A footvolley and beach volleyball field will be built at Escola EB 2,3 in São Brás de Alportel, announced Vítor Guerreiro, president of the City Council.
This will be "an equipment born from the will of young people from São Brasense and which will provide them with more conditions for the practice of sports", says the municipality.
The announcement was made during a ceremony of the IX Quelfes Games, which São Brás hosted on 11 May.
The ceremony began “in a remarkable way with the arrival of the testimony carried by students from the 4th year of the first cycle, from School Nº1 of São Brás de Alportel, to the Cineteatro São Brás. The testimony, inspired by Olympic values, was read by the children in front of a full audience and there was no lack of representatives of regional, national and Spanish sport».
The founder of the Quelfes Games Gustavo Marcos also addressed some inspiring words to the public. «Olympism is a transmitter of values and activator of a very particular state of mind, where the will can lead us to victory over adversity and the progress of our species, in a context of respect and promotion of others, linked to the construction of a society peaceful and universal, concerned with human dignity, the protection of the environment and the integration of differences».
José Manuel Constantino, president of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, highlighted the way in which the Quelfes Games have expanded their area of intervention over the past nine years and the impact they have on young people who have participated and participate in it.
«That they can feel the taste for sports practice» and that they can continue to practice sports throughout their lives, was the wish that José Manuel Constantino expressed to the young participants during his intervention.
«It is an honor for São Brás de Alportel to host this opening ceremony of the Quelfes Games. An initiative that promotes the humanist spirit of Olympism among young people," said, in turn, Vítor Guerreiro, Mayor of São Brás de Alportel, during his speech where he stressed that "we believe in the Olympic spirit and that this initiative will have an impact in young people from São Brasenses».
Stressing that sport and education go hand in hand in São Brás de Alportel and are priority areas for the Municipality, Vítor Guerreiro gave as an example the investment made in the Municipality's sports infrastructure and the support given to associations to ensure that the municipality has a sporty and inclusive dynamics.
The ceremony ended at Largo de São Sebastião where the Olympic Flame was lit.
This Monday, May 14, the Municipal Pavilion hosted the Quelfes Games Basketball Tournament, an initiative in which young people from various Algarve municipalities participated.
The Quelfes Games began in Olhão, in the 2010 school year, with activities in six schools, from two groups. Nine years later, this edition has the participation of 29 Portuguese and Spanish groups and schools, in a total of 2000 children who live in the first person, and until May 25th, the flame of Olympism.
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