Blue Thunders uses all their muscle for the Tug-of-war

Every year the staff of Coco Beach would have one company activity. Last year, the Coco Sports Fest was unique because the uniforms were exchanged. The women wore men’s style clothes while the macho men wore skirts. It was a really interesting sight to see. This year though is more traditional as the staff hold their COCOlympics.

Oath of Sportsmanship by all the teams

The games started last August 31, 2010 with four teams participating. The staff was divided into 4 groups as follows: The Orange Juicers headed by Dr. Ariel Torres, our in-house physician, the Yellow Submarine led by HR Manager Lyzzelle Ceralde, the Blue Thunder headed by our bartender Ray Masungca and last but not the least, D’ Red Horse team headed by Rodel Lopez, Dining Supervisor. Team members came from the different departments of Coco Beach which included the ladies from the Front Office, Admin and Shopping Arcade. There were also the waiters, waitresses, bartenders, and Kitchen crew of F&B, Activity coordinators and guides, Security, the Coco Divers, Services men and the mamas, papas, helpers and children of the Service Families.

Each team posing with their banner

The 4-day event started with a parade around the resort with the teams in their uniforms and carrying their own colors and banners. Service Mama Angie Atienza led the prayer followed by HR Lyzzelle who gave the opening remarks. Everybody recited the Olympics Oath of Sportsmanship led by Service Papa and Sports Committee member Eugene Dizon followed by the raising of colors.

Obstacle course is no hurdle for these swift contenders

The first event for the day was the TUG-O-WAR where everybody had to give all their strength, digging their feet in the sand screaming, grunting and sweating as opposing teams pulled on the rope. D’Red Horse team won in this event. This was followed by the Team Relay event which included an obstacle course, sack race, jumping over beach beds, kayaking for 100 meters, swimming and “wogging” around the perimeter of Coco Beach. This time it was the Orange Juicers who won with the fastest time of 15 minutes.

Hauling, pulling and tugging with all their might...as you can see in all their faces

Ball games were played in the afternoon with D’ Red Horse Team winning over the Yellow Submarine and the Blue Thunder over the Orange Juicers in the women’s volleyball for the first round of games. In the men’s basketball, the Yellow Submariners won over the Red Horses by a 3-point lead, while the Orange Juicers had a big lead over the Blue Thunders.

We will be giving you more updates on this event by next week.