Around 500 campus journalists and 300 school paper advisers from across the country are expected to join the Adventurer In the Huddle (ITH): 1st National Campus Sports Writing Congress on November 8, 10 and 12 at the JCSGO Seed Dome in Cubao, Quezon City.

A crack roster of speakers – led by veteran sports scribes Bong Pedralvez, Tessa Jazmines and Francis Ochoa and sports broadcasters TJ Manotoc and Patricia Bermudez-Hizon – will lecture the delegates from elementary, secondary and tertiary schools on “the Xs and Os” of sports journalism.

It will also feature Pacific Rims author Rafe Bartholomew, sports media people Rick Olivares, Tina Maralit, Jonas Terrado, Edison Ching, Rex San Diego, Jenner Ong and Albelda as speakers.

The three-day ITH congress will be presented by Adventurer, supported by Business Mirror, Active White, Sports Radio, Manila Standard Today, People’s Journal, and the NCR Secondary School Paper Advisers Association.

The Congress fee is pegged at P650, but organizer Ignite Academic Training is offering an “early-bird” rate of P550 until October 29, while groups of five and 11 (from one school) are entitled to discounts of P2500 and P5000, respectively.

On top of the sessions and as an added boost for the participants, there will also be competitions for Sports Sections (campus papers), Interview Story Writing, Coverage Story Writing and Sports Photojournalism with cash incentives totaling P100, 000.00.

Winners will be chosen from the elementary, high school, college and adviser divisions by a panel of judges composed mostly of speakers themselves.

For more inquiries and registration, contact IAT at (0906) 444 3878, (02) 439 8568 or e-mail at [email protected]. Updates are also posted regularly at the event’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/ith2010

FullCourtFresh is one of the event’s partners.