LIPA City — In the first-ever Sportsfest of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Luzon Cluster B, comprising four ATI Training Centers in South Luzon, ATI Bicol Vulcan Rumblers brought home the Overall 1st Runner-up award.
Spearheaded by the ATI-International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ITCPH) in Lipa City, Batangas, the ATI Cluster Luzon B Sportsfest took place at the ATI-ITCPH grounds on February 23-25, 2024. During the first round of competitions, ATI Bicol scored its first high points when Marjhan Ramboyong, Media Production Specialist II, won as Mr. Sportsfest while Queenie Love Belza, Rice Program Technical Staff, bagged the Ms. Sportsfest title.
The Center missed winning the championship Basketball game by one point, but the event cemented the Center’s commitment to its core values, particularly integrity and teamwork. During the basketball championship, Vulcan Rumblers basketball center Alfrench Nissorada, Accountant I, needed three stitches on a gash below his lip, after he was elbowed in the thick of the game. As ATI Bicol Center Director put it, in giving the game their best, ATI Bicol personnel literally shed sweat and blood.
The three-day sportsfest also featured physical and skill sports – basketball, volleyball, cheer dance, table tennis, badminton, dart, chess, and scrabble with men and women’s categories. In addition, it also showcased dodge ball, table football, and patintero as fun games.
In all major and minor competitions, the Center scored 17 wins.
- 1st in Mr. Sportsfest 2024
- 1st in Ms. Sportsfest 2024
- Champion in Women’s Badminton
- Champion in Men’s Scrabble
- Champion in Women’s Scrabble
- Champion in Table Football
- 1st Runner-up in Men’s Basketball
- 1st Runner-up in Men’s Table Tennis
- 1st Runner-up in Men’s Chess
- 2nd Runner-up in Cheer Dance competition
- 2nd Runner-up in Men’s Volleyball
- 2nd Runner-up in Mixed Table Tennis
- 2nd Runner-up in Mixed Badminton
- 2nd Runner-up in Men’s Dart
- 2nd Runner-up in Women’s Dart
- 2nd Runner-up in Dodge Ball
- 2nd Runner-up in Patintero
- 3rd Runner-up in Women’s Basketball
- 3rd Runner-up in Women’s Volleyball
- 3rd Runner-up in Women’s Table Tennis
- 3rd Runner-up in Men’s Badminton
- 3rd Runner-up in Mixed Dart
- 3rd Runner-up in Women’s Chess
Behind the scenes, the non-contestants extended all efforts – organizing week-before practice sessions, fine-tuning their events management skills, bolting out cheers for the contestants and competitors during the game itself.
In the process, the ATI Bicol personnel got to know their coworkers in other Centers in Luzon Cluster B. This bolstered camaraderie among the Centers.
Sports means fair and generous behavior or treatment of others. Even more important at work, these are traits that ATI Bicol upholds in its commitment to excellence, even in sports.
