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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Feb 1, 2014 8:21:57 GMT
UAAP may use new UST gym for games
By FRANCIS SANTIAGO
January 3, 2011, 5:37pm
MANILA, Philippines — The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) may use the University of Santo Tomas Gym for some of its games, including basketball, for Season 74.
The gym, which is part of the P800-million UST Sports Complex, is expected to be finished by January 28 in time for the school’s 400th anniversary.
An Ateneo sports official said they plan to use it as possible venue for basketball and volleyball.
“If it’s already complete, why not?” said Ricky Palou, the Ateneo athletic director and representative to the UAAP board.
Ateneo is host of the coming UAAP season.
The sports complex is four stories high and boasts of a modern basketball court with bleachers that can accommodate 5,792 patrons.
The size of the gym is much bigger than The Arena in San Juan, the venue for the on-going Season 73 volleyball tournament, which can house around 4,500 fans.
The UST gym, though, is smaller than the Blue Eagles Gym in Katipunan, which can sit 7,500.
The construction of the sports complex started in 2008 and it will house the facilities for fencing, badminton, table tennis, indoor track, judo, dancing, gymnastics, and a fitness center at the ground floor.
Aside from the sports facilities, the building will also be home to classrooms, administrative offices, and space for food concessionaires. A multi-deck parking space will also be erected near the gymnasium.
The new gym will also include a museum display of the various trophies UST has won. The new building will replace the old UST gym, which was built in 1927.
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Feb 1, 2014 8:23:48 GMT
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Feb 1, 2014 8:28:40 GMT
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Feb 1, 2014 8:33:42 GMT
 Source: luibowee78-year-old gymnasium demolished; paves way for construction of alumni center
By REDEN D. MADRID
THE UNIVERSITY has begun demolishing the 78-year-old UST Gymnasium, paving the way for the construction of the Thomasian Alumni Center, the future “home for alumni” in the campus.
But to keep its historical value, being the oldest gym in the country and one of the first buildings in the campus, the facade will be retained, according to Gary del Rosario, RDR Demolition general manager.
Del Rosario added that the Olympic-sized swimming pool will be refurbished.
All athletic and sports equipment will be transferred to the new UST Sports Complex, which will be inaugurated in August, but items like trophies and commemorative plaques will be kept in the alumni center.
The Office for Alumni Relations, located at the Benavides Building (High School Building), will also be transferred to the center.
The five-story Thomasian Alumni Center will have a grand lobby, a “wall of honors”, four ballroom lobbies, 16 mini auditoria, and multi-function rooms.
Michael Angelo Malicsi, director of the Office for Alumni Relations, said the Thomasian Alumni Center is envisioned as a haven for alumni in UST.
"The center's primary service to the alumni is to strengthen their ties and communication with the University," Malicsi said.
The center's construction will start after the demolition of the gymnasium.
"Hopefully, the grand lobby of the Thomasian Alumni Center will be inaugurated in January 2012 in time of the closing of the Quadricentennial celebration," Malicsi said.
The construction is funded by donations from alumni and the US-based UST Medical Alumni Association Foundation, which had pledged $1 million for the construction of the center.
Because of the demolition of the gym, which started last April 6, the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) has moved to a temporary office in the Beato Angelico Building.
IPEA department secretary Gilda Ma. Paz Kamus said the Facilities Management Office (FMO) set a notice three years ago to prepare to move into a new office.
“Everybody here in IPEA is flexible,” she said. When we transferred to Beato, it was fast.”
Kamus also said that that all materials and equipment of IPEA have been secured by the FMO.
“They (FMO) opened a warehouse in the Sports Complex to store our materials,” she said.
Athletes affected
However, Kamus said athletes' training was “greatly affected.”
“All training is currently done outside the University. Coaches rent [courts and the like] outside for their training. Some teams train in Lyceum [of the Philippines University in Intramuros], while some teams do their training at Buddhacare Academy in Quezon City,” she said.
Once the Sports Complex is finished, the whole institute will immediately move to the building, Kamus said.
The multi-million Sports Complex, which started construction in 2009, will be a venue of some UAAP games and other important University activities, like graduation rites.
The UST Gymnasium, designed by Thomasian architect Fernando Ocampo, was completed on March 7, 1933. It was one of the first structures built in the campus and was the venue of the University’s commencement exercises from 1933 to 1950’s. It also housed the Conservatory of Music from 1946 to 1949.
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Mar 30, 2014 5:47:21 GMT
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Mar 30, 2014 5:55:25 GMT
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Post by TAS on Jul 8, 2014 10:57:43 GMT
The most awaited pics... inside the UST Gym... Spycam shots. LOL! - ballerz
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Post by Tom A Saiyan on Jul 8, 2014 10:58:39 GMT
Naliliitan ako sa loob...NCAA, UAAP eye new UST complex
THE NEW home of the Tigers could play host to the two biggest and most prestigious leagues in Philippine collegiate sports.
Ateneo, host of this year’s UAAP season, and Colegio San Juan de Letran, which will host the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament next year, have both expressed interest in holding games in the new UST Sports Complex now under construction.
The two schools are particularly considering the P800-million, state-of-the-art complex as a venue for basketball and volleyball games, said Fr. Ermito de Sagon, O.P., director of the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics.
But De Sagon said UST could not act on the proposals until construction was completed, supposedly on August 15. He said the slow pace of construction would likely move the deadline.
“We are not yet sure [if we can accept the proposals] since we don’t know [the construction’s] time table,” he said, noting that Letran, for instance, was yet to formally negotiate with UST.
“It’s too early for them to talk about these things. Maybe they just want to tell us about their preparations for the NCAA,” he said.
De Sagon said the 5,792-seat Sports Complex was originally intended as a training facility for the varsity teams, especially with the old gym no longer available.
“So basically, it is the only training location for our athletes,” he said.
The complex will house facilities for basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, censored wordkwondo, judo, and fencing, on top of an indoor track, and dancing, gymnastics, and fitness centers.
Training problems
The demolition of the 78-year-old UST Gym has created problems for UST athletes preparing for UAAP Season 74. The basketball, volleyball, and badminton squads had to train outside the campus.
Since February, the Growling Tigers have been practicing at the Philippine Buddha Care Academy in Quezon City. Although head coach Pido Jarencio cited no problem with the facilities, team captain Jeric Fortuna said travelling to Quezon City was a hassle.
“One time, we fell asleep during traffic, and when it was time to practice, we were no longer in proper condition,” he complained.
The Tiger Spikers, who train at the Central Colleges of the Philippines (CCP), are saddled by problems with class schedules.
“Our training sessions have been shortened because some of us have classes at 9 a.m. [The arrangement] gives us a hard time since we need to travel to CCP and go back to UST to attend our respective classes,” said open hitter John Depante.
He added: “The facilities are okay, but [the situation] is more complicated now.”
The Shuttlers, who practice at the Valencia Badminton Sports Club in Quezon City, face similar problems.
“It’s hard since most of my players’ classes end at 7 in the evening and they still need to travel to get there. [Because of this,] our training sessions are only one-hour long,” said coach Noli Cajefe. Alexis U. Cerado with reports from Rodolfo Serafin Jerome T. Lozada
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