The city’s top performing athletes and coaches will be honored tonight in the first ever Mayor Inday Sara Duterte and Vice Mayor Rody Duterte Athletes Recognition Night at the Ritz Hotel-Garden Oases.
City Sports Development Office officer-in-charge Pocholo Elegino said awards will be given to athletes who have excelled in different disciplines and who have brought honor to the city in the field of athletic competitions.
“We aim to uplift the performance of local athletes in future competitions by giving them something to look forward to,” said Elegino.
Among those who will be receiving their recognition and incentives are five karatekas from the Association for the Advancement of Karatedo (AAK) headed by Rommel Tan. Also to be presented are the newly-crowned National Students Basketball Championships (NSBC) champions Jose Maria College Kings (college) and the Assumption College of Davao Warriors (high school).
The recognition night is part of the annual Araw ng Dabaw celebration.
Mayor Duterte will be personally handing over the awards—a first ever in local sports that the city government will be feting athletes in formal ceremonies.(Neil Bravo)
