National Irrigation Administration (NIA) chief Claro V. Maranan together with Senior Deputy Administrator Felix M. Razo and NIAns led the opening of the 2013 NIA-C.O. In-House Tournament held last November 5, 2013 at the NIA Multi-purpose Gymnasium in Diliman, Quezon City.
The sports tournament was organized by the NIA Athletic Committee headed by Ms. Louella Mercado (Chairman), Juanito Gumpal (Vice-Chairman) and Othelo Razon (Member and Overall Tournament Director) to promote sportsmanship and camaraderie among NIAns as well as to encourage employees to be more active in sports that would benefit their health.
Teams taking part in the tournament are the following offices: Finance, Administrative, Administrator’s Office, Operations, Engineering, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program-Irrigation Component (CARP-IC) and Special Project Group (SPG).
The teams will be competing in badminton, basketball and volleyball. The games will start with an elimination round followed by a semi-final round and will conclude with a championship round that will decide the winning team in each game.
During his inspirational talk the NIA administrator reminded employees that taking part in sports activities is one way of maintaining one’s physical health and to observe fair play during the games. "Let’s keep physically fit and be strong for this for our own benefit," Maranan said.
He then capped off the opening ceremony with a ceremonial toss to signal the start of the tournament. The month-long tournament will conclude at the end of November and the awarding ceremony will be announced after the championship round.
