BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city was named host of the 2026 Batang Pinoy National Championships during the closing ceremony of the competition’s 2025 edition at the Antonio C. Acharon Sports Complex in General Santos City on Thursday night. It will be Bacolod’s fourth time to host...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 144 young athletes accompanied by their 22 coaches will represent this highly-urbanized city in the Batang Pinoy 2025 in General Santos City from Oct. 25 to 31. The city government held a send-off ceremony at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) grounds during the...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Inspired by her Paralympian father, Huxley Mangliwan hopes her recent feat at the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships is the start of something big in her young taekwondo career. Huxley Mangliwan displays her medal at the Batang Pinoy Championships. (Huxley Mangliwan) The...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Pi Durden Wangkay and Samantha Martinez crowned themselves as the fastest runners in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships after ruling the under-16 boys and girls 100 meters at the RVM Sports Complex here. Wangkay, a 15-year-old standout from the City of...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – Records fell like dominoes in athletics and swimming after three days of action while tanker Arvin Taguinota collected his fifth gold medal in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships at the RVM Sports Complex here. Mico Villaran accounted for one of the 14 new meet records...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Meet records continued to fall in the swimming competitions at the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships even as weightlifter Reynadine Jimenez, niece of Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, took the spotlight in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships on Monday, Nov. 25, at the...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo feels a sense of nostalgia as she watches young weightlifters, including her niece Reynadine Marie Jimenez, compete in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championship here. Hidilyn Diaz watches her niece, Reynadine Marie Jimenez of Rizal,...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Swimmers Anton Paulo Della of San Fernando, La Union and Albert Jose Amaro II of Naga City made waves by posting new meet records, while Masbate City’s Courtney Jewel Trangia clinched the first gold medal at stake in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships at the RVM...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Action in 24 of the 30 sports including centerpiece athletics and swimming fires off on Sunday, Nov. 24, in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships in various venues here. Puerto Princesa City Mayor Lucilo Bayron, left, and Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard...
More than 12,000 participants from 177 local government units (LGUs) are expected in the 2024 Batang Pinoy on Nov. 23 to 28 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The 25th edition of the multisport grassroots competition will have 30 sports that include boxing, gymnastics and weightlifting -- three sports...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government lauded athletes who represented Bohol in the recent Batang Pinoy (BP) and Philippine National Games (PNG) in Manila. The Bohol delegation harvested 33 medals – seven golds, 10 silvers, and 16 bronzes. Metodia Maraguinot Jr., head of the Provincial Youth...
Young gymnast Llya De Mata Escoses reigned supreme as the individual all around champion of the women’s gymnastics in the recently concluded 2023 Batang Pinoy at the GAP National Training Center in Intramuros, Manila. Llya De Mata Escoses Escoses, who bested over 35 participants from...
