Ormoc’s best athletes to receive cash reward

ORMOC CITY, Feb. 19  -- The city government here will provide cash reward to athletes who won medals in the recently concluded Eastern Visayas Regional Athletics Association (EVRAA) held in Calbayog City.

City Councilor Vincent Rama passed a resolution recognizing student athletes and coaches who showed good performance in the regional athletic event, making the Ormoc team as overall champion for the first time in EVRAA meet.

“Said victorious outcome is the first in the history of Ormoc City delegation to EVRAA, which deserves a high commendation and recognition of all personal sacrifices, determination and discipline displayed by athletes and coaches in carrying of Ormoc,” Rama said on Monday.

In the resolution, the city government will reward PHP5,000 for each gold medalist, PHP3,000 for silver medalist, and PHP2,000 each for bronze winners.

Teams which earned gold will receive PHP20,000. Those teams that won silver and bronze will get PHP18,000 and PHP15,000 cash prize, respectively. Winning coaches will receive PHP3,000.

The city government will allocate more than PHP1 million funds as financial reward to players.

Ormoc city division gathered a total of 109 gold, 56 silver, and 74 bronze, defeating Leyte team, the seven-time EVRAA over-all champion.

More than 50 athletes from this city will join the official Eastern Visayas delegation to the Palarong Pambansa 2018 in Ilocos Sur on the last week of April. (RTA/PNA)