Sunday, March 22, 2009

AMADO CLINCHES BRONZE IN REGIONAL ARNIS TOURNEY


AMADO CLINCHES BRONZE IN REGIONAL ARNIS TOURNEY
by F. Nunez

Jannien Amado, a junior student from Punta Engaño High School, together with two students from the Division of Lapu-lapu City is awarded the bronze medal in the Anyo Double Stick Team Category during the Central Visayas Athletic Association (CVIRAA) meet in Dumageute City on March 15 - 22, 2009.

Amado together with students from Basak Night High School and Pusok National High School impressed the judges with their unique choreography.

“It was a very tough competition. The performance of the other divisions is also very unique. But we have prevailed,” Amado said.

The Division of Lapu-lapu City also won the bronze medal in the Anyo Single Stick Team Category under the direction of Federico Nuñez, a teacher from Punta Engaño High School. In the Labanan Category, three female students from the said division also managed to capture three bronze medals.

Jannien Amado and Melissa Mahusay, both from Punta Punta Engaño High School, are members of the Division of Lapu-lapu City delegation during the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) meet.

During the City Palaro last December 2008, Amado is a member of the team that won the gold medal in the Anyo Single Stick Team Category & a silver medalist in the Labanan Category. Mahusay also won the gold medal in the Labanan category.

The CVIRAA meet is an annual multi-level national scholastic athletic competition conducted by the Department of Education and participated in by the elementary and secondary pupils / students both from public and private schools. It is an avenue that provides in-school youth opportunities to improve their physical, moral, intellectual and social well-being. Its objective is to instill and imbibe among the pupils / students the spirit of discipline, teamwork, excellence, fair play, solidarity, sportsmanship and other values inherent in sports to build a Strong Republic;