The Governing Board of the Oviedo City Council has approved today, Thursday, January 26, two public calls for subsidies from the Department of Sports for a total amount of 1,175,000 euros, 200,000 more than last year, “Thus fulfilling the commitment to support the sports clubs of Oviedo, and encourage the organization of sports events and competitions, this year. This amount is added to that of other subsidies that are already approved in the 2023 budget and that raise those for sports in Oviedo to 2,108,625 euros ”, assures the municipal head of the area, councilor Concepción Méndez.
The first of the subsidies approved this morning is for Sports Clubs of the Oviedo council, for an amount of 1,000,000 euros. The purpose of this call is the granting of subsidies to Sports Clubs of the Oviedo council that carry out activities that favor the promotion and dissemination of sport in the municipality, for the maintenance and operation expenses of said clubs.
The second of the subscribed calls is for Sports Clubs and Sports Federations to carry out sports events and competitions, for an amount of 175,000 euros, and with the aim of favoring the organization of competitions and sports events that take place in the council of Oviedo international, national or regional character officially.
The Councilor for Sports, Concepción Méndez Suárez, has also detailed some of the sporting events that Oviedo will host in 2023 and that the mayor presented last week at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid.
Online Alpine World Cup Final.
Organized by: Asturline Roller Alpino Team
Date: September 17.
Place: C/ Marques de Stª Cruz. (Oviedo)
Description: Oviedo hosts for the second time and in a row after the success of the first edition that was held in 2022, the Final of the Online Alpine World Cup, a sport that is beginning to be increasingly present in our City, the what is a referent
The incomparable setting of the competition track in the center of the city, the extensive experience in organizing national competitions and the fact that the city is in the big week of the San Mateo festivities, are undoubtedly a guarantee of success for the celebration of the World Cup final in 2021.
More than 200 participants from different countries will gather in our city: Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Japan,…
Badminton European Club Championship:
Organiza: Club Badminton Oviedo
Date: Second Fortnight of June.
Place: Corredoria Arena.
Description: The City of Oviedo will host the European Badminton Club Championship for the first time. The best badminton teams in Europe will be in Oviedo, representing different countries: France, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal… as well as a representative from Spain.
This competition in past editions had Club Badminton Oviedo as the Spanish representative, proclaiming itself Champion of the Spanish League in the 2014-15 season and in the 2020/2021 season
SPANISH HARD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
Organized by: Spanish Motorcycling Federation.
Date: 26 – 27 March.
Location: Tudela Veguin
Description: This year Oviedo will host the Spanish Hard Enduro Championship, after having held the Spanish Cup of this modality in previous years. Together with the towns of Orense, Ciudad Real (Almedina), Almería (Cantoria), Lleida (La Clua), which will be the benchmark for Hard Enduro in Spain.
Without a doubt, it is the most spectacular and hard modality of the one that is celebrated in motorcycling, where you can see obstacles of the highest level, a modality designed for heroes.
The categories called are: Senior Elite Spanish Championship, Senior Spanish Cup, Junior Elite Spanish Championship, Female Elite Spanish Championship, Junior Spanish Cup, Female Spanish Cup, Master 35 Spanish Cup, Master 45 Spanish Cup
CHAMPIONSHIP SPAIN NATACIÓN ARTISTICA
Organized by: Royal Spanish Swimming Federation
Dates: March 10 to 12.
Location: Parque del Oeste Municipal Pool.
Description: The Spanish Junior and Children Winter Artistic Swimming Championships will be held in Oviedo, in the month of March. If in previous years, the Parque del Oeste municipal pool hosted different Spanish Swimming Championships, as well as an international water polo match (Spain – Croatia), all organized by the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation and the Department of Sports of the Oviedo City Council, in this year 2023, once again the city of Oviedo hosts a national swimming championship.
CATEGORIES
CHILDREN Female: 2008, 2009 and 2010
INFANT Male: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
ALEVIN – Years of birth: 2011 and later
88th International Tennis Tournament “Real Club de Tenis de Oviedo
Organized by: Royal Tennis Club of Oviedo
Dates: September
Venue: Royal Tennis Club of Oviedo
Description: The International Tournament of the Real Club de Tensi de Oviedo is organized through the Spanish Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Federation. It belongs to the ITF (International Tennis Federation) Calendar in the ITF World Tennis Tour Men category and is eligible for the ATP (Professional Tennis Association) ranking and ITF ranking.
