Councilman Sports City of Lorca, Augustine Llamas Gómez, and the president of the Swimming Club Lorca, Juan Lopez Mulero, presented this morning the fifteenth Swimming Tournament "Antonio Picon" which takes place every two years in our city, and which will include 15 swimming clubs across the region with a total of 371 swimmers.
The championship will run from next weekend, 9 and 10 May.
Agustin Llamas explained that in total there will be 54 individual events, including 200m styles are included;
50 m backstroke;
200m freestyle;
50m and 200m butterfly stroke.
In these tests trophies for the top 3 finishers will split.
In addition, there will be 12 medal relay events at 3 quartets faster.
Also, there will be a trophy for the winner in the combined sum of points in male and female category Club, the first three clubs classified in the joint sum obtained in all categories and individual events and relays and awards for best swimmer and swimmer's trophy.
It will also be a prize for the best fans, consisting of a basket with typical products of our land.
Councilman Sports has indicated that these tests obviously will be swum in the male and female categories, ranging from prebenjamín (2007-2008) to the Absolute.
Each session will end with relay events, each Club selects swimmers with top brands to gain a place on the podium of the best teams in the region.
Without doubt, the tests are more often like the audience.
Then delivery ceremony was held to end each of the three sessions that are scheduled for this weekend.
Llamas Gómez stressed that the initiative will have the Swimming Club Lorca, as aware as we are in the land of the difficult situation in which an area is an earthquake, the Club has decided to collaborate with UNICEF in its campaign to support children Nepal and will carry on his uniform advertising SMS messages that this organization is raising money for the 2.8 million affected children in Nepal.
Sports Councilman emphasized that for the Sports Department is proud that the Swimming Club Lorca perform this tournament, so we can display the Sports Complex Felipe VI to the clubs in the region taking advantage of this competition.
The participation of the Swimming Federation of Murcia, which puts all its tools at the service of this competition, which is very close in time to the Regional Championships Summer is also very important, and where swimmers try to get behind Minimum participation mark.
Agustin Llamas pointed out that the City Council of Lorca and Lorca Swimming Club invite all citizens of the municipality to know this event every two years, puts capital Lorca as swimming in the Region of Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca