The Iloilo City Sports Division will be offering a free summer sports clinic for athletes below 13 years of age starting next week, April 8, and running until April 14.

“This is city government’s way of promoting various sports because we know that children are very active,” said Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III. “As part of the Pag-ulikid Program, we want children to be engaged in sports.”

“This will help them build self-confidence, be healthy, and teach them to be more friendly,” he added.

The program will have sites across the city and include 14 programs including arnis, chess, football, tennis, karatedo, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, basketball, wushu, futsal, badminton, dancesport, and pencak silat.

According to City Sports Division officer-in-charge Moises Salomon, Jr., each participant will be allowed to join four to five disciplines.

“This summer sports clinic is also our way of identifying kids who have potentials in respective sports discipline,” he explained. “We will also award top pupils who excel in each sport discipline during the culminating ceremony.”/WDJ