POD Penampang to organise two major tournaments
KOTA KINABALU: The Penampang District Athletics Association (POD Penampang) has lined up two major tournaments for this year.
The tournaments are the 1st Penampang Relay Athletics Championship (1PRAC) on August 20 and the 2nd Penampang Athletics Championship (2PAC) in December, both of which will be held at the Penampang Sports Complex.
In disclosing this via social media platform, POD Penampang president Denver Thomblon said the objective of the events were to unearth potential and talented athletes from within the State, particularly in Penampang.
“The 1PRAC is only for relay events. It falls on a school holiday and this should encourage participation from not only athletic clubs but also from school teams.
“We look forward to receiving good numbers of teams. It will feature under-12, under-15, under-18 and open categories for boys and girls.
“As for 2PAC, it will feature majority of the traditional track and field events. Almost 600 athletes took part in the first edition in 2016, including from top Sabah athletes as well as from Brunei and Sarawak through the Watson Nyambek founded Flying Dayak Club.
“These competitions are organised not only to identify talents from among students but also to give opportunity for new and existing athletes to gain as much experience, sustain their interest in the sport and to polish their ability,” he said in a statement to the press yesterday.
For further information, contact Denver at 019-8807662 or email to podppg@yahoo.com.
For the record, POD Penampang has Denver as president, Freddie Insiong (deputy president), Wallace Thomblon (vice president I), Vyroni Masital (vice president II), Karen Vernon (secretary), Heidi Herman (treasurer) and committee members Boniventure Panicker, Jelumie Bulangkau, Cyrill Jusin, Beverly Chia and Izharizan Jablun.