THE city's dream of hosting the largest collegiate sports conclave in the country may have to take a backseat for a while because Baguio officials failed to send their letter of request to host this year's University Games.

However, University Games president Roger Banzuela of the University of St. La Salle Bacolod said they have yet a final decision on whether to cancel the hosting of Baguio.

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"The city promised last December to send their official letter of intent to co–host the Unigames but until now ha't been done yet," Banzuela said.

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The Unigames board will have a meeting on February 12 in Manila to decide on which city will host the annual games.

The Unigames is the only national collegiate sports competition which started 1996 at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, gathering together the finest varsity athletes from private and government universities from all over the country in the spirit of fair play, friendship and top-caliber competition.

Through the years, the Unigames has served as feeder for the various national teams representing the Philippines in the Olympics, the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and other international sports competitions.

The 12 sports disciplines to be competed in the said event are Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Football, Lawn Tennis, Sepak Takraw, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, and Beach Volleyball.

An average of 52 schools are participating every year in the collegiate sports event coming from the various part of the country which includes top universities in the UAAP and NCAA.

"Invitations will be out by June, and we will now how many participants will be joining by August this year for the October opening," Banzuela added.