CARAA reset to March 23-27 in Baguio City
>> Tuesday, March 3, 2020
By Dexter A. See
BAGUIO
CITY – The Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAAA) board
initially decided to tentatively schedule the regional sports competition
originally scheduled on Feb. 16-21 to March 23-27 in playing venues in this
tourism resort.
However, the agreed date still remains tentative pending
latest advise that will be issued by health experts on Covid-19 scare which
affected crowd-drawing events in the city in February.
The decision of the CARAA board to reset the regional sports
competition is in adherence to pronouncement of Education Secretary Leonor
Briones through Department of Education Memorandum No. 15, series of 2020
wherein it provided that all regional and national events scheduled for this
month will be suspended and postponed, especially events that allow
congregation of huge number of learners and personnel such as regional sports
events and the National Schools Press Conference among others.
Earlier, the local government announced the postponement of
major crowd drawing events in the city, particularly the grand opening parade
of the Panagbenga or the Baguio flower festival, a number of festivities and
the CARAA following the NCOVI scare that prevailed in the country over the past
several weeks.
Baguio City was chosen as the host of this year’s CARAA
regional sports competition after the local government signified its intention
to host the same when no other local governments bid for hosting of the annual
sports competition due to reported budgetary constraints.
From 2015 to 2017, Baguio City served as host of regional
sports competitions before Abra took over the hosting in 2018 and Apayao had
its turn to host the sports competition last year.
In 2021 and 2022, the local government will not host the
CARAA regional sports competition as the city will be using its funds to
bankroll the implementation of its priority development projects to establish a
better Baguio after 3 years.
The CARAA serves as a venue where deserving athletes from
the different provinces involved in various sports disciplines will be selected
to serve as the region’s representatives to such fields of sports in the annual
conduct of the Palarong Pambansa which is being held in the different parts of
the country annually.
The Palarong Pambansa also serves as a venue from which
deserving athletes from various sports disciplines will be chosen to represent
the country in prestigious inter-regional and international sports competition
such as the Southeast Asian Games, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) Games and the Olympics.
The CARAA board stated that it will provide the different
delegations from the provinces and cities on the latest decision on the
final schedule of the regional sports competition although efforts are being
done to reset the same prior to the conduct of the Palarong Pambansa by May
this year to allow the athletes and sports officials to have the needed time to
prepare for tougher competition.
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