From November 28th to December 1st, the 2019 "Panda Cup" Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament was grandly held in Dongsheng Town of "Zhongshan International Baseball Town". This event is guided by the Chinese Baseball Association, the Chinese Softball Association, and the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, hosted by the Guangdong Provincial Youth Training and Competition Center, and hosted by the Zhongshan Municipal Education and Sports Bureau, Zhongshan City Dongsheng Town People's Government, and Guangdong Panda Sports Culture Industry Co., Ltd. .
The 2019 "Panda Cup" Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament and Slow Pitch Softball League Tournament attracted many baseball and softball teenagers from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Their figures running on the green field of the Panda Memorial Stadium were frozen. A moment of youth in struggle. A total of 8 U12 and U18 youth baseball teams from Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong participated in this competition, as well as 8 slow pitch softball teams from Macau, Hong Kong, Zhongshan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai . The energetic baseball and softball youths competed fiercely for four days in Dongsheng Town, the "Zhongshan International Baseball Town".
In the youth baseball competition, the Zhongshan team as the host performed well. The Zhongshan Panda Baseball Team won the U12 category championship, and the Guangzhou City Team and Shenzhen Team ranked second and third respectively. In the youth baseball U18 group competition, the Zhongshan Baseball Team won the championship, and the Shenzhen Amateur Sports School and Guangzhou Baseball Team won the runner-up and third place respectively. The slow-pitch softball championship was won by the Dongguan team, and the Guangzhou team ranked second. During the four-day event, the baseball and softball athletes showed their strength, surpassed themselves, created brilliance, jointly created a successful, exciting and unforgettable sports event, and shared the passion and joy of baseball and softball in the beautiful Zhongshan!
This event brings together young people from many places in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and is sponsored by Guangdong Panda Sports Culture Industry Co., Ltd. This year, the company invested 100 million yuan to build the international standard Panda Memorial Stadium, and undertook the softball competition of the Second Youth Games of the People's Republic of China and the 2019 National Youth Softball Competition, the 15th China College Student Baseball and Softball League Finals, and The 2019 Second Asian Cup Women's Baseball Championship, which just concluded, has created Zhongshan City's sports business card.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament and Slow Pitch Softball League Tournament is the first time that the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau Competition Center has used baseball and softball projects as a platform. Since the beginning of 2019, it has created a Greater Bay Area baseball and softball event with annual events. Project brand competition. This event has received guidance and strong support from the Chinese Baseball Association and the Chinese Softball Association. By utilizing social resources, it has achieved regional complementarity and strengthened the sports departments, project associations, clubs and other organizations in the nine cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. in-depth cooperation.
uses the event platform as a fulcrum to stimulate the enthusiasm of people in the Greater Bay Area for sports activities, strengthen communication and exchanges among young people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, build consensus, continuously improve the level of inter-regional baseball and softball sports, and build reserve youth sports talents in Guangdong Province Gather strength. In this Greater Bay Area, which is full of innovation and vitality, with the help of market-oriented and commercialized sports event operations, we can inject more energy and provide more opportunities to cultivate the sports spirit and fighting spirit of young people and mobilize the social atmosphere of national sports.
[Reporter] Lang Hui
[Photography] Lu Ziheng
[Author] Lang Hui; Lu Ziheng
[Source] Southern Newspaper Media Group Southern + Client
