in by 150 athletes
from 13 karate Schools/Club from
seven countries.
Bondoc,
a
Grade
11
student from Xavier School,
Greenhills won in the juniors’ 16-
17 Individual Kata and Kumite;
Asistido dominated the cadet 14-
15 Individual Kata and Cadet 52
kg. Kumite; while Lazo reigned in
11-13 Individual Kata and Kumite
class.●
- M.S.
Young Filipino karateraks with their mentors from the AAK display their medals
But the province of Ilocos Sur won
the bidding because of its offering
on how to make the conduct of
the Palaro different for next year,”
Secretary Briones said.
On the other hand, Assistant
Secretary for Legislative Liaison
Office, External Partnerships
Service, and School Sports
Division Tonisito M.C. Umali, Esq.
explained that Ilocos Sur was able
to articulate how the conduct of
Palaro in their province will have
an impact not only to their people
but to all student-athletes as well.
Ilocos Sur will have its 100th
year celebration as a province,
according to Umali.●
- P. Atencio, M.S.
DepEd Secretary Leonor M. Briones