MANILA – The Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy 2012, the country's premier search for fresh, young sports talents countrywide, kicks off its six-leg calendar with the National Capital Region leg to be held at different venues in Marikina City on Monday.
Twelve sports are on tap for the initial leg which will be held from Sept. 17-21. Of these, 10 sports will be played and considered as the qualifying events for the National Finals in Iloilo City in December.
At least 7,000 participants are expected this year which is double last year's turnout.
Events included in the Batang Pinoy are: athletics, swimming, taekwondo, arnis, judo, chess, table tennis, badminton, lawn tennis, volleyball, and.
Judo and volleyball are considered national finals already which means they will not be played in the National Finals.
The Northern Luzon leg will be held Oct. 10-13 in Pangasinan, the Southern Luzon leg on Oct. 24-27 in Mindoro, the Mindanao leg on Nov. 7-10 in Cagayan de Oro, Visayas leg on Nov. 21-24, and National Finals on Dec. 5-8 in Iloilo City.*PNA
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