The Paralympic Movement in the Philippines gets a timely boost as current International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons is set to arrive in the country.
Among the things Parsons is set to do during his visit here is amplify the vision of the movement, which is to enable para athletes to achieve sporting excellence, while also inspiring and exciting the world. Leading the charge to do that in the Philippines is the Philippines Paralympic Committee under the auspices of its president, Michael Barredo.
Parsons is also set to observe the meeting of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) on June 8-9 at the Bonifacio Global City, which will be attended by the National Paralympic Committee heads of all 11 member nations of the region.
The meeting is a continuation of the preparations the Philippines is conducting in the runup to the 10th ASEAN Para Games (APG), which will take place in January 2020, weeks after the conclusion of the 30th Southeast Asian Games that the country is also hosting.
Among the items on the meeting's agenda is the composition of events for said competition. The last iteration of the APG had sixteen sports: Boccia, Chess, Cerebral Palsy Football, Football five-a-side, Goalball, Para Archery, Para Athletics, Para Badminton, Para Cycling, Para Powerlifting, Para Swimming, Para Table Tennis, Sitting Volleyball, Tenpin Bowling, Wheelchair Basketball, and Wheelchair Tennis.
Preparations for the 10th ASEAN Para Games that will be hosted by the Philippines in January 2020 goes full swing this June with the meeting of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) that will be attended by Heads of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) from the 11 member countries of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, Timor Leste and the Philippines.
The APG is the top paralympic event in the region, held every other year and traditionally hosted by the nation set to host the SEAG. This is the second time the Philippines has hosted the tourney, after 2005. Its participants are composed of athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The APSF regulates the tournament, with assistance from both the IPC and the Asian Paralympic Committee if deemed as necessary.
According to Barredo, Parsons' presence basically puts into motion the preparations for the APG, with ASEAN Para Games Organizing Committee Chairman Alan Peter Cayetano noting that the games will be held in three separates hubs like their SEAG counterparts: Metro Manila, Clark, and Subic. An international sports complex is already being constructed in Clark, with a twenty-thousand seat stadium and an aquatic center also in the works.
Among the things Parsons is set to do during his visit here is amplify the vision of the movement, which is to enable para athletes to achieve sporting excellence, while also inspiring and exciting the world. Leading the charge to do that in the Philippines is the Philippines Paralympic Committee under the auspices of its president, Michael Barredo.
Parsons is also set to observe the meeting of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) on June 8-9 at the Bonifacio Global City, which will be attended by the National Paralympic Committee heads of all 11 member nations of the region.
The meeting is a continuation of the preparations the Philippines is conducting in the runup to the 10th ASEAN Para Games (APG), which will take place in January 2020, weeks after the conclusion of the 30th Southeast Asian Games that the country is also hosting.
Among the items on the meeting's agenda is the composition of events for said competition. The last iteration of the APG had sixteen sports: Boccia, Chess, Cerebral Palsy Football, Football five-a-side, Goalball, Para Archery, Para Athletics, Para Badminton, Para Cycling, Para Powerlifting, Para Swimming, Para Table Tennis, Sitting Volleyball, Tenpin Bowling, Wheelchair Basketball, and Wheelchair Tennis.
Preparations for the 10th ASEAN Para Games that will be hosted by the Philippines in January 2020 goes full swing this June with the meeting of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) that will be attended by Heads of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) from the 11 member countries of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, Timor Leste and the Philippines.
The APG is the top paralympic event in the region, held every other year and traditionally hosted by the nation set to host the SEAG. This is the second time the Philippines has hosted the tourney, after 2005. Its participants are composed of athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The APSF regulates the tournament, with assistance from both the IPC and the Asian Paralympic Committee if deemed as necessary.
According to Barredo, Parsons' presence basically puts into motion the preparations for the APG, with ASEAN Para Games Organizing Committee Chairman Alan Peter Cayetano noting that the games will be held in three separates hubs like their SEAG counterparts: Metro Manila, Clark, and Subic. An international sports complex is already being constructed in Clark, with a twenty-thousand seat stadium and an aquatic center also in the works.
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