Philippine National Games to assess athletes and NSA?s
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 18 May 2013
MANILA (PNA) - Members of the national training pool in the priority sports must take part in the coming Philippine National Games or face the consequence of being demoted to the next lower level with the corresponding adjustments in allowance.
Philippine Sports Commission chair Richie Garcia issued this warning yesterday even as he reminded the national sports associations concerned that the coming May 24 to June 2 conclave is supposed to showcase the extent of preparations national athletes have undergone from the time they last carried the country?s colors in international competitions until the next, including the coming 27th Southeast Asian Games in December in Myanmar.
?The coming PNG, as the name connotes, is the National Games, meaning not only the young and up-coming athletes must take part in but, and most importantly, members of the national training pool,? Garcia said during yesterday?s SCOOP session at the Kamayan Restaurant-Padre Faura.
?Not only that, the PNG also serves as part of our talent identification program to discover new and fresh talents from the provinces that we can elevate to the national training pool and, thus, become national athletes that will represent the country in future international commitments,? Garcia stressed.
The PSC top honcho further said that concerned national athletes who fail to compete in the PNG will not only be dropped to the lower classification whose allowances will be reduced corresponding to that of the next lower level.
?Athletes who belongs to the 10 priority sports identified earlier by the PSC on instruction by President Aquino receive monthly allowance of P40,000. Such financial perks will be reduced to say, P15,000 or whatever is the amount specified in the classification he or she will be demoted,? Garcia said.
Affected by this new policy are the 112 athletes in the priority pool ? boxing, taekwondo, athletics, swimming, wushu, archery, wrestling, bowling, weightlifting and billiards ? as well as medal winners (gold, silver and bronze) in the last SEA Games in 2011 in Indonesia. Garcia clarified though that athletes who will be carrying the national colors in foreign lands at the time the PNG is held, are exempted from the backlash of the policy.
Garcia said the policy came about after the board of commissioners learned that the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines, through its executive director Ed Picson, is thinking of not fielding its elite boxers for feae that they may get hurt or inflict serious injuries on their up-coming opponents because of their experience fighting world-class campaigners in the international arenas. Forty one sports will be disputed in the 10-day event scheduled in Manila and suburbs, according to Garcia.
These are archery, arnis, athletics, badminton, baseball, beach volleyball, billiards, bowling, boxing, canoe/kayak, chess, cycling, dancesport, dragon boat, football, futsal, golf, gymnastics, judo, karatedo, lawn tennis, motocross, muay thai, pencat silat, powerlifting, rugby, sepak takraw, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wind surfing, wrestling and wushu.
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