Aklan sports complex construction nears completionBY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan - Provincial Engineer Victory Fernandez said the construction of the newly-refurbished sports complex in Barangay Calangcang, Makato, Aklan complete with rubberized track and oval and main grandstand are undergoing.
The 2010 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet will be held in Aklan Calangcang Sports Complex, the main venue where Aklan's top track and field athletes pit skills with some of the region's finest on March 14 to 19.
The 2010 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet will be held in Aklan Calangcang Sports Complex, the main venue where Aklan's top track and field athletes pit skills with some of the region's finest on March 14 to 19.
The province of Aklan plays host to the regional meet after it last hosted the sporting events for Western Visayas athletes in 1995. The education department said the preparations have been finalized for the WVRAA, including the venues of other events and the renovations to some of the billeting accommodations in the capital town of Kalibo are being made for the regional games.
The multi-million Olympic standard swimming pool and other sports facilities in Barangay Calangcang, located north of this capital town, will also be unveiled with the best athletes in the region competing for supremacy in major sports discipline to be disputed in the elementary and secondary divisions.
The multi-million Olympic standard swimming pool and other sports facilities in Barangay Calangcang, located north of this capital town, will also be unveiled with the best athletes in the region competing for supremacy in major sports discipline to be disputed in the elementary and secondary divisions.
The one-week sportfest is expected to attract more than 2,500 athletes, coaches and officials from the region and tens of thousands of spectators and visitors to flock the multi-sporting event.The six participating provincial delegations of Capiz, Antique, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, Iloilo and host Aklan are also billeted in private and public elementary schools assigned by the Department of Education (DepEd).
Gold medals for the sport events of basketball, softball, volleyball, sepak takraw, chess, taekwondo, swimming, sipa, arnis, tennis, badminton, athletics, boxing, football and softball are at stake.
Gold medals for the sport events of basketball, softball, volleyball, sepak takraw, chess, taekwondo, swimming, sipa, arnis, tennis, badminton, athletics, boxing, football and softball are at stake.
Meanwhile, Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez has taken major bold steps to position Aklan as the premier sports destination last year by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the construction and improvement of the sports complex in the sprawling 6.5-hectare property of Aklan State University.
The hosting of the regional athletic meet in the new landmark in Makato, Aklan will put the province of Aklan in the tourism and economic map and help boost the growth of municipalities in the area, he said.
it's been a long time coming i have to admire the present provincial govt. for finally taking up the cudgels and have our very own sports facilities just like all the rest of our neighbouring provinces have. it would be much better if we can maintain it for the future! again kudos to our Governor and Congressman!
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