THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) donated gymnastics equipment to the Gymnastics Academy of Cebu (GAC).
“We initially donated 23 rubber landing mats on Monday, and we will send more equipment to get them started on their grassroots development,” PSC oversight commissioner for Visayas Ramon Fernandez said.
This soon-to-rise gym located at Labangon Elementary School will undergo renovation and will be retrofitted with showers, locker rooms and other facilities.
Fernandez said that the PSC will send balance beams and high, horizontal and parallel bars, as well as pommel horses, flex floor systems, spotting blocks, trampolines, vaults and spring boards once quarantine restriction are eased.
“Once Metro Manila goes to GCQ [general community quarantine], we will be sending these equipment right away, as tasked by Chairman [William] Ramirez,” Fernandez said.
The GAC is in close coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) on top of officials of the Labangon Elementary School and Guadalupe Elementary School.
“With about 12,000 students attending these schools, we hope that this new indoor arena will be a rich source of grassroots talent in the region, and develop the next Carlos Yulo who will represent the country,” Fernandez said.
The PSC refurbished the Burauen Sports Complex in Leyte in 2020 and the Mindanao State University track oval in Marawi City in 2018.