CPG Complex Tennis Court

Overview

The CPG Complex Tennis Court is a public tennis facility inside the CPG Sports Complex in Barangay Cogon, Tagbilaran City, open to rental by players of any level. CPG refers to Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol’s former president, whose initials mark several public facilities across the provincial capital. Like the rest of the complex, it runs on a municipal walk-in-rental model rather than the membership-club structure common to private courts in bigger cities — a modest but telling difference in how a provincial capital handles recreation infrastructure.

Naming a tennis court after Carlos P. Garcia fits a broader pattern in Tagbilaran: the eighth President of the Philippines, born in Talibon and remembered locally for the “Filipino First Policy” of his 1957–1961 term, has his initials attached to the sports complex itself, the tennis club leasing this court, and the avenue running through the city centre. For Boholanos, that repetition of “CPG” across civic infrastructure functions as a standing reminder of the province’s one figure of national political consequence, rather than a coincidence of provincial naming conventions.

The lease arrangement between the Provincial Government of Bohol and the CPG Complex Tennis Club is a small but concrete example of how a provincial government keeps recreational infrastructure running without carrying the maintenance cost itself: the club, not the province, is responsible for the courts’ upkeep in exchange for a fixed annual rate, a model that shifts day-to-day expense onto the user group while keeping the asset in public hands. It’s a modest arrangement by national standards, but it’s typical of how small-capital municipalities across the Visayas stretch limited sports budgets — lease out operations, retain ownership, collect a nominal fee.

Location

Barangay Cogon, Tagbilaran City, within the CPG Sports Complex grounds. The complex is centrally located in Tagbilaran near Cogon Public Market and the Carlos P. Garcia Monument.

Getting There

The CPG Sports Complex is within Tagbilaran City center and reachable by tricycle from any part of the city. No intercity travel required.

Practical Info

• Category: Tennis / Sports and Recreational Facilities
• Location: Inside the CPG Sports Complex, Cogon, Tagbilaran City
• Access: Open to public; court rental available to all experience levels

The facility has two tennis courts, leased by the Provincial Government of Bohol to the CPG Complex Tennis Club under a three-year agreement at ₱5,050 per court annually, with the club responsible for court maintenance; a general ₱10 entrance fee applies to the CPG Sports Complex grounds. Source: Contract of Lease – Tennis, CPG Sports Complex, accessed 2026-08-03; entrance fee per CPG Sports Complex Grandstand, Google Maps business listing via VenueKonnex, accessed 2026-08-03.

What to Expect

As part of the larger CPG Sports Complex, the court shares the grounds’ general public-access approach: no prior booking requirement turns up in available sources, which points to walk-in rental rather than a reservation system.

Nearby within the complex: other CPG Sports Complex facilities.

Notes

The CPG Complex Tennis Court is listed as a distinct entry in the BPTO tourism inventory, separate from the CPG Sports Complex parent facility.