Cagayan de Oro rafters to represent the Philippines in world rafting championship

The Cagayan de Oro Whitewater Rafting Adventure will represent the country to the World Rafting Championships on June 26 to July 3, in Seoul, South Korea.

Acting City Mayor Michelle Tagarda-Spiers disclosed this after Chisum Christopher Factura, the team’s organizer made a courtesy call to her office recently and asked for support for the team’s first international competition.

The Cagayan de Oro team’s entry to the said competition will also mark the first time for the Philippines to join the said event.Spiers said that the city government will do everything to support the team since it is an honor for Cagayan de Oro to represent the country in a sports competition which the city is also famous for.

She added that Factura told her that the Philippines joined the International Rafting Federation, which organized the said event.

The said organization has considered the city as a possible venue but nevertheless lost to South Korea which won the bidding.

The acting mayor hoped that the team’s entry to the prestigious whitewater rafting competition will prominently put Cagayan de Oro and the Philippines in the map of world class whitewater rafting destinations. (Cagayan de Oro City Information Office)