Pinay In Action: Empowering Girls, Football Fiesta Results
Pinay In Action (PIA) is Senator Pia S. Cayetano’s advocacy arm promoting among
others, sports and women empowerment. As a steadfast advocate of health, sports and
women’s rights, she believes that sports can be a very powerful tool to empower women. Pinay
in Action started with an all women’s run in 2006, and has since grown to include many other
sports and fitness events for women, such as all women’s triathlon and running camps for girls.
It also recognizes the achievements of inspiring women from all walks of life, through its annual
exhibit, “Empowered Filipinas: Raising the Bar”.
Pinay in Action continues to fuse women empowerment with sports and fitness, and has
now evolved to include grassroots programs for girls’ football. Today, Pinay in Action is
Empowering Girls: One Goal At A Time.
Pinay In Action: Empowering Girls One Goal At A Time
It is a nationwide program aimed at empowering girls through sports, specifically
football. We have chosen football for this purpose because height is not a distinct advantage,
and thus, it is a sport in which Filipinos can excel worldwide. In football, girls of all sizes and
builds can participate, learn, improve, and enjoy. It is easy to start a grassroots program for
football since all that is needed is an open field, or even a basketball court. Further, the sport is
already played in top universities, with several scholarships available.
With the recently concluded Women’s World Cup, the timing is perfect. Sports
enthusiasts are ready and eager to see more Filipinas on the field, and many young girls are in
need of the opportunities that sports and football can offer.
Our programs combine the following:
High visibility of our 3 A-Side Turf Tournament (Pinay in Action Football Fiesta) in
Bonifacio Global City’s High Street Central. With daily weekend foot traffic of 47,000,
the event will draw interest to the sport and provide maximum exposure for our
sponsors
ALL GIRLS 11 A-Side Tournament to raise their level of competitiveness and to give
them the spotlight they deserve
Futsal Tournaments or camps for more exposure and training
Football Clinics which can be easily organized in any basketball courts
Coaching/mentoring programs that will equip parents, teachers and coaches with the
skills and knowledge to mentor girls in sports
Below are the results of the tournament:
Girls 13 & Under
Champion – Payatas FC
1st Runner Up – Taguig A
2nd Runner Up – Taguig B
3rd Runner Up – Futbol Fanatics
Century Tuna Top Goal Scorer – Altea Rebosura of Payatas FC
Most Promising Player – Julianna Macarubbo
Girls 16 & Under
Champion – Payatas FC
1st Runner Up – Futbol Fanatics
2nd Runner Up – Taguig B
3rd Runner Up – CCFA Letran B
Century Tuna Top Goal Scorer – Aubrey Malenab of Futbol Fanatics
Most Promising Player – Alexandra Lupas of Taguig B
Women’s Open
Champion – Rizal Technological University – A
1st Runner Up – Bomber FC
2nd Runner Up – Payatas FC
3rd Runner up – Rizal Technological University – B
Century Tuna Top Goal Scorer – Myta Bajar of Rizal Technological University – A
Most Promising Player - Regine Rebosura of Payatas FC
Burt’s Bees Natural Beauty Award (Sportsmanship Award) – Love Joy Raguro of Rizal Technological University - B
