Get ready to hit with your best shots as the first leg of the Nestle Pops University Dodgeball Games 2009 kicks off at the De La Salle University on July 25, Saturday.
Sanctioned by the Philippine DodgeBall Association (PDBA), the Games is a clinic-and-tournament series that aims to establish dodgeball PE classes in the participating universities. It is the PDBA’s main effort to promote the sport in the country, and has been enjoyed by participants of various sports orientation (or none at all) for the past two years.
This year, through Nestle Pops and Rider’s sponsorships, more schools will be able to experience this rising sport and will also be beneficiaries of dodgeball donations to help them jumpstart their dodgeball PE classes.
Also making this event more exciting are over 20,000 pesos worth of prizes and freebies from Nestle Pops ice cream, Rider after sports footwear, and Action and Fitness magazine. On top of that, players who register now also get a chance to win product prizes via the online contests at www.pinoydodgeball.multiply.com!
So if you would like your school to be a part of the Nestle Pops University Dodgeball Games 2009, or for more information about dodgeball and dodgeball events, please contact PDBA at 0922-378-94-93 or visit their website at www.dodgeballphilippines.org.
Schools and individuals who want to conduct a dodgeball clinic or tournament as part of an org activity, sportsfest, college week, alternative class or others, can just send a message to PDBA and they will do it all for free.
In Dodgeball, the objective is to eliminate as many opponents as you can by throwing a ball at them.
Or by catching a ball thrown at you.
Update: Dodgeball – The New PE
Mapua, Miriam, to Offer Dodgeball PE Classes Next Sem
Following the success of the Nestle Pops University Dodgeball Games in their campuses, Mapua Institute of Technology- Makati (MIT-Makati) and Miriam College have expressed that they will be offering Dodgeball as a Physical Education class starting next semester, announced Benedict Camara, President of the Philippine Dodgeball Association.
The Nestle Pops University Dodgeball Games is a PDBA-sanctioned clinic-and-tournament series that aims to establish dodgeball PE classes, and MIT-Makati and Miriam College hosted its second and third legs respectively.
With the full support of the MIT-Makati PE Department through Sir Bob Roque and Ma’am Tess Magana, about 800 Mapuans learned and played during the remarkable four-day dodgeball clinic. The top teams from the clinics then competed for the championships on the fifth day of the Mapua leg.
Also backed by its PE Department through SIr Dennis Sajo and Ma’am Grace Bernal was the Miriam College leg, which is the first all-female dodgeball tournament in the country. The one-day event had 16 all-female teams, and featured an insightful faculty training given by the PDBA. The faculty training touched on topics such as the history, rules, proper implementation, social relevance, and future direction of dodgeball.
At the end of both in-campus events, the PDBA, through the sponsorship of Nestle Ice Cream and Rider After Sports Footwear, donated new dodgeballs to the PE departments to help start their PE classes. Winners and lucky participants also took home special prizes from the sponsors and from media partner, Action & Fitness magazine.
Schools who would like to join the Nestle Pops University Dodgeball Games may contact the PDBA at 0922-378-94-93. For more info, please visit www.dodgeballphilippines.org.
Check out the latest pictures from the dodgeball events below:
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July 21, 2009 at 9:54 am
Hi PDBA!!
pano sumali?? we want to dodge na din ^__^