A total of 330 children participated this Thursday, February 2, in the municipal phase in the category of 'Playing for Athletics', which is part of the Program of Physical Activity and Sport in School Age organized by the Department of Sports of City Council of Cartagena with the collaboration of the General Directorate of Sports of the Region of Murcia, and in which have been winners, in the masculine modality, the school Narval, and in feminine, the Sagrada Familia Maristas.
In the delivery of awards has been the Councilor for Sports, Ricardo Segado.
Thus, 33 schools in the municipality have participated this year, six more than last year, with teams of men and women, such as La Asomada, Narval, La Vaguada, Leonardo da Vinci, San Isidoro, Santa Florentina , San Antonio Abad, San Juan Bosco, San Fulgencio, Fernando Garrido, Poet Antonio Oliver, Azorín, La Concepción, Santiago Apostle, Miralmonte, San Cristobal, Virgen de Begoña, San Francisco Javier, San Isidro, Asdrúbal, La Encarnación, Virginia Pérez , Luis Calandre, San Felix, Hispania, Vicente Ros, Mastia, Virgen del Carmen, Sagrada Familia, Garden City, Stella Maris, Adoratrices and Feliciano Sánchez.
Finally, in the masculine modality the Narval has been imposed, followed by the CEIP Virgen del Carmen, Vicente Ros and Leonardo da Vinci;
While in the feminine one has been in first place of the classification the Sagrada Family Maristas, in front of La Vaguada, Vicente Ros and San Juan Bosco.
The Department of Sports, in collaboration with the Federation of Athletics of the Region of Murcia, Club Athletics El Cano and Athletics Club Cartagena have coordinated a device composed of technicians of the Department, athletic judges, volunteers of the training cycle of Higher Technician In Animation of Physical and Sports Activities (TAFAD) of the IES Mediterranean and buses for the displacement of participants and their teachers.
In this way, several tests have been carried out in the Municipal Sports Pavilion, which consisted of a 10x10 race, a jump to the jump, a triple jump from a standing position, a throwing of a ball from a sitting position, a soft javelin throw, a 5x1 and a 5x2 relay Grand prix).
The first two classified schools will represent Cartagena in the Regional Final to be held in Yecla on 22 February.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena