CAPAS, Tarlac. – If plans do not miscarry, Asian Swimming Federation secretary general Taha Al Kishry of Oman envisions the New Clark Aquatic Center here as an International Swimming Federation facility for elite swimmers worldwide.
“Your country needs it, the region needs it, the continent needs it, the world needs it,” Al Kishry said after the press launch the other day of the 11th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships involving Philippine Olympic Committee president Tagaytay City Mayor Bambol Tolentino and Bases Conversion Development Authority Senior Vice President Arrey Perez.
All three signed a memorandum of agreement for the Asian age group meet to be held from Nov. 23 to Dec. 1, 2023 at the facility during the contract signing witnessed by Clark Development Corp. President and CEO Agnes Devanadera.
Before it became the swimming competition venue of the 2019 SEA Games, the NCC Aquatic Center, built at a cost of P2 billion by the BCDA, first had to meet the rigid standards set by the world swimming body, known by its French acronym FINA, led by Hussain Al Musallam of Kuwait.
