City DepEd Meet now underway

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/sports/2015/10/08/city-deped-meet-now-underway-434621
• Thursday, October 8, 2015

By Lynde S. Salgados

CAGAYAN de Oro starts Thursday its final selection of athletes for this year’s Northern Mindanao Regional Athletic Association (NMRAA) Meet otherwise known as Palarong Pampook.

A parade, followed by ceremonial rites, kicks off the City Division Meet Thursday morning at Don Gregorio Pelaez Sports Center.

The coaches’ solidarity meeting was held Wednesday on a rainy afternoon at West City Central School in Barangay Carmen.

“It’s all systems go na for Cagayan de Oro’s own elimination games. We’ll be utilizing the different playing venues in the city for the success of this multifarious meet,” said the returning City DepEd official Eulogio Suaner Jr.

As usual, the centerpiece events in swimming (whole Saturday) and athletics (October 8-9) will be slated at Pelaez Sports Center along with the archery (Thursday) and lawn tennis elementary (October 8-9) events.

Table tennis competition gets underway today at the backcourt of Xavier University with gymnastics booked on Sunday at the upper floor of Corpus Christi high school building in Barangay Macasandig.

City High hosts the arnis event up on Friday, while Rosevale School welcomes football on Saturday and Sunday.

Boxing matches can be seen on Sunday at Divisoria’s Amphi Theatre, while sepa takraw rivalry will last for three days (October 8-10) at East City Central School in Barangay Lapasan.

Meanwhile, Barangay Iponan will host softball on Thursday and Friday as Barangay Camaman-an accepts the challenge to be the venue again of the now popular volleyball games.

Camaman-an National High School principal Lerio del Puerto said secondary volleyball will be held at its covered court in Upper Paglaum with the elementary matches set up on Sunday at the basketball court near the Barangay Hall of Camaman-an.

The Northern Mindanao seats at stake in taekwondo will be contested at Bulua National High School, even as West City Central School prepares to hold the elimination games for chess (elem and high school) and secondary girls basketball.

Basketball games will be played until Saturday in two venues: the Nazareth gym for high school and Macasandig covered court for elementary.

Badminton is scheduled to be played on Friday at the Shuttle Square of Barangay Gusa as dancesport gets to enliven the Limketkai’s atrium Thursday.