The first Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 is set to open on March 15, Friday, from 4 PM onwards, at the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park.
The 800-meter seafront of the Bacolod Baywalk will host various water sports and related activities such as bancarera, beach volleyball, boat tug-of-war, and paddling, among others.
Bancarera teams from Siargao, Banate, Bohol, Boracay, Capiz, Cebu, and Malaysia are already in the city preparing for the first of the many water sports competitions.
The ceremony will open with pre-show exhibitions for jet skiing, running man challenge, kayaking, paddling, etc., and the program will start at sunset with local officials, representatives from different government agencies, organizers, participants, supporters, and guests.
Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 is aimed at promoting a sustainable tourism activity in the City of Bacolod that encourages athleticism, teamwork, sportsmanship, and appreciation of traditional and contemporary Filipino games while reducing the negative impacts caused by such a tourism event.
It also expects to convene sports aficionados and water sports fans not only in Negros Occidental, but from the entire region and all over the country as well.
The watersports committees convened last Friday for a coordination meeting with representatives from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO), Philippine Coastguard, Maritime Command, Bacolod City Police Office, and other agencies.
More information on the festival is available by contacting Tina Alagaban on 0969-0505-555 or Direk Edu on 0970-5923837.*
