TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte
– Yes, you read it right! The First District of Leyte under the
leadership of Congresswoman Remedios L. Petilla goes skimboarding in
Tanauan, right where skimboarding in the Philippines started.
Inspired by the
success of the recently-concluded Second National Skimboarding
Competition, Congresswoman Petilla, who has always been known for her
pioneering, innovative and artistic programs, is now bent on making
the first district of Leyte, the Skimboarding Capital of the
Philippines.
To start with,
Congresswoman Petilla was able to encourage the mayors in the first
district to participate in the Skimboarding Competition for the
District. But before this, the undefatigueable Lady Solon has
appointed Tanauan Mayor Roque Tiu to conduct skimboarding clinics
along the Tanauan Shorelines.
Mayor Tiu who doubts
whether he himself could conduct the clinics, has requested the
skimboarding champions in Tanauan to do the clinic themselves. So now,
the participants will feel confident that they are in good hands,
under the tutelage of competent skimboarding enthusiasts.
For a start,
Congresswoman Petilla ordered skimboards which will be used during the
Skimboarding Clinics. The municipalities of Tolosa, Palo, Alang Alang,
San Miguel, Sta. Fe, Babatngon will each send in 20 participants to
the clinics which is tentatively scheduled to start on May 20.
Congresswoman Petilla
said that the participants may be male or female falling under the age
range of 7 to 25. Those who are interested to join the skimboarding
clinics, she said, may contact their respective mayors.
Congresswoman Petilla
added that the Skimboarding Clinic is just the prelude to the
Skimboarding Competition which will take place after the clinics.
Knowing that the Leyteños are sea-loving people, she believes that
this activity will get the enthusiastic support of the young people.
This activity, she said will make the summer vacation of the young
Leyteños more enjoyable and memorable.
Since Governor Icot
Petilla is a well-known water sports enthusiast, Congresswoman Petilla
is optimistic that he will support the undertaking one hundred
percent.
Earlier, Mayor Roque
Tiu revealed that Philippine skimboarding will go international next
year after the success of the recently-held Second National
Skimboarding Competition in the Tanauan shorelines. The Skim Asia
based in Singapore and the Philippine Skimboarding Federation which
sanctioned it, agreed to help promote skimboarding in the Philippines
by inviting competitors from all over the world to join the First
Skimboarding Competition in the Philippines right in Tanauan, Leyte
where skimboarding in the Philippines originated.
