MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez encouraged the city’s athletes and delegates seeing action in this year’s Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) Meet to aim for gold when she met with them on February 28 at the People’s Astrodome.

The R1AA Meet officially started on March 3 and will end on March 8. The opening program was held on March 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the newly-renovated Quirino Stadium in Bantay, Ilocos Sur.

The city delegation will compete with the other 13 delegations in more than 20 different game categories which include billiards, goal ball, wushu and bocce, archery, arnis, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, chess, boxing, football, futsal, gymnastics, lawn tennis, sepak-takraw, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, and wrestling.

The Dagupan City government distributed cash allowances to 417 athletes and coaches of the city on February 28 before they left for Ilocos Sur to participate in the Region 1 Athletic Association Meet from March 3 to 8. (CIO photo by Jojo Tamayo)

The city’s athletes received financial support amounting to P800.00 each, but Fernandez promised that she will give them an additional P160.00 allowance.

In the last R1AA in San Carlos City, Dagupan City made history by finishing second over-all, improving from the. 7th place finish it garnered in the 2015 R1AA meet.

“Aim for gold. Aim for number 1,” said Fernandez as she assured the athletes that an incentive awaits those who will bring home gold medals.

In the last R1AA, the city gave P3,000 for every gold medal as an incentive. (Joseph C. Bacani/CIO)

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