Cebu City Councilor Sylvan “Jack” Jakosalem said the two-day festival that would be held in mid-April will also feature four other sporting events, which was already approved last Thursday during the Cebu City Sports Commission weekly meeting.
Jakosalem added the the festivity will also serve as the formal launching of the SRP as an official sports hub of Cebu.
“Since we will be having foreign visitors, we might as well take advantage of it and introduce SRP as a venue for many kinds of sports,” Jakosalem added.
The CCSC had long planned to turn an allocated lot into a sports arena that will cater to football, batted sports as well as a place for races.
Events
The other events to be included are the horse show and competition, which will be conducted by the Cebu Equine Owners, Breeders and Sportsmen’s Association, the SRP Challenge 10K Run and the hosting of the mountain bike and road bike races around the SRP.
Meanwhile, the Hirobo Cup, which had its 2006 edition just last month in Japan, expects to draw RC enthusiasts from all over Asia, Europe and America.
Jakosalem said that the tournament was supposed to be held in Hong Kong but after inspecting SRP as a possible venue, the organizers found out that it was a better venue for the competition.
Recently, Hirobo Japan, represented by export manager Takahiro Kobayashi, with JP Reyes and Shakespeare Chan, who are the officers of the World Air Sports Federation, and their local counterparts from Cebu Aeromodelers Club recently met with Jakosalem to discuss the possibility of having the SRP as their venue for next year’s event.
“They checked out the SRP and found it ideal for their competition. When I discussed this with the mayor, he gave his go signal right away,” Jakosalem said.
Hirobo is the leading manufacturer of Remote Controlled helicopters worldwide and the Hirobo Cup is the most prestigious competition for RC helicopters. (MCB)
