Fields

The need for international standard football fields in Cebu is now being addressed with two pitches now under construction.

One of the pitches is being built inside the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus while the other is in the Mandaue Reclamation Area.

The two pitches would not be enough to accommodate the growing football community in Cebu, but then these are welcome developments that I hope would soon lead to the construction of more international-standard fields.

I still am hopeful that a field can be set up at the South Road Properties soon to address the need for more fields in the southern part of Cebu City.

The towns can probably follow suit by developing the fields inside the public schools for football.

I am also hopeful that the new leadership of the Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) will further boost the sport and that they would continue to find ways to make things better.

Every time there is a new set of leaders, there are always those who would say that they would just wait and see before they would help.  I hope these people would not just wait and see, but instead do something to be helpful.

The strength of any organization lies in the membership.  If the members would do their share to make things better, we can move forward.  However, if the members would continue to just complain and talk about how things should be and not do anything more than that, we can never achieve anything.

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One of the events I have always looked forward too during the summer in the years past was the Tour of Luzon, which also became the Tour of the Philippines a few times.

I wonder if we’re going to see an event of that magnitude again.  There is a dearth of sponsors and, according to my sources there are also a lot of organizational problems.

This sounds very much like the professional golf circuit in the country, which is now just a thing of the past.

The basic cause of the demise of such great sporting events is the inability of the so called professional athletes to work for a common goal.

Greed has resulted to several sporting disasters, but I remain hopeful that someday we’re going to see the annual summer bike tour revived.

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Some parents are asking if it is wise to enroll their kids in the second level of the sports program that they took in the first half of summer.

My answer to those who ask is that it is good if the child showed interest in the basic program that he or she was enrolled in.  If not, then it might be a waste of money, but then sometimes they want to pursue the next level because of friends who are there.

Sometimes it takes a while for kids to really get the knack of the sport.  There are late bloomers who might someday become the next superstar, so don’t just give up right away.

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MILESTONE: A little girl, who makes me feel very special, turns six years old today – my daughter Nina Andrea who we fondly call Andi.

When she’s around, you can’t feel sad as she seems to have a way of making any pain go away.  Happy birthday our sweetheart!

Tomorrow is another special day for us as we celebrate the 65th birth anniversary of my father Nonilo Frasco Quiñones.  I ask our pious readers to say a prayer for his soul.