SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has pledged its all-out support to the sports of boxing, as the agency co-sponsored here the four-day 2010 North and South Luzon Area Amateur Boxing Championships.
SBMA deputy administrator for business Raul Marcelo said the Subic authority hosted the boxing event that kicked off May 15 until May 19, 2010, to help discover and develop competitive athletes to represent the Philippines in various international competitions.
“For this, the SBMA pledges all what it can do to provide the facilities and the necessary support to build up promising athletes and bring them to the attention of the sporting world,” he said.
Marcelo also welcomed on behalf of the SBMA the sports officials and athletes from 18 boxing camps all over Luzon, who joined the boxing tourney organized by the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Corp. (PLDT).
ABAP serves as a venue to establish a solid structure of coordination and cooperation among the different boxing organizations throughout the Philippines.
The PLDT partnered with ABAP to help under-privileged youth at the grassroots level to secure a better future through sports, specifically boxing, and prepare them to become future members of the national team.
In welcoming the participants, Marcelo noted that the Subic Bay Freeport is now home and training ground to some of the best athletes in the country, as the SBMA continues to establish and update sports facilities in the free port.
“Subic is now the fastest growing sports mecca in this part of the country,” Marcelo said.
He added that Subic’s sports facilities has made the free port the preferred venue for various events organized by local and international sports groups.
Meanwhile, ABAP executive director Ed Tecson said that the boxing tournament is not merely an annual game, but a venue as well to identify boxers of world-class skills.
He added that the Philippines is also gaining a good reputation in world boxing because ABAP continues to receive adequate support from the private sector, as well as government agencies like the SBMA.
Competitors as young as 12 years old joined the Subic boxing tournament.
Tecson said the boxers came from areas like Zambales, Tarlac, Olongapo City, Angeles City, Baguio City, Quezon, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, La Union, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Palawan, and Romblon.
Dodie Lucas, PLDT assistant vice-president for retail marketing media, said the competition is expected to become a “stepping stone for the first gold of the Philippines in the 2012 Olympics.”
SBMA deputy administrator for business Raul Marcelo said the Subic authority hosted the boxing event that kicked off May 15 until May 19, 2010, to help discover and develop competitive athletes to represent the Philippines in various international competitions.
“For this, the SBMA pledges all what it can do to provide the facilities and the necessary support to build up promising athletes and bring them to the attention of the sporting world,” he said.
Marcelo also welcomed on behalf of the SBMA the sports officials and athletes from 18 boxing camps all over Luzon, who joined the boxing tourney organized by the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Corp. (PLDT).
ABAP serves as a venue to establish a solid structure of coordination and cooperation among the different boxing organizations throughout the Philippines.
The PLDT partnered with ABAP to help under-privileged youth at the grassroots level to secure a better future through sports, specifically boxing, and prepare them to become future members of the national team.
In welcoming the participants, Marcelo noted that the Subic Bay Freeport is now home and training ground to some of the best athletes in the country, as the SBMA continues to establish and update sports facilities in the free port.
“Subic is now the fastest growing sports mecca in this part of the country,” Marcelo said.
He added that Subic’s sports facilities has made the free port the preferred venue for various events organized by local and international sports groups.
Meanwhile, ABAP executive director Ed Tecson said that the boxing tournament is not merely an annual game, but a venue as well to identify boxers of world-class skills.
He added that the Philippines is also gaining a good reputation in world boxing because ABAP continues to receive adequate support from the private sector, as well as government agencies like the SBMA.
Competitors as young as 12 years old joined the Subic boxing tournament.
Tecson said the boxers came from areas like Zambales, Tarlac, Olongapo City, Angeles City, Baguio City, Quezon, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, La Union, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Palawan, and Romblon.
Dodie Lucas, PLDT assistant vice-president for retail marketing media, said the competition is expected to become a “stepping stone for the first gold of the Philippines in the 2012 Olympics.”
