By Ian John M. Lagare
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 March 2014) - A young General or resident of this city successfully aced a slot to participate in the 28th South East Asian (SEA) Games this coming 2015 after hurdling tryouts by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
Reynaldo Templado Jr., 14 years old and a student of General Santos City National High School, was chosen by the PSC to be a part of the table tennis team that will represent the Philippines at the SEA Games.
The young paddler was invited by the PSC to join their tryouts after reviewing his successive victories in simultaneous table tennis competitions.
Despite his young age, the PSC invited Templado to participate in the upcoming SEA games.
Templado will play in the boy’s singles event during the SEA Games.
On record, Templado has already proven his table tennis skills by topping various competitions such as the 5th Araw ng Dabaw Sportsfest 2012 Table Tennis Tournament where he won first place in the boys’ under-12 category.
In the recent Batang Pinoy National Finals 2013, the young Templado secured the silver medal in boy’s singles event.
Lady Margarette Manalo, sports officer of the City Mayor's Office-Sports Division (CMO-SD) said that Templado will be flying back to GenSan this second week of March to have a courtesy call with City Mayor Ronnel Rivera.
Manalo said that through the effort of Mayor Rivera, the city government has allocated an estimated amount of P7 million to subsidize athletes like Templado.
She said through that budget, many athletes of the city have already brought honor to GenSan such as of Marvin Sonsona who won the WBO International Featherweight Division; and the recently concluded SOCSKSARGEN Region Athletic Association Meet where GenSan players were hailed as the Overall Champions. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Ian John M. Lagare)
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