Aklan to host 2010 SCUAA sports meet
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO,
Aklan - The province of Aklan will be hosting the yearly regional State
Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) sports
competition on December 17 to 22.
Eleven
colleges and universities in Western Visayas will participate in the
five-day sports meet with the sprawling Aklan Calangcang Sports Complex
in the town of Makato as the main venue.
Hosted
by the Aklan State University (ASU), delegations from Guimaras State
College, Negros State College of Agriculture (NSCA Sparrows), University
of Antique (UA), West Visayas State University (WVSU Eagles), Capiz
State University (CapSU), Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College
(NIPSC), Western Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST),
Carlos C. Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC), Northern Negros State
College of Science and Technology (NONESCSAT) and Iloilo State College
of Fisheries (ISCOF) are seeing action in one of the biggest tertiary
sports event in the region.
Last year, Carlos C. Hilado Memorial State College hosted the regional meet in Talisay, Negros Occidental.
This
year, the host state university is expecting more than 3,000 SCUAA
member-athletes, coaches, officiating and delegation officials to
compete in various events such as taekwondo, table tennis, baseball,
basketball, swimming, athletics, badminton, lawn tennis, sepak takraw,
boxing, softball, arnis, chess, dance competition, volleyball and
football.
The sports events will also be spread out in other venues in the municipalities of Numancia, New Washington and Kalibo.
The
sports competition kicks off with the traditional parade of the leading
state colleges and universities from the Makato town plaza to the main
venue Aklan Calangcang Sports Complex followed by the opening rites of
SCUAA Meet. The fitting ceremony will be capped by the field
demonstration of ASU students, hosting of SCUAA flag and lighting of
torch.
The
regional meet is in preparation for the 2011 National Collegiate Games
on February 20 to 26, 2011 at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex with more
than 6,000 athletes from 17 regions across the country.
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