Cash windfall promised to golden SEAG shooters
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson today exhorted the Philippine national shooting team to win more honor for the country as he offered
1250,000 for every gold medal won in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, which unfolds at the Philippine Sports Arena in Bulacan this weekend.
“I wish them all the luck and pray that we will win as one,” said Singson, president of both the Philippine National Shooting Association (PNSA) and the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), after giving a pep talk to the national shooters who paid a courtesy call at his residence in Quezon City recently.
Singson said the shooting team has a good chance of winning in at least six events in the SEA Games after the team became the top Southeast Asian country that participated in the recent Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, finishing seventh out of 14 Asian teams overall.
He said trap shooters Carlos Carag and Hagen Topacio qualified for the next year’s Tokyo Olympics and other team members – trap shooter Eric Ang; rifle shooters Jayson Valdez, Amparo Acuña, Denise Basila and Sean Jayfred Ocampo; pistol shooters Shanin Lyn Gonzales, Juliette Rose Arellano, Marcelo Gonzales, and Angelo Michael Fernandez – are also serious threats to the other Southeast Asian teams.
Singson also lauded PNSA vice-president Irene Garcia, coaches Julius Valdez, Fernando Mercado, Susan Aguado and armorer Mario Dasalla for their roles in gaining top honors for the country in the Asian championship.