Castellón solidarity has extended to the world of sport as well. On the initiative of the Municipal Sports Board The invitation has been issued to the DANA ground zero sports clubs so that can use municipal facilities when they deem it so.
As explained by the manager of the Board of Trustees, Cesar Lapica, to THE WORLD, «swimming clubs have picked up the gauntlet and have informed their Valencian colleagues that they are At your disposal are the two swimming pools in Castellón, to train or to prepare for competitions.
Also the Chencho sports complex it will be the first municipal facility to host a sporting event which had a celebration date in Lluís Puig Velodrome and will move to Castellón. It is the judo championship in which athletes from the Valencian Community, Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Murcia will participate, according to Lapica.
In turn, the City Council has offered the use of Javier Marquina football field, del Grao, while CF San Pedro has become available to the Valencian Football Federation so that other clubs can train on the same grass, when they deem it appropriate, as detailed by municipal sources.
It is the Sports Department headed by Mayor Maica Hurtado that is in charge of “channel this help” to the athletes of the regions flooded by the flood, after verifying that pavilions, sports centers, soccer fields and other venues for sports practice remain impractical.
Changing rooms, playing fields, toilets… and access to the sports venues were destroyed by the devastating effect of the water that ‘drowned’ 78 towns in Valencia on October 29.
To date, there is evidence that, at least, There are 105 football and futsal facilities affected for the cold drop most devastating known in Spain.
Nor should we lose sight of the fact that there are several sports centers that have welcomed hundreds of displaced people. Or they have become a food distribution point or a collection point for humanitarian aid.
