The Philippine Sports Commission awarded the hosting rights of the Batang Pinoy national championships to Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
The sports agency will be sitting down with the local government of Puerto Prinsesa to finalize details of the Memorandum-of-Agreement for the event scheduled from August 25 to 31.
“We have happily accepted the offer of Puerto Prinsesa to host the nationals,” confirmed PSC Chairman William Ramirez.
The Batang Pinoy national secretariat will meet up with Puerto Prinsesa City Mayor Lucilo Bayron on May 23 to finalize the coastal island’s hosting.
About 10,000 athletes from previous qualifying legs in Tagum City, Iloilo City and Iligan City are expected to participate in the national championships. They will compete in 21 sporting events like archery, arnis, athletics, boxing, dancesport, swimming and others.
Eleven other sports like billiards, cycling, gymnastics, judo and muay thai will have athletes going straight to finals.
Baguio City and the province of Benguet co-hosted last year’s staging of the Batang Pinoy national championships amid the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong.