NFGB Centralized Computer Matching for Bakbakan 2009

During its Board Meeting last Saturday, the National Federation of Gamefowl Breeders thru its Executive Director Arnel Añonuevo announced “that a more refined and strict NFGB centralized computer matching system will be implemented to ensure the authenticity of all stags that will be fielded in Bakbakan, as well as assure that each and every entry will get a fair and equal chance to win”.

The 2009 edition of the annual Bakbakan 10-Stag National Derby stakes a P30,000,000.00 guaranteed cash prize – the richest in Philippine cockfighting history.

For all the provincial and regional eliminations and semis events, registration of entries including weights and wing band numbers of stags to be fought are submitted locally. All these data are emailed to the NFGB office for computer matching. The matched program will then be emailed back to the local associations for sequencing. The member-associations are given the sequencing privilege for better income potential.

In addition, local events are monitored by a duly assigned NFGB Derby Supervisor from a different local chapter. He oversees the counterchecking of wing-bands and physical attributes and proper leg-banding of each stag entered as confirmation of its legitimacy. He also records the result of every fight, collate them and at the end of the derby have the official score sheet signed by him with the confirmation of the local association president. The scores are transmitted to NFGB office for proper recording.

“From wing-banding up to the time a stag is fought, every stage is duly monitored, so that each bird that was banded in April is the same bird that is fought several months later in October, November or in case they are fought in the finals on December 1 or 3” Añonuevo added.

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NFGB SET TO BREAK RECORD AGAIN WITH 2009 BAKBAKAN

With 2,210 farms visited across the country wherein a total of 202,708 cockerels were wingbanded, the National Federation of Gamefowl Breeders expresses confidence that the 2,000-entry target for this year’s Bakbakan 10-Stag national Derby will be easily realized. A guaranteed cash prize of P30 million is at stake for the 2009 Bakbakan with the entry fee pegged at P15,000.

“That is just assuming that each farm will field one entry for a 100 percent turn-out” says NFGB President Ricoy Palmares, as he noted that in 2008, a total of 2,203 entries saw action out of 1,972 farms registered for an almost 120% turn-out.

“We are looking forward to a new record”, Palmares added.

Among the 29 member-associations under the NFGB, Panay Gamefowl Breeders Ass’n has the biggest number of farms registered at 210 and the most cockerels banded at 19,719. Based on farms which were submitted for banding in second position is the fast growing Batangas Breeders Club headed by NFGB Vice President for Luzon Fred Katigbak with 146 farms and 14,616 cockerels banded. Third is the just three-year old Rizal Gamefowl Breeders Ass’n with 144 farms and 13,473 birds marked.

The country’s first gamefowl breeders group – the Negros Gamefowl Breeders Association headed by former La Carlota City Mayor Juancho Aguirre is 4^th with 132 farms, but 14,048 young stags banded, while the Al Garcia – led Gamefowl Breeders Association of Negros is 5^th with 127 and 14,000.

The 2009 Bakbakan will be held from October 10 with several separate elimination events nationwide up to December 3 when undefeated entries take on each other for the crown in the finals set at Araneta Coliseum.