With the presentation made in the plenary hall of the town hall of Dénia, the starting signal was given to the "XII Minijocs of the Marina Alta". The largest of those sporting event held in the region will take place the next day 19.20 21 and May. This year, the competition will start two days earlier, ie on May 17 in the disciplines of football and handball, to thus be reconcilable times.
The presentation was attended by some mayors as Salvador Sendra, Els Poblets, Pedreguer Sergi Ferrús, José Vicente Pons, of Benidoleig and the host, Vicent Grimalt. In addition to some ediles of sports and technicians of the twenty participating municipalities.
CEMA president, Vicent Colomer, addressed the audience with words addressed to fair play, or fair play. Colomer said that "This year our sports festival has the motto "Jugem". We need to raise awareness of all, sportsmanship, to thereby banish violent images that lately seen in sports venues".
The mayor of Dianense sports, Mariám Tamarit served as hostess and closed the ceremony advocating the cohesion of the region through sports. Tamarit said, "is important work that the councils to make this event possible. But I would like to emphasize the great work being done, volunteers, sports clubs doing a great job. We can not forget the participation of Denia and the region collaborating on material resources that make bigger and spectacular this great sports festival".
The most numerous Minijocs
This edition will beat the record number of participants, as they will be near 2.000 those who enjoy the Olympic spirit. As for public witness attend this sporting event, the organization encrypts it in about 10.000.
For this edition mountain bike cycling sports, karate add and table tennis recovers, so will 18 the sports to be practiced. In addition, the adapted sports such as athletics and boccia.
This increased force athletes creating subsites so they can host competitions have already submitted their interest populations, Pedreguer, Ondara, Xaló and Xabia. Sports that can be done in these subsites are those of badmiton, table tennis and cycling mountain biking. Although the issue of the subsites not yet decided.
5 April the Olympic torch begins its journey
From April 5 the Olympic torch will start its journey from Teulada to end the day 17 with his arrival in Dénia. As usual one of the best kept by the organization is who will be in charge of lighting the cauldron on the opening secrets. The opening ceremony of the Mini Jocs will be on May 19 in the municipal sports center of Denia. Saturday qualifying matches 20 and 21 Sunday morning will be the final, later to make the closing ceremony will be held.
