Meeting with the authorities of Maspalomas

"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."