DAVAO DEL NORTE, November 10 (PIA) - - The
annual sporting event for the provincial government employees launched earlier
today at the Davao del Norte Sports Complex.
Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario declared the opening
of the sporting event dubbed as Capitolympics, which will be participated by
the provincial employees divided into seven teams.
The teams will compete in basketball,
volleyball, badminton, lawn/table tennis, swimming, kickball, athletic and
board events, in which the regular games will be held every Friday starting on
November 14 and the awarding ceremony during the Christmas Party of the
provincial government.
Governor Del Rosario stressed that the
provincial government should be promoting health and wellness among its
employees as the most valuable resource in the delivering the service to the
public.
He said that the provincial capitol will bring
in today the spirit of Tagum City as the sports tourism destination of the
province.
He likened the province’s three component
cities as the competing teams with its distinct strengths.
“We hope that the province will be known in
the future through the unique characteristics of our component cities - Samal
as the premier tourism destination with medical tourism area, Panabo as an
agro-fishery tourism area and Tagum as a sport tourism area,” he said.
The opening of the Capitolympics was
highlighted with the Cheer Dance Competition, which was won by the team CoTers
composed of the employees from the offices of the Governor, Provincial
Administrator, Information Officer and Legal Officer.
Team Builders (offices of the Provincial
Engineer and Planning and Development Coordinator) and Team Legislators
(offices of the Vice Governor, and Sanggunaing Panlalawigan members and
secretariat) came in second and third respectively. (PIA 11, Michael Uy)
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