City’s sports program to intensify this summer

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By Rommel C. Manlosa

THE Cebu City Sports Commission is going for a more comprehensive regimen for its Summer Grassroots Sports Training Program, which will start on April 18 to May 6.

Unlike the previous years, this time the SGSTP will be held daily from Monday to Friday with the top-caliber athletes and coaches of Team Cebu City sharing their skills and knowledge in different sports activities.

And after the three weeks of free training, a culmination activity will be held at the Cebu City Sports Center with the participants engaging in friendly competition on May 7.

This year, CCSC offers a total of 18 sports disciplines to learn. These include arnis, archery, basketball, boxing, badminton, chess, dancesports, karatedo, futsal, taekwondo, table tennis, sepak takraw, track & field, volleyball, weightlifting, touch rugby, lawn tennis and softball/baseball.

The schedule would be basketball from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., while the rest of the sports events will be taught from 2 to 4 p.m.

CCSC also lowered the age requirement to 6 years to 16 years old.

Training centers, which have been identified earlier, include the City Central School Quadrangle, and the gyms inside Hipodromo Elementary School, Lahug ES, Mabolo ES, Tejero ES, Zapatera ES, Bo. Luz ES and Talamban ES in the north district and the gyms of Don Vicente Rama Memorial ES, Pardo ES, Mambaling ES, Labangon ES, Punta Princesa ES, Guadalupe ES, Inayawan ES, San Nicolas ES and the Cebu City Sports Institute in the south district.

The athletes who volunteered to teach in the barangays are the priority on the CCSC’s list to carry the Team Cebu City colors to the Batang Pinoy and Philippine National Games competitions.

For those who are interested, more details are available with the School PESS coordinator, barangay halls or at the Cebu City Sports Commission office at the Cebu City Sports Center.