LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric G. Yap announced that the province’s world class sports facilities within the Benguet Sports Complex will be completed by this year to allow the hosting of bigger local, regional, national and even international sports competitions that will elevate Benguet to a higher level in the sporting world.
Yap said that the standard rubberized track oval and the FIBA standard basketball court are already completed and are now being used for various sports competitions while the enclosed Olympic size swimming pool will be completed within the year.
The lawmaker claimed that once all the sports facilities within the complex shall have been completed, the province will have the chance to host the prestigious Palarong Pambansa considering that all the sports facilities that have been constructed are world class standards and have passed the stringent regulations of the different sports bodies overseeing the various sports disciplines.
Last year, members of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) moto club had a chance to play with the Benguet selection right at the FIBA standard basketball court in the complex and they were amazed at how the facility was designed and built that is suitable for future local, regional, national or even international competitions.
The legislator envisions Benguet to become a center of sports competitions in the north because of the presence of a developed Benguet Sports Complex that will surely entice many organizers in the future to consider the province as the host of sports tournaments.
According to him, by providing sports enthusiasts with the appropriate facilities, the youth will surely be spared from being involved in illegal activities such as the use of prohibited drugs as they will now have the chance to show their talents in various sports disciplines using the facilities.
He stipulated that the construction of bleachers around the rubberized track oval had been prioritized to allow spectators to watch homegrown talents compete in track and field events.
Earlier, Yap worked out the provision of multi-million funds to support the construction of the rubberized oval with bleachers, the closed basketball gymnasium and the enclosed Olympic-size swimming pool to complete the world class facilities of the Benguet Sports Complex over the past two years to allow Benguet host future sports competitions.
He assured the people and officialdom of Benguet he will continue to do his best to work out the implementation of priority development projects that will sustain the province’s growth and development and to achieve the goal of converting the province into a first class local government considering the enormous development that it has undergone through the years.
Currently, Benguet is classified as a second class province despite its being considered as a first class local government by virtue of its present status. By Dexter A. See
