Day 295: 2013 Summerkadahan Preparations

It has been so long. I will do whatever I can to keep this blog updated. For today, lets take a sneak peak on an annually anticipated event in the city and how the youth of barangay Fatima do about it.

Summer League

Volley-belles

The city has been very relevant to the need on every summer days by holding a sports event. Years before, it was sponsored and initiated by the Congressperson but today our city mayor and the congressman work on it hand in hand, with the support of the barangay Sangguniang Kabataan, the city federation of SK and the YADO.

This sports event is called Summerkadahan. Every barangay through the SK can have their representatives in two sports, basketball for men, which is divided to two categories as Junior and Senior and volleyball for women.

The Summerkadahan has been around like forever, long before I was the SK Chairperson and the SK Chairperson before last, and last.

Before, as I was told, since the Congress subsidized its implementation players can go farther than playing for their barangay, they play for the city! For example, GenSan basketball Junior’s team will be matched with Polomolok, another municipality, inside in the District the congressman has jurisdiction.

How your barangay do with all these?

We’re doing pretty well but not as well as it were years back, where the above scheme was imposed. Today, the Summerkadan’s top places ends in the city level.

As far as the trophies in our office is concerned (we don’t have any records of anything the time we assumed office from the former SK Chairperson after winning the election, as in, wiped clean, soft and hard copy alike) we have champions on both basketball and volleyball, and not just for a year but for several years.

On this present term we have downgraded a bit but performed competitively well than the other 25 barangays.

Tip: In scheduling the try-outs, we prioritize those Purok SK Chairpersons who attends the monthly meetings because they would be more prepared than the PSK Chairpersons who come and go to meetings whenever they want.

We always make it a point that former players, even how good they are last season to still participate in the try-outs since this is another season, pun!

Also, during practice schedules, we provide them drinks and vitamins, as much as possible. The city also conducts anti-drug symposium on all the participating barangays on a specified date. Failure to attend these will cause disqualification on the part of the player. I really believe this is gave additional value than just playing the game.

As of this time, we are updating our coaches and trainers on each category, senior basketball, junior basketball and women’s volleyball.

Purchasing of lightings for the courts and genuine basketball balls and volleyball balls are also on the list of to dos.