TENNIS ACE. Alex Eala at the Hangzhou, China Asian Games in September. She will lead 58 athletes from 33 sports to be honored in the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards at Market! Market! Activity Center in Taguig City on Monday (Dec.4, 2023). (Contributed photo)
MANILA – Tennis ace Alex Eala and muay thai champion Alyssa Kylie Mallari will lead 58 athletes from 33 sports to be honored at the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards on Dec. 4 at the Market! Market! Activity Center in Taguig City.
Eala and Mallari will receive the Go for Gold Siklab Young Heroes awards, along with world youth champion Prince Keil Delos Santos (weightlifting), Asian Championship junior silver medalist Karl Eldrew Yulo (gymnastics), Southeast Asian Games gold medalists Kira Ellis and Matthew Hermosa (aquathlon), Southeast Asian Games silver medalist Gennah Malapit (athletics), Ronel Suyom (boxing), Rianne Malixi (golf), Charlie Manzano and Breanna Labadan (gymnastics), Santino Luzuriaga (jiu-jitsu), and Bianca Bustamante (motorsports).
Pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, ranked No. 2 in the world and No. 1 in Asia, will receive the “Sports Idol” award.
The Youth Football League and the Davao Aguilas Football Club, which is supported by Quezon City 1st District Rep. Juan Carlos "Arjo" Atayde, will get a special citation, while swimmer Ariel Alegarbes will receive the Para Youth Star plum for winning two gold medals at the Asean Para Games in Cambodia last May.
Meanwhile, sports patron Sen. Bong Go will also be recognized with the Godfather Award.
The other awardees are world champions Joseph Anthony Godbout (modern pentathlon), pitcher Erica Arnaiz (softball), Jan Brix Ramiscal (muay thai), Asian Championships bronze medalist Jasmine Althea Ramilo (gymnastics), Lucho Aguilar (wrestling), Trisha Mae Del Rosario (obstacle sports) and Sebastian Niel Mañalac (karate), Burlington Super Kids Award; and Christian Gian Karlo Arca and Mark Jay Bacojo (chess), Aielle Aguilar, Princess Reuma and Yanna Marte (jiu-jitsu), Mazel Alegado (skateboarding) and Jodie Danielle Tan (fencing), Rising Stars Award.
The Siklab Awards, organized by the Philippine Sports Commission - Philippine Olympic Committee Media Group, is for outstanding athletes aged 18 years and below.
The first two editions were held in 2018 and 2019. (PNA)
