Showing posts with label Sportsmanship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sportsmanship. Show all posts

Friday, September 27, 2013

Division Athletic Meet: 'Achieving Something Honorable'

In every competition, there is always a winner and there is always a loser. But in sports contest, everyone who joins and does excel his best, whether he wins or not, is already a winner.

Vice Mayor Luis J. Jalandoni III
VM Jalandoni
La Carlota Vice Mayor Luis J. Jalandoni in his message firmly believed that there is "something honorable" that could be achieved in an athletic meet like this one of the Division of La Carlota City.

He had stressed that winning contributing factor in this particular meet is determined by the relationship established by every athlete among themselves. He pointed out, "In every endeavor, relationship matters most."

In like manner, City Sports Coordinator Ruben Guerra, my high school batch mate, class 1970 had shared his inspiring words of thought to the competing athletes. He has highly regarded this sports competition as a "hope for a better performance" of everyone. He also strongly believed that success of this activity is achieved because of friendship, harmony, and sportsmanship among the athletes.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Jeffrey P. Ferrer: Working Together in Sports


Working together in sports could be realized by promoting and fostering camaraderie, fellowship, brotherhood, friendliness, and emotional maturity among the participating athletic delegations of the Division of La Carlota.

Congressman Jeffrey P. Ferrer
Ferrer
This is what the ever-supportive congressman Jeffrey P. Ferrer of the 4th district of Negros Occidental has emphasized in his message as read by one of his staff, the former mayor of La Carlota, Demie Honrado at the opening of one-day Athletic  Meet of the Division of La Carlota held recently at the Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School (DHSBNHS) sports oval.

"Although winning the game is an exciting goal for each team, but let us also work together to promote and foster camaraderie, fellowship, brotherhood, friendliness and emotional maturity in accepting defeat," Ferrer said.

He further said that sport is indeed an important undertaking aside from a healthy lifestyle for it also serves as a wholesome alternative to spare young people from developing undesirable habits like addiction to drugs and other vices that destroy their physical, emotional and mental capabilities.

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