THE country’s best motorboat enthusiasts square off to determine this year’s “master-bangkero” while top clubs and university teams take part in the dragon boat competition of the 2016 Manila Bay Seasports Festival, which will be held on March 19 and 20.
Presented by Manila Broadcasting Company and the City of Manila, in cooperation with the Philippine Coast Guard, the Manila Bay Summer Seasports Festival is once more expected to draw big crowds to the Baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard.
The Coast Guard Squad, one of the teams to watch out for
Olympic rowers, Southeast Asian Games medalists, and members of the various Philippine national teams that have copped the numerous World Dragon Boat Championships will all see action in the two-day event, including the Bruins, UP Alumni, EAM Events Paddling Interactive Crew, Adamson University, NTMA Dragons, Manila Ocean Park, Philippine Blue Phoenix, Onslaught Racing Dragons, Rogue Pilipinas Paddlers, Pilipinas Wave Warriors, Maharlika Drakon, Dragons Republic Paddlers, One Piece Drakon Sangres, Philippine Army, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Coast Guard, Triton A & B, RCP Sea Dragons, and Amateur Paddlers Philippines.
Motorboat racers from all over the Philippine archipelago will compete in stock and formula races, traditionally dominated by boatmen from Rizal, Bataan, Bulacan, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, La Union, Quezon, Ilocos Sur, and Navotas.
Races begin at 8 a.m.
Music artists have been invited to grace the awarding ceremonies that will cap the two-day event.
The 2016 Manila Bay Seasports Festival is supported by Cobra Energy Drink, Kremtop, The Generics Pharmacy, Executive Optical, Revicon, M. Lhuillier, My Juiz, White Castle, and Herco Trading Corporation.
