SEA Games Wins & Cavite's Wows

Imagine this:

Team Philippines, with all the sports and events Filipino athletes are playing in bags the overall championship for the 30^th SEA Games. Pinoys booming with pride, Netizens will take over the Internet with all the congratulations and proud to be Pinoy memes.

Now stop. Breathe in and breathe out.

You don’t need to imagine it; you have to prepare for the eventuality. The Philippines is poised to win it all.

Friday, December 6 marks the sixth day of the SEA Games 2019 – the 30th edition of the biennial multi-sport games event exclusively for South-East Asian nations. The event, which is hosted by the Philippines this time, began in great style on December 1 following a glittering opening ceremony. Not to mention the shaky start we reported when the SEA Games had its soft opening.

As of this writing, our country is on top of the medal tally with sixty-four gold, forty-five silver, and thirty-three bronze. On far second is Viet Nam with 31 gold, silver and forty-one bronze. Indonesia is on the third spot with twenty-seven gold, thirty-six silver, and thirty-nine bronze.

The top three nations have surpassed the 100-medal tally and will most likely stay on their respective spots until the torch is passed on to the next host nation: Viet Nam.

Rounding up the top six rankings are Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand with twenty-five, twenty-three and sixteen gold medals respectively for fourth, fifth and sixth spots.

The bottom half of the medal tally are Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei, Laos and Timor Leste. Timor Leste becomes the crowd’s favorite and wishes them to get that elusive medal in the event.

And in our province, let me continue sharing the sports wows in Cavite.

I showcased last week one of the longest-running sports tournament in Cavite, CAVSCAA or Cavite Sports and Cultural Athletic Association. This week, I’ll let you in on one of the biggest secrets in Cavite, the SLCUAA or the Southern Luzon Colleges and Universities Athletic Association. Now on its twentieth season, it boasts of a strong membership of thirteen big schools with four coming from the La Sallian schools, Brent I.S. and many more. In both sports association CAVSCAA and SLCUAA, one common denominator is this school from Bacoor, Saint Francis of Assisi College. Headed by veteran sports director Benjo Viola, Saint Francis of Assisi College-Bacoor has quietly and steadily promoted scholastic sports in Cavite and in Southern Luzon for more than two decades now.

You may check out their Facebook pages for the complete results of Season 20. They also have videos and photos posted from their games.

And in football, Cavite Football Academy (CFA) teams lorded it over the 4^th Governor’s Cup last November 30 at the PCU Football Field. CFA Youth won three age-group championships out of five. Noteworthy is the Born 2005 Group claiming the gold with non-substitute players. And in the Speed Regalo Padala- 2019 Youth Football League, the Under 11 Green Archers United FC Team, with players from Cavite Football Academy, wins the 2^nd Runner-Up trophy.

Still in football, another CFA Team, this time the Born 2009 group, wins the Alaska Cup 2019 Championship at the Alabang Country Club last November 23-24.

Cavite province is and will still be in the next fifty years or so, the breeding ground of athletes in several sports as long as we provide the youth the avenue to learn and develop their games.

In part three next week, let me share the final review of the SEA Games 2019. For now, follow me and get updates by subscribing and liking my social media accounts at:

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Thank you so much to Coach Salber Oleo Palic of Saint Francis of Assisi-Bacoor. he sent me several replies to my queries and a bunch of files from the SLCUAA and CAVSCAA tournaments.

Thank you too to the members of my FB Chat Group NBTC Journal. The coaches there are the ones running the National Basketball Training Center for Cavite Territory. They are the Area Heads and Territory Head who would regularly update us, me specifically, on the goings-on in NBTC.

Semper Ad Meloria.