Councilman Sports City of Lorca, Juan Francisco Martinez, reported this morning that the Ministry of Culture and Spokesman of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia has already launched the program "Physical Activity and Sports School Age" for the course 2.016 / 17, with the collaboration of the Consistory Lorca within the wide range of activities that the municipal area is aimed at young people of school age throughout the municipality.
Juan Francisco Martínez said that "the overall objectives that the program aims are mainly to increase the sport of school age population, with special emphasis on women's participation, students with disabilities and students at risk of exclusion; get increase of permanently sporting habits among the entire school-age population, thereby reducing the high rate of childhood obesity, offering a range of sporting activities for school-age population that meet the diverse needs and interests of the students, with special interest in vulnerable groups such as people with health problems or disabilities, immigrants or collective persons with socio-economic difficulties and achieve effective coordination of regional sports administration, local authorities and sports organizations, conducive to an orderly sporting activities, coherent, joint and aiming for excellence Program "Physical Activity and Sport School Age".
Councilman Sports has reported that "this program is developed in several phases, having a local phase which takes place throughout the school year in different sports invited. For this reason, and following one of the major goals of the Department of Sports which is the youngest municipality in sport, the city of Lorca invests 75,000 euros for its development. As its name suggests, being local, just participating schools in Lorca and its ultimate goal is to proclaim the local champion and representative of the municipality for the next phases. on the other side is the regional phase, which corresponds to the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals in each of the sports. at this stage accessing the champions of each of the groups, remaining Lorca as Group 8 with what the Intermunicipal phase is avoided. in addition, our city during this course will host the regional finals of table tennis in all categories and Offroad in juvenile category and youngest child. "
Martinez stressed that "there are 33 schools in the municipality both primary and secondary schools who participate in the program" Physical Activity and Sport School Age "in which 23 kinds of different sports are developed. Note that in the previous year -2015 / 2016- 11,421 young Lorca participated, and we hope that this year we still have this great participation, which also is given by the great interest shown by physical education teachers of primary and secondary schools throughout the municipality for school put out into sports. "
Councilman Sports also stated that "in terms of categories the youngest, children born in 2.007 and 2.008, can participate in the following sports: Playing Athletics, Cross Country, Duathlon, Triathlon, Greco-Roman practice, Mate , Multisport (Handball 5x5 and Futsal 5x5), 3x3 Basketball, Rugby Touch, Table Tennis and Football 8 exclusively female composition. The fry born between 2,055 and 2,006, they can do in basketball, 3x3 Basketball, Handball, Boxing , indoor football, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Badminton, Duathlon-Triathlon, Athletics, Playing Athletics, Cross Country, Practice Greco-Roman, Guidance, Cycling, specialty Gymkhana, Mate, Dominoes, Chess, Petanque, Rugby Touch, Table Tennis and Football 8 exclusively female composition. The children, cadets and youth categories that are composed of young people born between 2,004 and 1,999, can practice Badminton, Duathlon-Triathlon, Athletics, Cross Country, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball , Guidance, Cycling, specialty Gymkhana, basketball, handball, indoor football, chess, dominoes, Petanque, Category OPEN, Touch Rugby (Children), Boxing and Football 8 (children and cadets) of exclusively female composition ".
Juan Francisco Martínez also explained that "the program" Physical Activity and Sport School Age "contains a number of options that allow young people to engage in competitive nature as Championship Sports Promotion of the Region of Murcia are, in Benjamin categories , Youngsters, Kids, Cadet and Youth; Championship Sports Performance of the Region of Murcia, in the categories determined by each Sports Federation and Championship Adapted Sports School Age Murcia, for physical, mental and sensory disabilities in categories determined by the respective sports federations, as well as campaigns promoting sports such as Recreational Sports Campaign Teaching Institutions Promoters Physical Activity and Sport (Campaign CEPAFD) Campaign promotion, Sports Performance and Sports Adapted School Age promoted by the municipalities or Sports Federations of the Region of Murcia, through sports Schools and Conferences Sports Singulares or Symposia, promoted by the municipalities, groups of municipalities or the Directorate General of Youth and Sports. "
3,000 young Lorca already registered in the sports schools launched by the Department of Sports
On October 3, the Department of Sports, in collaboration with various sports clubs in the town, launched a wide range of sports schools that develop in the various facilities and sports areas with which the municipality.
In total there are 33 sports schools which cover a total of 23 sports disciplines: athletics, chess, basketball, handball, cycling, fencing, football, gymnastics, golf, judo, multisport swimming, synchronized swimming, orienteering, paddle tennis, paragliding, rugby, table tennis, tennis, archery, triathlon and volleyball.
Mostly develop in the various sports facilities such as Sports Complex Felipe VI, Sports Complex in San Antonio, Ciudad Deportiva de La Torrecilla, Complexes Soccer Sports City of Lorca and Angel Maria Villar, football field Alfonso smearing, House of Sport Pavilion San Jose Pavilion Malls, pavilions districts as well as natural areas of our environment.
With this complete and varied program of sports schools encompassed in the area of ​​youth and sport program of the Department of Sports for the 2016-17 year in which so far have already signed up more than 3,000 young people, it is intended, by a hand, meet existing demand, and secondly, to extend the offer to allow Lorca boys alos started in the sport on a recreational, educational and social context.
All this framed in comprehensive sports training process designed from the Sports Department of Lorca.
water programs
The Department of Sports, through the area of ​​physical activity and health, also develops the aquatics program.
In total 1,607 people have enrolled in the various aquatic programs implemented for the months of October, November and December, and it is noteworthy that approximately 60 people swim for free every day.
Among the wide range of water activities to be developed, swimming lessons for both children and adults, children's swimming, babies, pregnant, schools, disability groups, and water aerobics are aquasalud.Cabe remember that all these swimming courses They are performed both pools Sports Complex Felipe VI, national benchmark for physical activity, and San Antonio facilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca