Belmonte urges QC youths to join sportsfest

Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. is inviting city youngsters to join in the first Batang Q Olympics 2002 from April 21 to May 5 at the Amoranto Sports Complex on Roces Avenue.

The two-week sports competition, which has its theme: "Batang Q sa Palakasan … Palaban!" and initiated by the city government thru the Sports Development Council and the Sangguniang Kabataan, is open to all Quezon City youth aged 9-15 years old.

Belmonte said registration is now on-going in the city’s 142 barangays. A participant must register in the barangay which he will represent in the sportsfest.

The Mayor said the city sportsfest aims to inculcate the values of teamwork, collegiality and sportsmanship among city residents, particularly the youth.

It is also designed to engage the youth in sports activities to keep them away from juvenile delinquency, alcohol and drug abuse, gambling, vices and other social menaces.

Belmonte said the meet also hoped to strengthen inter-barangay relations through competitive sports which include events like basketball, volleyball, table tennis, cycling, karate, taekwondo, swimming and track and field.

Meanwhile, swimming enthusiasts are invited to attend the summer swimming clinics offered by the ALC Swimming School. at Sandejas St., Tambo, Parañaque City, with tel. nos. 853-21-35 and 826-23-97.