Batang Pinoy NL Leg Preparations In Full Swing

Lingayen --- Preparations by the provincial government of Pangasinan are in full swing for the hosting of Batang Pinoy Northern Luzon (NL) Leg on October 10-13, here.

            Executive Assistant III Modesto Operania who serves as Provincial Sports Director, said the province is now ready to accommodate 2,500 athletes (15 years and below), trainers, coaches and guests from Regions 1, 2, 3 and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

The young athletes will vie for dominance in 11 sporting events such as: Arnis, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Chess, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Lawn Tennis and Karatedo.

The national championship games of Cycling and Baseball will happen along with the NL leg.

Some 236 technical officials will oversee the sporting events: the host province will provide 132 technical officials while National Sports Association (NSA), 32; and NSA-affiliated, 72. There will be 29 local volunteers.

The NRSCC will serve as the main venue of tournaments while other sporting events will be played in some alternative locations in Lingayen town.

Operania together with Sangguniang Panlalawigan Secretary Verna Nava Perez (Head of Task Force Palarong Pambansa last May) convened a meeting with some Philippine Sports Commission representatives on September 27. The meeting was sought to finalize the hosting, billeting schools for the participating delegations and the committees-in-charge for the accommodation.

“On instruction of Governor Amado T. Espino Jr., the Pangasinense athletes who will participate in various sporting events of the NL Leg are now set for scheduled trainings and conditionings from October 1-9,” he added.

 Recently, Pangasinan’s Volleyball (Girls) team won the championship of the Batang Pinoy 2012 national volleyball tournament in Marikina City.

 The hosting of the province of Pangasinan to this event is in coordination with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), Department of Education (DepEd), Local Government Units (LGUs), Philippine National Police (PNP) – Pangasinan and various sectors that have been supportive to the programs of the provincial government for sports development.