On the morning of November 21, the " Panda Cup " Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament and Slow Pitch Softball League Tournament held a press conference in Zhongshan, Guangdong.
This year's "Panda Cup" Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament is scheduled to kick off grandly on November 28, 2019 at the "Zhongshan International Baseball Town". The 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 and Zhongshan City Dongsheng Town People's Government.
This competition includes a total of 8 U12 and U18 youth baseball teams from Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, as well as 8 slow pitch softball teams from Macau, Hong Kong, Zhongshan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai Participate. At the press conference, Feng Xiaolong, chairman of Guangdong Panda Sports and Culture Industry Co., Ltd., the title sponsor of the event, said that one of the development goals mentioned in the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan" is to build a "dynamic world" "level urban agglomeration", teenagers are the most dynamic group, and baseball and softball projects are international competitions that are very suitable for teenagers. Through market-oriented and commercialized operation, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament and Slow Pitch Softball League Tournament will surely inject more "youth and vitality" full of positive energy into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The participating players in this baseball game are mainly U18 and U12 age groups. Baseball and softball can not only improve the physical and mental health of young people, help them strengthen their bodies and minds, and cultivate teamwork spirit. At the same time, it also provides a broad platform to strengthen exchanges among young people in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. While this competition will improve the technical level of youth baseball and softball in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, it will also strengthen in-depth cooperation between various sports departments, baseball and softball associations, clubs and other organizations in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to jointly explore baseball in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Softball industry development model.
In 2019, Guangdong Panda Sports Culture Industry Co., Ltd. invested 100 million yuan to build a panda memorial stadium with international standards, and also expanded a panda sports training camp that can accommodate 600 people. While consolidating their own hardware construction, they continuously improved the company's system and mechanisms, and established an operation and execution team for professional baseball and softball events and baseball and softball teams that are in line with the market.
Currently, Panda Memorial Stadium has hosted many high-end events: the 2nd Youth Games of the People's Republic of China softball competition, the 2019 National Youth Softball Competition, the 15th China University Baseball and Softball League Finals, and the 2019 China University Baseball and Softball League Finals, which just concluded The 2019 Second Asian Cup Women's Baseball Championship. These high-profile games not only promote the sports theme of "Wonderful Baseball, Charming Zhongshan", but also show the urban scenery and cultural features of Zhongshan, the hometown of great men.
[Reporter] Lang Hui
[Photography] Lu Ziheng
[Author] Lang Hui; Lu Ziheng
[Source] Southern Newspaper Media Group Southern + Client
