BP legs cut to 4
By Marc Anthony ReyesTO ENSURE keen competition, the Philippine Sports Commission has decided to prune down its flagship project Batang Pinoy from six legs to four this year.
TO ENSURE keen competition, the Philippine Sports Commission has decided to prune down its flagship project Batang Pinoy from six legs to four this year.
Archers from Northern Luzon swept the 14 golds in archery in the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy 2012 National Finals on Friday at La Paz Plaza football field here.
Cebu City found the martial arts events of arnis, karatedo and taekwondo rich medal sources aside from chess yesterday and emerged a threat to overall leader and host Leyte Sports Academy-Smart with a day left in the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 Visayas leg here.
Leah Joan Creer crowned herself the “fastest girl” of the games after completing a sprints double as host Leyte Sports Academy-Smart dominated track and field yesterday in the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy Visayas leg here.
A nine-gold romp in swimming sparked by Dara Clariza Evangelista and eight more victories in chess and arnis yesterday allowed Davao City to close in on Zamboanga City in a frenetic battle for supremacy in the Mindanao leg of the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy Games here.
Zamboanga City brought out the big guns in the medal-rich fronts, while Davao City grabbed some limelight of its own yesterday as they threatened to turn the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 Mindanao leg into a two-way battle here.
A middle-distance runner from Misamis Occidental forced by circumstances to shift to jumping came away with the games’ first gold medal even as thirteen-year-old triplets from Iloilo City dazzled in pencak silat yesterday in the first full day of competition in the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy Mindanao leg 2012 here.
Courtney Melissa Gray and Justine Ann Abastillas shone brightest in the pool with five gold medals each yesterday even as runaway overall leader Laguna also flexed its might in karatedo and wrestling in the Southern Luzon leg of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games.
Hurdler Rocena Chua couldn’t wait to get home with her six gold medals while swimmer Nicole Mean Pamintuan lined herself up for a similar feat in the Southern Luzon qualifying leg of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games.
Swimmers Jamleth Marie Villanueva, Gwyneth Amber Cawaling and Jenkins Labao made the biggest splash even as Baguio City upstaged host Pangasinan with victories in swimming and taekwondo yesterday in the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy Games Northern Luzon qualifying leg.
Quezon City and Marikina grabbed the gold medals in centerpiece events of swimming and track and field, but it was Manila which ended up capturing the overall championships in the National Capital Region leg of the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 that ended Friday at Marikina Sports Complex.
Hoping to find new talents, the P23-million POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 unveiled its Metro Manila leg yesterday at the Marikina Sports Complex.
About 7,000 young athletes will see action when the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 gets going with the National Capital Region leg firing off on Monday in Marikina City.
