Davaoeño Youth Dominate Metro Manila Basketball Champ
5/20/2013
Young, aspiring
cagers from Davao and Cagayan De Oro shone from among 50 hopefuls after
dazzling the judges during the Alaxan FR Galing Mo Camp held at the
Unilab gymnasium in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.
Gabriel Dagangon (2nd Photo,Fourth from left), two of the winners for Alaxan FR Galing Mo! National Camp |
Proudly occupying two
out of the ten podium spots were Davao's Gabriel Dagangon and Miguel Plata after
the three-day camp culminated in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.
Miguel Plata from Davao City |
Hard work paid off
for the group, who each won a P100,000 infrastructure project for their
respective barangays, on top of a P20,000 cash incentive (P25,000 for MVP
Flores). Their stellar performance got the nod of the camp directors, led by no
less than basketball legends Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Codiñera, Benjie Paras,
Jojo Lastimosa, Johnny Abarrientos, and Ronnie Magsanoc.
A tradition of hard
work and dedication
Last year, the same
basketball legends inaugurated the Courts
of Inspiration, which are volunteer-built basketball courts made by the
local volunteers from the partner villages in Iloilo, Bacolod, Dumaguete,
Tacloban, and Cebu for the Visayas, and Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Butuan, Davao,
and Saranggani for Mindanao. Their aim was to inspire communities to achieve
greatness through hard work, after building a basketball court entirely on
their own. The legends themselves even left handprints on special concrete
markers within the structure, reminding people of what hard work and dedication
can bring to a community that works together for a noble cause.
The same hoop icons
returned to the partner communities early this year to continue the
advocacy—not to build more sports venues, but to see how hard the youth have
worked to improve their basketball skills on the Courts of Inspiration. After conducting basketball clinics, the
legends handpicked the best players, who then flew to Manila to represent their
communities in the national leg of the Alaxan
FR Galing Mo Camp.
The aim, this time,
was to reward those who trained hard in the Courts of Inspiration to perfect
their basketball skills.
Giving back to the
community
After winning the
tight competition, the winners are now set to return the favor to the
communities that hand-built their hometown basketball courts.
“My friends and I plan to help promote the game of basketball further by improving the basketball courts back in our province,” said MVP Rhys Jefferson Flores, who bared his plan to add roofing and proper lighting to existing playing venues.
“What I learned from this experience is something that I will remember from this day forward: always give your 100% not just to improve your character but, more importantly, to help others make their lives better.”
**This post is an official press release for Alaxan FR Galing Mo Camp as provided by GeiserMaclangPR.**
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