PORTALJABAR, DISTRICT. GARUT - Garut Regency Sports Week (PORKAB) 2024 was officially closed by the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Garut Regency Nurdin Yana, at SOR RAA Adiwijaya, Sunday (28/7/2024)

Tarogong Kidul District managed to defend its overall champion title for the third time in a row.

The closing of the 2024 PORKAB Garut took place with great fanfare, attended by the Regent of Garut for the 2014-2024 period Rudy Gunawan, Head of the Garut Regency Youth and Sports Service (Dispora) Ade Hendarsyah, Chair of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Garut Regency Abdusy Syakur Amin, and several other invited guests.

The closing of PORKAB this time was enlivened by a performance from the Garut Arts Council (DKG). The closing procession was marked by the handing over of trophies and the return of the Garut PORKAB flag from the Chairman of the Garut Regency KONI to the Garut Regency Regional Secretary.

Nurdin stated that the PORKAB implementation which took place from 21 to 28 July 2024 had succeeded in obtaining superior athletes who would be prepared for the West Java Provincial Sports Week (Porprov) in 2026, with the preliminary round in 2025.

"The preliminaries then go to Porprov, so hopefully they will have achieved mental, physical readiness and achievements today. We just have to prepare for this, don't let today finish, today is the start of their departure," he said.

Nurdin advised the athletes to continue to maintain their stamina and not to be complacent with the achievements they have achieved, but to continue trying to achieve higher achievements in the future.

"Hopefully with starting points (PORKAB), tomorrow our athletes will excel on a wider stage, at the provincial and national levels, which we will implement in the next few years," he said.

Chairman of KONI Garut Regency, Abdusy Syakur Amin, feels grateful and happy for the success of holding PORKAB this time. He said, PORKAB 2024 is the fifth implementation after 2002, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2021.

"I see that this is a collaboration of all elements of society, not only the sports community but also other elements, which is definitely from the Garut Arts Council," he said.

Syakur also appreciated all parties who had supported and helped, including the TNI Polri who played a role in security during the implementation of PORKAB.

The following are the top 10 medal winners at PORKAB in 2024:

- Tarogong Kidul District won 1st place by winning 34 gold, 13 silver, 33 bronze.
- Karangpawitan District won 2nd place, winning 28 gold, 28 silver, 33 bronze.
- Bayongbong District won 3rd place, winning 18 gold, 19 silver, 15 bronze.
- 4th place was won by Garut Kota District, winning 18 gold, 18 silver, 25 bronze.
- Pakenjeng District won 5th place with 17 gold, 22 silver, 10 bronze.
- Samarang District won 6th place, winning 17 gold, 12 silver, 9 bronze
- Cilawu District won 7th place, winning 10 gold, 10 silver, 22 bronze
- Cisompet District won 8th place, winning 10 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals.
- Sukaresmi District won 9th place, winning 10 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals.
- Tarogong Kaler District won 10th place, winning 9 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze.