{"id":369690,"date":"2022-06-03T06:01:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=369690"},"modified":"2022-06-03T06:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:01:52","slug":"fishguyz-scuba-charter-is-gold-sponsor-for-mini-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fishguyz-scuba-charter-is-gold-sponsor-for-mini-games\/","title":{"rendered":"FishGuyz Scuba & Charter is gold sponsor for Mini Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FishGuyz Scuba & Charter Co. owners pose with the Pacific Mini Games organizing committee at the Sugar Dock in Chalan Kanoa yesterday morning after their more than $50,000 in-kind donations made them a gold sponsor for the event.(LEIGH GASES(<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the Sugar Dock and the 2022 Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games vehicle as the backdrop, FishGuyz Scuba & Charter Co. formalized its $50,000 in-kind donation as gold sponsor of the Mini Games yesterday.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s contribution to the quadrennial event is the completion of the outrigger or va\u2019a course at the 13 Fisherman Memorial Monument Beach and Mini Games Organizing Committee CEO Vicente \u201cBen\u201d Babauta thanked the company for their support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you guys for all your support at the beginning, looking at what needs to be done\u2026 I was clueless out there, I was stunned. It was a lot of work\u2026 That was a long process obviously and there were barriers but we accomplished it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Babauta added that they were mobilizing logistics already starting yesterday, which are the container office, the tents, and the flag poles. <\/p>\n

According to FishGuyz, they will be repainting all the buoys on June 10 or seven days prior to the start of the Mini Games.<\/p>\n

Sydney Takahashy, owner of FishGuyz, said they donated to the Mini Games was because of the legacy of being part of the first Mini Games held in the CNMI. <\/p>\n

\u201c\u200bThe first time we came in and talked to Ben he said this will be a legacy. So you know, we want to be part of this. And working with these guys\u2026 it\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s been really amazing. Just to be part of it, I think that\u2019s what really excited us. This is the first time we actually did something like this. We\u2019re very excited. And this is for the CNMI right? This is the first ever kind\u2026 for us to host something like this and to be a part of it. It\u2019s a legacy and it\u2019s something that we contribute for the Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Babauta described how helpful the FishGuyz was with figuring out how to create it. \u201cWhen they were describing it, I had no knowledge about it, but when they saw it, it\u2019s just a lot of work being done out in the water in lieu of one, just the area. Finding the depth and of course all the permitting and for FishGuyz to literally have a team diving in and putting the anchor and one of them pounding and one of them pulling down the buoy. It\u2019s an art. It\u2019s an art itself in the water.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just amazing that the FishGuyz was able to facilitate 350 buoys or anchors in lieu of eight lanes for our events. We do have 36 canoes that we\u2019re ready to launch and that lane is really critical for the Mini Games and also certification for va\u2019a international delegates,\u201d added Babauta.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of teamwork\u2026 without them working on the permits and stuff like that, we wouldn\u2019t get things done on time,\u201d added Takahashy.<\/p>\n

There were 10 full-time staff including Takahashy himself and five part-time staff that helped out with the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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