The regional multi-event meet was held in Cebu for 19 years. It was transferred to Iloilo City this year.
“The local government units of Iloilo are very supportive of the event, including the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 and Iloilo division,” according to organizer Ricky Ballesteros.
“In fact, they are very excited that finally, they’re going to host the Milo Little Olympics.”
“Our first meeting had positive responses. We also met with the tournament directors. The games will be on Sept. 11 to 13 and what we are pushing now is to put the opening ceremony on Sept. 10,” said Ballesteros, who was joined by Dr. Danilo Villadolid and Iloilo City sports director Jojo Castro.
Iloilo has a lot of schools for the delegations to stay for the course of the tournament.
In fact, the Iloilo will be fielding at least 300 competing schools.
Organizers squeeze Milo Olympics to 3 days on Sept. 11-13 in Iloilo City
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INSTEAD of having the usual two weekends of competition, the Milo Little Olympics Visayas leg will be played only for one weekend, according to organizer Ricky Ballesteros. The adjustment was made so that visiting athletes won’t be left waiting for days for their next games, which would increase the…
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