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City set for 22nd UniGames

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All is set for the staging of the 22nd Philippine University Games, or simply known as UNIGAMES, in Dumaguete City for this entire week.

During a press conference Thursday afternoon, UNIGAMES president Roger Banzuela announced that 31 schools nationwide have confirmed their participation in the athletic competitions.

This is the 2nd time for Dumaguete City to host the UNIGAMES, although previous Unigames were held in Dumaguete hosted by Foundation and Silliman universities.

Banzuela, however disclosed that this year will see a reduction in the number of the participating schools as a result of the 2nd year implementation of the K-12 Program of the Department of Education that has left a vacancy in the enrollment in the first year college level.

Last year, 44 schools took part in the UNIGAMES, during the 1st year K-12 implementation but the number has dropped this year even though Banzuela is hopeful some more schools will catch up, even if only for a few sporting events.

This year, they were expecting 17 schools due to a drop in enrollment but so far, 31 have already confirmed, and “that’s a good sign”, Banzuela said.

According to him, some are “balik-schools” from as far as Tawi-tawi in the south (Mindanao State University) and Baguio City in the north (St. Louis University) are taking part in the UNIGAMES but not in all sporting events.

Even the Negros Oriental State University will be sending a small delegation, just for the volleyball men’s event, he added.

There are only nine events this year, and the limited number, is again attributed to the K-12 program implementation, Banzuela pointed out.

The events include basketball, football, sepak, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball and beach volleyball, among others.

FilOil’s Rappy Villavicencio and Ramon “Tats” Suzara of the Philippine Super Liga, a semi-professional corporate club volleyball league, are among those expected to grace the opening of the Unigames on Sunday afternoon at the Macias Sports Complex, Banzuela said.

Meanwhile, Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo in the same press conference expressed his optimism that the Unigames will be staged here on a regular basis from now on.

Remollo said not only will the sporting events boost the city’s economy and income but also provide a respite, recreation and enjoyment for Dumagueteños and other residents in the province.

“It makes us forget our problems and differences because for me, I believe that sports makes us equal, everybody’s supposed to play by the rules, and it will give politicians a lesson or two how to play the sport by the rules. It will be a good learning experience for us politicians”, Remollo quipped.

The mayor also assured that the city will make sure the facilities are in good shape as these are important in hosting the UNIGAMES.

During his first stint as mayor of Dumaguete about 16 years ago, the first UNIGAMES was held here, Remollo said.

Now, he says UNIGAMES has “no doubt brought Dumaguete to the Philippines’ sporting map”, and more sporting events have been lined up already such as the Batang Pinoy and the Asian Handball in November. (Judy Flores Partlow/PNA)

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