About 300 athletes of different levels and ages will participate next Sunday, the 12th, in Timoncap, the first International Master Autumn Crossing swim in Cabo de Palos.
The Masters Swimming Club Murcia and the Neighborhood Association of the town organized the initiative, in collaboration with the City of Cartagena and the region.
From 10.15 hours will start this test where the route of 3.1 kilometers, will run from the mouth of the harbor, along the Cape up to the Playa de Levante at the height of the shed Rescue.
Earlier, at 8:30 pm there will be the collection of chips and 9.30 hours heating in the Playa de Levante.
One of the advantages we have in Cabo de Palos is the sport that serves to boost tourism in this area, explained this morning the president of the A.VV.
Cabo de Palos, Cristina Aguado.
The Region is a huge sports facility, namely, our whole coast, and that is what is being promoted, giving each the best of themselves, added the CEO of Youth and Sports, Antonio Peñalver, who also attended the presentation of the event Wednesday.
For his part, Councillor for Sports, Diego Ortega, appreciated the work of the different groups that organize hundreds of sporting events enabling each weekend such activities are held.
David Meca and Margarita Dominguez, who will participate in the test will be the star godfathers of this journey, which will be about a dozen athletes, explained today the president of the Club Masters Swimming Murcia, Augustine Pascual, who ahead to be sea ​​with a good estimate of 3 to 4 knots.
There will be a pre-master category of 20 to 24 years, 16 master categories with no age limit from 25 to 100 years and 3 disabled, 20 to 39, 40 to 59 and over 60.
A total of 124 trophies for the 2 absolute winners, the first 3 categories, the swimmer coming from further and will be distributed to the first enrolled.
There will also be 5 other trophies to clubs.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena