Off to a full sail for “Game Open Salento”, the project starring the Province of Lecce (leader), with eight other public and private partners, created within the national Game UPI Program (G.iovani A.utodeterminazione M. ovimento E.mpowerment), promoted by the Union of Italian Provinces and financed by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
Tomorrow, Saturday 25 May, a delegation of 10 boys and girls from Salento, coming from the three partner schools of the project “Aldo Moro” of Santa Cesarea Terme, “Filippo Bottazzi” of Casarano, “Vespucci” of Gallipoli, will reach the Circolo Velico Lucano of Policoro.
Here, on Sunday 26 May he will embark, together with delegations from other Provinces, to arrive, through the “Journey of Pythagoras”, in Crotone, the city where he will participate in the inter-provincial Games of Ancient Magna Graecia – Southern Area, three days of activities recreational and sporting activities, inter-provincial phase of implementation of the UPI National Game Programme.
After arriving in Crotone, the program includes the official opening of the Games at 7 pm in Piazza Marinai d’Italia, in the presence of the president of the Province of Crotone Sergio Ferrari. The representative delegation of the Province of Lecce will participate in the ceremony, led by the director of the Strategic Governance Service Roberto Serra.
This will be followed by the lighting of the torchbearer, the oath of the athlete and the competition judges and the performance of artists, musicians and vestals.
On Sunday 27 May, at 10am, the competitions will begin on the athletics track, divided into races (stadio, 200 m, diaulo 400 m, dolico, 100 m), long jump and shot put and the competition for disabled children (100 meter run and vortex throw). Awards ceremony at 12.
In the afternoon, starting from 3 pm, beach volleyball and beach soccer tournaments will take place on the beach. At the same time, orienteering activities are planned in the historic center of Crotone.
“We are proud to have given life to a project that has seen the Province of Lecce emerge at a national level together with twenty other Provinces. We are convinced that sport is an extraordinary tool for inclusion, social integration, aggregation, a ‘challenge’ to youth hardship and, at the same time, a highly effective means of promoting healthy lifestyles”, states the president of the Province of Lecce Stefano Minerva.
The other partners of the Game Open Salento project, which support the Province of Lecce, are: Upi Puglia, Unione Sportiva Lecce, Asd Ascus Uic Lecce, Csi Lecce, Uisp Lecce, Csv Brindisi Lecce – Volunteering in Salento.
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