"Cong. Romarate Basketball Tournament 2009”

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Sportsfest is the highest form of enjoyment for adventurous sports lovers. Basketball is considered to be the most popular sport of all time globally. That is why the fiesta basketball tournament easily turned to reality through the sponsorship by 2nd District Congressman Guillermo Romarate, Jr., in cooperation with the Gigaquit Local Government Unit. The energetic LGU personnel made this a fully enjoyable occasion and gave opportunity to those individuals capable of showing their athletic prowess.

There were 10 participating teams from different barangays. During the opening of the said tournament, each team provided a muse to add color during the parade. The muses projected themselves during the presentation of the barangay teams as they ramp on stage at the basketball quadrangle. Miss Aireen Sebial representing barangay Villafranca was declared as winner, being the favorite of the audience.

The game proper started last August 15, 2009. It was scheduled every weekend of the following weeks. It was hosted by the Mayors Office through the leadership of Mr. Alvin Egay as the basketball coordinator. He received able assistance as a game will not be exciting without the help of some hired referees and officiates. Every team showed tenacity to win and get the prize but eventually only one team would be declared as Champion.

As the game went further for its final week last August 21, 2009, Barangay Ipil and Alambique fought for championship. The strong Barangay Ipil team won as what have been expected. They have been winning for the last consecutive years. Their continuous success is a great pride of their barangay and a good motivation among young boys in their locality. May we congratulate the Barangay Ipil team and officials for actively participate and winning the prize. Keep it up folks!