The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has identified the Bukidnon Sports and Cultural Center as a potential training ground for future national athletes.<\/p>\n
PSC chair Patrick Gregorio, along with Senator Miguel Zubiri and local government officials, recently toured the facility, which features a 15,000-seat stadium, a track and field oval, a football field, and an aquatics center with an Olympic-size swimming pool and diving pool.<\/p>\n
According to Gregorio, the facility is a perfect fit for the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoxing is perfect for a region like Bukidnon. Many boxers hail from Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon, General Santos City, and even Davao,\u201d said Gregorio.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of our coaches, Mario Fernandez\u2014a two-time SEA Games gold medalist\u2014is from Malaybalay. Ironically, Mario is currently based in Baguio, training 13- to 15-year-old boxers from Bukidnon. Clearly, there\u2019s something off with that setup,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
The Bukidnon Sports and Cultural Center also features a 3,000-seat gymnasium that can be used for basketball, badminton, and martial arts, as well as a tennis court, an open field, an auditorium, and a museum.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy to be here. Thumbs up to the development of your province and city\u2014such beautiful facilities. I\u2019ve seen many training centers around the world, and this is truly world-class,\u201d said Gregorio.<\/p>\n
Zubiri, meanwhile, said the Senate, along with the Bukidnon LGU, will support the PSC\u2019s efforts in establishing regional sports centers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll support your regional training centers\u2014that\u2019s our commitment in the Senate. Mayor Warren and Governor O\u2019Neil are here with us. We are one Bukidnon, so rest assured you\u2019ll have our full support. We\u2019re proud to host the boxing team,\u201d said Zubiri.<\/p>\n
\u2014JKC, GMA Integrated News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has identified the Bukidnon Sports and Cultural Center as a potential training ground…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,54816,49,48,54815,82],"class_list":["post-93482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-bukidnon","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-philippine-sports-commission","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}