Wednesday, July 22, 2009

OLONGAPO’S LAROLYMPICS 2009 A SUCCESS


More than five (500) hundred children from the seventeen (17) barangays of Olongapo aged seven (7) to ten (10) in the Chikiting Category and eleven (11) to fifteen (15) in the Bagets Caterogy competed in Patintero, Piko and Tumbang Preso at Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Center on July 17 and 18, 2009 in the first ever Larolympics. The event was a joint effort of the city and Anak TV Foundation.

Mayor James ‘’Bong’’ Gordon, Jr. led the awarding of winners in the elimination and the championship round assisted by Anak TV Foundation President and IBC-13 President Bob del Rosario, RPN-9 Assistant General Manager Edith del Rosario, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation President Cheenee Hoya and City Councilor Rodel Cerezo.

The following reaped victory in the recently held Larolympics 2009:

PIKO
Chikiting Category – Brgy. Barretto
Sheanelle Maureen Moran
Dianne del Rosario
Nicole Espelimbergo
Rhianna Mae del Rosario

PIKO
Bagets Category – Brgy. Pag-asa
Ressha Jean Moselina
Lovely Dianne Saplala
Aprilyn Uriza
Crislaine Yabut

PATINTERO
Chikiting Category – Brgy. Kalaklan
Angelo Reyes
John Renz Gaudia
Ellaine Joy Gedaria
Patricia Jane Dumalasa

PATINTERO
Bagets Category – Brgy. East Bajac-Bajac
Leshia dela Cruz
Lorelie Villanueva
Yuto Uriza
Mark Anthony Bigao

TUMBANG PRESO
Chikiting Category – OCARE & Social Development Center (SDC)
Jeric Pura
Mark Ancello Franco
Arjay Ausan
Danilo Teroy

TUMBANG PRESO
Bagets Category – Brgy. Banicain
Ryan Errol Macomb
Christian John Handumon
Ronoel Bjorn Leonor
Micoh Angel

Meanwhile, Christian Cabaltica and Crislaine Yabut from Bagets Category, Jonas Mateo and Sheena Mae Martollas from Chikiting Category were named as the Larolympics 2009 Most Valuable Players (MVP).

The winning teams earned the right to compete with Makati, Marikina, Bacolod, Baguio, Iloilo, Quezon
City, Cebu, Tuguegarao and Iligan City at the national level on August 2009.

Anak TV Foundation Secretary General Mag Cruz Hatol, Arn-Arn of GMA 7’s Unang Hirit and national media from IBC-13, RPN-9, NBN-4 and Manila Bulletin graced the event and witnessed the Championship Games.

"Larolympics" came from the word "larong Pinoy" and "Olympics", a tournament which features traditional games such as Piko, Tumbang Preso and Patintero.

Anak TV Foundation decided to put some ‘twist’ in the games, for instance, in Patintero, the lines used were inscribed with children’s rights, as though they are protecting them while the tin can used in Tumbang Preso bear drawings of drugs, cigarettes and alcohol which the participants have to turn down or resist.

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