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Yoga on Calvary, 'Healthy Mondays' in the districts, popular tests, such as the hiking route to the Cejo, the mountain crossing, the cycle ride, the 'Run for Parkinson', the Senior Games, or table tennis, chess, or swimming have had "an exceptional response"

The Councilor for Sports, Irene Jódar, has taken stock, this morning, of these five weeks of the Guadalentín Sports Games, and in which “with more than 70 activities, the Games have reached all corners of the municipality and its people .

One of the objectives, which the Committee has set itself, and has achieved �.

The mayor of Sports has stressed that “the Games are made with the intention of raising awareness of the importance of the practice of continued physical exercise, as well as generating healthy habits in different sectors of the population.

One of the data to review is the increase in female participation compared to previous editions.

Of 7,596 people, 4,954 have been men and 2,549 have been women. �

Jódar added that “the Games also intend to publicize a wide range of sports modalities and physical activities that exist, as well as the sports spaces and facilities that Lorca has, in order to make all Lorca's function of your tastes, preferences and interests you can continue practicing physical activity and sport the rest of the year, or start in anyone â€�.

Also, Jódar Pérez recalled that 'there has been very good participation despite the meteorological incidents of the first weekend of the Games, and that forced to suspend several activities, among them, the Walking March, which is usually very participatory , and activities such as paragliding, model aircraft, archery or sport fishing.

But taking stock, contrasting data test by test, observing the most massive activities, participation has increased in most of them �.

“This year more than 50 people have participated in the 'masterclass' in the unique environment of El Calvario that has had great success, as well as popular tests, more than 600 people on the hiking route to the Cejo, more than 550 in the 'Run for Parkinson', 1,300 in the Cycle-Ride, more than 400 people in the Night Mountain Crossing, or Swimming with more than 400 people participating, â€�said Jódar.

In this edition it has been of vital importance that the Guadalentín Sports Games had a great presence in the districts, gathering the claims of their neighbors.

And so it has been done, for example with Healthy Mondays in Coy, La Parroquia, Aguaderas and Torrecilla, also the Orientation in Tercia, Chess in the Almenara Shopping Center in the Campillo, Futsal in Almendricos, the Third Age Games , with an exceptional participation with 320 participants, both from the city as well as from the districts, and the Golf at the 'Lorca Golf Resort' in Purias, as well as the long mountain crossing that took place in Las Terreras.

As for the organization Irene Jódar has recognized that “everything has gone on wheels, when it gets illusion, desire, and the work is very professional by all, of all those people who work in the Department of Sports, and so the Things go well.

One of the values ​​that the Guadalentín Sports Games have is its structure, its human capital, it is an extraordinary team.

Every year you work with more enthusiasm, always trying to improve. �

In addition, there is also a team of people who do an extraordinary job, Team A, and the volunteers, who are already a bulwark in the development of popular events with a high level of participation, consisting of more than 100 people.

In this 41st edition we also "must remember the implication and thanks to the 26 clubs and sections of sports clubs that have been involved in our 'mini Olympics' Lorca, in which many of the tests have had an important economic impact on the sector hotelier.

And is that the Guadalentín Sports Games are more than a sporting event, they are also a social event that revitalizes the municipality. â€�

The mayor of Sports, Irene Jódar has thanked the involvement of the great sponsors of the Guadalentín Sports Games, such as Limusa, Aguas de Lorca and Vectoris, and of the sponsoring companies that have collaborated for the development of t-shirts for the most massive activities of the Games, such as Brothers Heredia and Mulero, Dimension, Electromechanics Dasa, El Molino Leisure and Free Time, González González Brothers “Los Trincherasâ€�, BEYMA, Merendero Padilla.

Mob Cantetrans, Hotel Félix, Vimogón Buildings, Alia, Virgen del Alcázar Hospital, Flores y Martínez, Almenara Shopping Center, Hotel Jardines de Lorca, Lorquimur, Star Supermarket, Torrelorca Union, Ferretería elunglasses, Jisap and José Containers.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca