ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Mindanao Qualifying Leg of the Philippine ROTC Games culminated on Saturday with a resounding success as it highlighted sports development and the discovery of new talents and promotion of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.

ROTC Games honorary chairperson Senator Francis Tolentino lauded the athletes and people behind the successful Mindanao Qualifying Leg of PRG during the closing rites held at the Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University gymnasium here last Saturday.

The senator stressed that the PRG is aimed at boosting greater engagement among college students in both the ROTC and sports as he commended the efforts of Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe and the organizing committees for the very successful conduct of the Mindanao leg games held on 27 August to 2 September.

The PRG Mindanao leg tournament featured cadet-athletes from various Reserve Officers' Training Corps units from different colleges and universities in six regions in Mindanao — Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), Region 10 (Northern Mindanao), Region 11 (Davao Region), Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN), Region 13 (Caraga), and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.