Evaluation in The Implementation of 19th Pencak Silat National Students Sport Week Event

The objective of this research is to measure the achievement and standardization of pencak silat competitions. The POMNAS (National Students Sport Week) event of pencak silat evaluation process is conducted through an evaluation by using the countenance stake approach. The countenance stake evaluation provides an overview of several variables measured, such as antecedent evaluation, which includes context-input evaluation, transaction-process evaluation, and outcome evaluation or program output. This research was conducted at Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, which hosted the 19th Pencak Silat National Students Sport Week Event competition. This research evaluated the legal basis, vision, mission, objectives, human resource input support, funding, infrastructure, competition standard operating procedures (SOPs), and competition outcomes of the Pencak Silat National Students Sport Week Event competition. The research subjects were policymakers and athletes. The sampling technique used purposive sampling, with the following sample criteria: the general chairman of BAPOMI Central Java, the chairman of PB POMNAS, the general secretary of PB POMNAS, the treasurer, the head of the competition division, and the top five POMNAS athletes who won medals from Jakarta, Central Java, East Java, West Java, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The data collection techniques included interviews, field observations, and documentation. This research used descriptive qualitative analysis techniques for data analysis. The research findings include a legal basis and a strong objective for the 19th Pencak Silat National Sports Week. The committee structure comprises various parties and involves stakeholders. The event receives support in the form of a venue and complete and representative infrastructure from Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. The budget is very limited. The allocated funds are sufficient to cover the honorariums for the technical organizers. During the competition, the standard operating procedures (SOP) are implemented, but one of the competition rules is modified. The competition results in pencak silat champions, who are projected to be sent by the state to compete in the ASEAN University Games, a follow-up to the national competition. The research concludes that this pencak silat event is well-organized. This research provides recommendations to policymakers, which can be useful for planning other national sports championships, including optimizing and prioritizing budget management and optimizing promotion and branding through various media platforms.