BORONGAN CITY, Philippines – The City Government of Borongan, one of the presenters of this year’s Surf in the City 2022, is adopting a unique free registration system for local athletes from Eastern Samar.
Local athletes interested to take part in Surf in the City 2022 will only have to collect one sack of non-biodegradable trash at their local surf spot as part of a clean-up drive to get one free entry for any division at the national surfing competition.
This effort was originally created by City Information Office OIC Rupert Ambil II in previous runs of the national surfing event. This year, it was adopted more broadly in line with Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda’s priority of environmental protection. A staunch advocate of environmental protection and conservation, the mayor reiterated that this unique registration system will recruit more champions of the environment.
To make sure that every Estehanon surfer can avail of this free registration mechanism, Borongan City has asked the assistance of Provincial Tourism Officer Neil Alejandro Pinarok and Provincial Board Member Atty. PJ Evardone to help with the coordination of the clean up drive in Eastern Samar municipalities where there are surf communities. Their respective tourism officers will lead the clean up drive at their localities, and submit a list of athletes to the provincial tourism officer after the activity.
The target clean-up drive dates are November 19 and 20.
“I would like to thank Mayor Dayan Agda, Gov. Ben P. Evardone, and Cong. Maria Fe Abunda for providing the support in mounting the third leg of the surfing nationals in our city. The hosting of this national event provides easier access to local surfers who dream of becoming national athletes without spending so much to compete. With this type of registration system, local athletes can focus solely on winning and not worrying about raising money to participate,” Ambil said.
Borongan City is helping in all aspects of preparation and implementation of the competition to help raise the stature in the surfing community not only as one of the best host-cities to the nationals but producers of champion surfers as well.
“Since the inception of the surfing nationals, we are yet to bring home a championship. Maybe this year will be different because of all our efforts to develop our athletes’ skills and with free registration efforts like this. I know our local surfers will bring the city pride,” Mayor Dayan Agda said.
Surf in the City is presented by the City Government of Borongan, the Provincial Government of Eastern Samar , and the Lone legislative district of Eastern Samar. The 3rd leg of the National Surfing Competition is sanctioned by the United Philippine Surfing Association and co-organized by the local surf organization SCES.
