The 1st UEG Golden Age Gym Festival will be held in Maspalomas/Gran Canaria from November 16th to 21st, 2008.

The Bulletin N° 2 has already been sent in December 2007 to the National Federations, including all information necessary for the provisional registrations, which have to be sent to the OC by March 28th, 2008.

The 1st Golden Age Gym Festival is for groups (at least 6 persons) of gymnasts aged 50 or older and offers them a week of active holidays in a pleasant climate (20-25°C).

You can now download the following documents:

1. Bulletin Nr. 2
2. Preliminary Registration for the National Federations
3. Registration Form for the teams

The Festival will begin with an opening ceremony, a parade in the streets of Maspalomas and ends with a closing gala. In the morning, the gymnasts participate in one or two of some 20 workshops, the afternoons are free. The groups have also the possibility to show their presentations to the public in different venues of the town. Excursions will be proposed so that the participants can discover this beautiful region.

The deadline for the provisional registration and for the advance payment of 10% is March 28th 2008. The deadline for the definitive registrations and the remaining payment will expire on September 30th, 2008.

The Information Meeting for 20 UEG member federations was held from November 23 to 25 in Maspalomas. It was an excellent opportunity to visit the installations where the performances and the workshops are going to be presented during the 1st Golden Age Gym Festival 2008 and to collect useful information for the participating teams.

The Organising Committee welcomed all participants to the Information Meeting 1st Golden Age Gym Festival 2008. The inscription documentation was explained and distributed, as well as the daily programme including all aspects regarding the accommodation and logistics for the 2008 event.
The UEG Technical Committee Gymnastics for all (TC-GfA) organised the official meeting in Maspalomas. They were very satisfied about the interest of the federations in this info meeting. The record presence was highly appreciated and the participation in the 1st Golden Age Gym Festival of the UEG in November 2008 is very promising.

The delegates of the National Federations visited the 3 stages where the performances will be showed: Parque de San Fernando, Plaza de Maspalomas and Centro Comercial Jumbo. On the photo the representatives are participating in the visit to the workshops area in the Sports Centre Polideportivo San Fernando. There was possible to get a closed impression about the facilities for the workshops participants.
On Saturday the representatives of the National Federations participated in a reception at the city hall of Maspalomas. The 1st Major of the City of Maspalomas underlined the importance of this international event for the touristic city. The President of the UEG Technical Committee Gymnastics for all, Detlef Mann highlighted the opportunity to express their gratitude to the Municipality of Maspalomas for their extraordinary support for the organisation of the 1st Golden Age Gym Festival.

During the meeting was presented the official poster of the international event next year and distributed to each of the participants. The representatives of the National Federations received from the Organising Committee a CD with the Bulletin Nr. 2 with the information about the programme in 2008 and the registration process. The forms for the registrations will be sent to the Federations together with Bulletin n° 2 in December 2007. The deadline for the provisional registration is fixed on March 31st, 2008.

"The Mayor of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Mari Pino Torres, celebrate a meeting with the representatives of the Unión Europea de Gimnasia and the Comité Organizador Festival Blume Gran Canaria concerning the preparation of the activities of the 1st Golden Age Gym Festival 2008 which will be held in our Municipality.

As representatives of the UEG participated the islandesa Birna Bjornsdottir, Vice President, and the portuguese Alberto Claudinho, member. From the Organising Committee Blume Gran Canaria participated in the meeting their President Jesús Telo Núñez, the General Secretary, Jesús Telo Rodríguez and the coordinator for the local workshops, Alejandro Rodríguez.

During the meeting the Mayor was informed about the Information Meeting of the 1st Golden Age Gym Festival 2008, which will be held from the 23 till 25 of November in hotel Beverly Park de Playa del Inglés with the participation of represntatives of 15 nations. The visitors will supervise the instalations where the Sportsfestival will be and where the participants has the opportunity to visit the 47 Festival Internacional de Gimnasia Blume Gran Canaria, which will be held during the same dates in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with the participation of more than 5.000 deportistas.The 1st Golden Age Gym Festival 2008 will be held from the 16th till the 21st of November 2008 in differnet locations of the Municipality, like the polideportivo de San Fernando, the Shopping Centre Plaza de Maspalomas, the Shopping Centre Yumbo or the Park San Fernando, with the participation of 2.500 gimnastas participants for the segment 50 plus."