In the Tournament, players belonging to the ATP Professional Circuit and youth players belonging to the ITF Transition Tour Circuit meet on the one hand, which allows access for players from the junior circuit to the professional one.
Participants of different nationalities attend: Great Britain, Switzerland, Holland… at a European level and also from non-EU nationalities such as: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Japan, Peru, Russia, Turkey,…
60th Princess of Asturias Rally
Organized by: Principality of Asturias Automobile Club
Date: September 4-9
Place: Oviedo (C/ Uría – Av. Príncipe Felipe Foundation – Las Campas- La Florida)
Description: The Princesa de Asturias City of Oviedo Rally will reach its 60th edition in 2023, being the doyen of the events that make up the Spanish Asphalt Rally Championship, and also qualifying for the European Rally Trophy (FIA-ERT).
In the 2021 edition, the Minister of Tourism, Reyes Montoro, announced the declaration of a Festival of National Tourist Interest. She did it, moreover, in a year in which the Rally paid tribute to the Camino Primitivo and to the city where it was born, Oviedo, as the origin of the oldest route to Santiago de Compostela.
The City of Oviedo is once again the absolute protagonist of the Rally, since the main activities take place in Oviedo. Oviedo is the headquarters of the rally (City of Oviedo Exhibition and Congress Center), the assistance area (La Manjoya), administrative checks, the start on Uría street, as well as timed sections in rural areas and in an urban section.
Some 160 teams are expected to participate, which means about 1,000 participants (driver, co-driver, mechanics, support staff,)
65th Vuelta Asturias, Julio Álvarez Mendo
Organized by: Aramo Cycling Club
Date: April 28 to 30
Location: Oviedo (C/ Uría)
Description: The Asturias Cycling Tour is a great sporting event, the only professional category of those held in the Principality of Asturias. It has extensive news coverage both in the national and international press. In recent years the event has been broadcast on the Principality of Asturias Television (TPA). The images of the return reach more than 150 countries.
About 1,120 runners grouped into 16 teams of different nationalities (Portuguese, French, Colombian, Belgian,…) participate.
On April 28, 29 and 30, the Asturian roads will host a new edition that will have three stages. The first will leave Oviedo and end in La Pola; the second, starting in Candás and ending in Cangas del Narcea; and the last one, from Cangas to Oviedo.
Last year the winner of the Vuelta Asturias was the Colombian rider Ivan Ramiro Sosa from the Movistar team, one of the most important teams in the international peloton.
Oviedo CUP 2023
Organized by: Club Deportivo Básico Internacional Oviedo Cup.
Date: Female April 1-2 / Male April 5-9
Location: Municipal Soccer Fields
Description: The Oviedo Cup is an international grassroots football tournament, aimed at teams and selections of federated players, which takes place on the dates of Easter in Oviedo, and offers a unique opportunity to feel like authentic professional footballers. 390 teams (local, national and international) participate in the Oviedo Cup, bringing together more than 7,500 participants and playing a total of 1,000 matches in 10 different categories. All this takes place in 23 Soccer Fields attended by 25,000 spectators.
The importance of this tournament is reflected in the quality of the participating teams such as Atlético de Madrid, Athletic Club, Real Oviedo, Sporting de Gijón, RCD Español, Real Valladolid, Club Atlético Osasuna, Málaga CF, Celta de Vigo, Deportivo Alavés ….
Numerous footballers who today play in the most important leagues on the European continent have participated in the different editions of the Tournament and a good example of this are: Griezman (FC Barcelona), Lucas Hernández (Bayer Munich), Odriozola (Real Madrid) , Dani Ceballos (Arsenal FC), Fabián Ruiz (Naples)…
The Councilor for Sports stressed that “in addition to the 1,175,000 euros approved today, they are already included in the 2023 budget: 175,000 euros for the Oviedo Basketball Club; 160,000 for events such as the Asturias Cycling Tour, Oviedo Cup, Princesa de Asturias Rally; 90,000 euros for the development of the School of Equestrian Therapies; 482,625 euros for Sports Schools, Modernization Centers and Schools and 26,000 euros in aid to athletes. The total that the Oviedo City Council will allocate this year to the promotion and aid of sport amounts to 2,108,625 euros”
