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... a special Sports Event of Illusions
The show performances during the magic and
warm November night on the Plaza de Maspalomas in the centre of Playa del
Ingles on Gran Canaria outmached all previous moments! With the
participation of the 3rd Spanish Channel (island TV station)
the most beautiful moments could be recorded. Magicians on stilts, drums
from Biberach, funky sounds from Ingenio fulfilled the expectations of
thousands of spectators who enjoyed the images of the 42nd
International Sports Festival “BLUME – GRAN CANARIA“.
The altogether more than 30,000
spectators and more than 6,000 gymnasts were
a colourful setting for this event. The participants from 10 different
countries shared their training experiences and presented their concepts
which were also interesting for the local Spanish coaches.
400 foreign guests met
the local people from the island – a remarkable opportunity to meet
different people of the World!
The performaces of the two German clubs from Dresden
and Grimma were especially emotional as both clubs come from the area
which had been effected by the flood in Germany. They were invited with
the support of Jürgen Klughammer and the local officials from Gran
Canaria and then were expecially celebrated by the audience in Maspalomas.
It was visible
that the local clubs mainly took part in the festival with young people.
The average age of the festival was 21 years. The oldest participant,
however, was 87 years old and the youngest one only a few months old. The
examples of gymnastics for seniors from Denmark and Germany were an
important aspect of the festival. Gymnastics for older people has a great
potential in Spain and will be supported further by the organisers of the
Blume-festival.
Quite interesting were the
results of the 3rd interational EUROTEAM competition. With the
participation of gymnasts from four countries (Spain, Germany, Denmark and
Slovenia) also this discipline will have a good future in Spain. Everyone
was happy for the winner Flip Piran
from Slovenia. Their exact choreography of the floor routine as well as
their tumbling series and the quality of their vaults on the mini tramp
enabled them their victory.
The organising committee of the
“BLUME-GRAN CANARIA“ festival took the conclusion that
the development of gymnastics for seniors, the further promotion of the
discipline EUROTEAM in Spain and the spreading of the festival on further
cities of the island will be important in future. The University of Sports
in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria took part in the FIG congress in Cape Town,
South Africa and presented their festival as venue for the congress of
education of the FIG next year. The establishment of this congress of
education is also a goal for the future.
But one attribute overtops all other events in Europe:
“Sun in the winter, gymnastics events in December, the connection of
holidays and gymnastics“.
The 43rd International Sports Festival “BLUME – Gran
Canaria“ will take place from Nov. 21st – 30th
2003. We are looking forward to our friends from all parts of the World!
Jesús Telo
Head of the Organising Committee
Festival BLUME Gran Canaria
> PHOTO-IMPRESSIONS of 42nd BLUME FESTIVAL Gran Canaria 2002
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