In Saint Theresa’s College-Cebu, the Pakiglambigit or Intramurals event is one of the most intense activities that the students, teachers, and even parents prepare for every year. With a combination of sports, dance performances, and field demonstrations the event truly sets itself apart from the intramurals of other schools. Just as the event itself is different, the school also makes use of a different point system to decide the overall champions for the sports. Given the intense and fast-paced games and performances all throughout the event, this point system often brings about confusion specially in the college department. Mme. Teresa Atienza, the intramurals convener for the college department, explains how they determine the winners of the annual Intramurals.

 

History

 

Mme. Atienza has been the Intramurals convener for eight years. She says that the Tallying System started in 2008. Even after all these years, she still maintains an active role in the committee as part of the Secretariat and the one who tallies each event. When she first became the convener, the Intramurals Committee recommended that they come up with an overall champion.

 

The Different Teams

 

For the College Department there are four teams: Business and Accountancy Team (BAT), Junior Educators’ Organization (JEO), Theresian Communicators’ Organization (TCO), and Psychology-Social Work (PSYCH-SOC). Each win against an opponent gives the team one point. If the team wins against all the competitors, they gain three points for that sport.

“If you win an event with only three teams or two teams, you get two points and one point respectively while the losing team will get one point and zero respectively,” Mme. Atienza explains.

 

If a team loses by default, the team is still counted as a competitor in a certain event and will gain zero points for that game. Their opponent will then gain one point. However, if the team informs the committee ahead of time that they would not be participating in the event, the team will not be included in the ranking of an event. Their supposed opponent will not gain points either.

 

In the case of the Girls’ Softball event, only three teams competed since BAT informed the committee that they will not have a Softball team. As a result, PSYCH-SOC, TCO, and JEO, garnered two points, one point, and zero respectively.

For the boys, there are only two teams as the school converted to co-ed just recently and still has less boys compared to girls. One team is a combination of BAT and JEO, while the other is a combination of TCO and PSYCH-SOC. When a team wins an event, each organization garners one point. For example, when the BAT-JEO won the Basketball event against PSYCH-SOC-TCO both BAT and JEO gain one point on the tally for the overall champions.

 

“In case of a tie, we will declare both teams as champions just like what happened with Grade 10 and Grade 12,” Mme. Atienza adds.

 

Ranking of a Team

 

To avoid any confusion, it is the task of the Tournament Managers to rank each team from first to third or declare draws. It is then Mme. Atienza who converts these rankings into points to determine a team’s position overall. This ensures that there will be no mistakes in the results especially with sports that have a complicated point system.

 

Although it may seem confusing to people from outside the school or are new to the institution, this system has proven to be effective for the past eight years. Still, the school is open to ways to improve this system. For now, the students and everyone else involved in each Pakiglambigit can be sure that nothing questionable happens with the results.

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