Philippines to host 2019 Asia Sudoku Championship

THE Philippines will be hosting - ship (ASC) in January.

This was bared during the signing of a new memorandum of

the country by the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines (MTG) represented by president Dr. Isidro Aguilar, Dr. Simon Chua and Myr-

SM Supermalls represented by Mil- for marketing.

Sudoku Championship will be held on at SM City Clark in Angeles, Pampanga. The contest is sanctioned by the World Puzzle Federation (WPF), which organizes the World Sudoku Championship (WSC).

This year, the ASC was held in Jeju Island, South Korea.

“We’re looking forward to the international contest. We were able to see one in Iloilo and we were amazed at how the parents and the children got together for it. This is something we look forward to this time in the country,” said Dizon.

time that the country will host the Asia Sudoku Championship,

best sudoku players in the region. the ASC, selected SM Supermalls Philippines Super Sudoku Challenge ( PSSC), MTG- SM- DepEd

Mathematical Olympiad for Se- SHARP- DepEd Math Trail and

- tion rounds will be held on Sept. at SM Supermalls in Cebu, Pampanga, Cagayan de Oro, Das- Baliwag, Bacolod, Lipa ( Batangas), Rosales (Pangasinan), Tar-

will be held on .

In addition, the Math Trail contest is on and the Family

- matical Olympiad for Senior High School will be held on . - leged to be partnering again with really brought much honor to the country,” said Dizon.

ing these contests - is part of SM’s

“We try to reach out to other people. We want to show them that we’re not only about commercial but we also partner with groups that can help make better citizens,” she said.