Tomorrow the senior category begins, for which around 2,500 teams are preparing
About thirty sports disciplines will flood the 21 Madrid districts, with 12 team sports and 21 individual sports
As a novelty, the Madrid City Council incorporates this year the ‘Family Sports‘ activity in the modalities of climbing, orienteering and pickleball
For the third consecutive year, the ‘There are NO entrances for violence’ plan is activated in order to create safe environments for minors
Tomorrow the 2024/2025 Municipal Sports Games begin, a sports competition organized by the Madrid City Council through the Delegated Sports Area and the 21 districts that, this year, celebrates its 45th edition and will run until June. The first activities will be those of the senior category, for which the participation of around 2,500 teams is expected, while the rest, more than 300 schools, will begin their days on November 9.
During this 2024-2025 season, the Municipal Sports Games will be held in the 21 Madrid districts and will consist of an offer of 33 sports. There will be 21 individual modalities (including badminton, climbing, artistic gymnastics, judo, artistic swimming, rowing, lifesaving, lifesaving, tennis or triathlon) and 12 team sports (such as basketball, handball, baseball, soccer, hockey or water polo).
As a novelty for this edition, the Madrid City Council has included the ‘Family Sports’ modality, offering disciplines that can be practiced without the risk of combining minor and adult participants (climbing, orienteering and pickleball). The objective of the program is to establish sports habits in minors through family sports practice.
Protocol for the protection of minors against violence in sports
For the third consecutive year, the Sports Delegate Area, in collaboration with the Municipal Police, resumes the plan ‘There are NO tickets for violence’. The campaign consists of a protocol to protect children and adolescents against any type of violence and, especially, against sexual violence that may occur in municipal sports centers and activities.
The program aims to prevent violence and intolerance, as well as promote integration, solidarity and respect for diversity within society through sports practice in the Municipal Sports Games.
The plan has already been put into practice in previous editions in the districts of Fuencarral-El Pardo, San Blas-Canillejas, Villa de Vallecas and Villaverde and Barajas, Usera and Vicálvaro are joining the initiative this year. The sports where it has been integrated are soccer, 7-a-side soccer and futsal, in the pre-benjamín, benjamín, alevín, infantile and cadet categories.
The largest municipal competition on the European continent
These games, which have been celebrated since 1979, are governed by principles that include solidarity and respect for the opponent, participation and satisfaction with the game, integration and education in values, initiation into sports practice and personal improvement through through practice, not victory.
Last season, the Municipal Sports Games had the participation of 143,633 athletes in nearly 9,500 teams. Figures that make it the largest municipal competition in all of Europe around a sporting practice.
Participation in the 21 individual sports of the Municipal Sports Games will be completely free and will open during the season on different dates, according to each sporting modality. Technical regulations, deadlines and other related aspects can be consulted on the municipal website (www.madrid.es/deportes). /
