The newly installed equipment include bleachers, a basketball ring, and a shot clock, improvements intended to enhance the municipality’s gymnasium and provide athletes and residents with a better venue for sports activities, tournaments, and community events.
Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Sports, joined local officials led by Mayor Santos Alonzo Jr. and Vice Mayor Atty. Chrence Go, together with Councilor Bebot Angsingco, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative Almar Alilian, and Board Member Don Go Montojo.
The senator said investments in community sports facilities are important because many Filipino athletes begin their journeys not in large stadiums, but in barangay courts, municipal gymnasiums, schools, and grassroots competitions.
“Kaya palagi kong sinasabi sa ating mga kabataan: Get into sports, stay away from drugs, para manatili tayong malusog at fit!”
Go has consistently advocated using sports as a means of keeping young people healthy, disciplined, and away from illegal drugs and other harmful vices.
He emphasized that adequate facilities must go hand in hand with organized competitions, competent coaching, and sustained support so promising athletes can be identified and given opportunities to progress.
As part of his broader sports agenda, Go authored and co-sponsored Republic Act No. 11470, which established the National Academy of Sports in New Clark City. The institution allows qualified student-athletes to continue their education while undergoing specialized athletic training.
He also filed Senate Bill No. 171, which seeks to expand the National Academy of Sports through regional campuses, with particular emphasis on making specialized sports education more accessible to athletes in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Go likewise filed SBN 413 seeking to institutionalize the Philippine National Games as a nationwide grassroots sports competition, and SBN 678 proposing the National Tertiary Games to provide collegiate athletes with another national platform to compete and showcase their abilities. DownloadInteractive Maps
The senator has repeatedly stressed that grassroots sports development requires sustained cooperation among the national government, local government units, schools, coaches, sports organizations, and communities.
Go said facilities such as the upgraded gymnasium in Lupon can help provide young athletes with spaces where they can train, compete, and discover their potential while encouraging more residents to embrace an active lifestyle.
He thanked the local government and community leaders for supporting programs that promote sports development and provide constructive activities for the youth.
Go reiterated that strengthening Philippine sports begins by giving aspiring athletes opportunities where they live.
“Get into sports, stay away from drugs, to keep us healthy and fit,” he reiterated, encouraging Lupon’s youth to make full use of the improved facilities and continue pursuing their passion for sports.
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