After TeamGym and the first International Tournament in Rhythmic Gymnastics Group, the organizers of the 53rd GYM Festival BLUME Gran Canaria 2013, first announced in an Internationl gymnastics tournament. Accepted the invitation were four different club representatives from Colmar (France, Elite, Juniors, Youth) of men and women, as well as Spanish representative in the Canary Islands, the other in the gym of the "Colegio San José Dominica" the island's capital, Las Palmas on the final day of the Festival met.

For the first time at BLUME Festival took place also a top international sports competition of Rhythmic Gymnastics (groups), which was won by the German Group Master, the formation of "SKC TABEA" Halle / Sa. (GER) on Friday night in the central Sportshall of the island's capital, Las Palmas: Both the addition of the points in the all-around, but also with the 10 clubs, and with 3 balls / 2 ribbons. The German group was significantly superior to their opponents from France and Spain.
The organizers began now in 2013 an international tournament tradition and had to premiere the respective groups invited in person at their national championships. This took a total of five formations, and in addition two junior groups of the Canary Islands, where the Rhythmic Gymnastics is operated in many centers at a high level. No wonder, the current world champion group (ball / bands) the last World Cup in Kiev comes from mainland Spain!

For nearly a decade, a diverse program of workshops is part of the BLUME festival program. From the beginning, this was in the hands of the German gymnastics expert Baerbel Schoettler, who  was also for many years the DTB administrative receiver for "Seniors", tat means for the elderly part of members in the German Gymnastics Federation. Extensive preparation and logistics is necessary therefore to activate the relevant specialists and lecturers instructors from different countries and make them do the right time, the right place at the right things. It is also on site, the scattered event locations well to combine: bus transfers and hall times, content, daily routines, to the special needs of participants and groups from many countries because it is considered to be coordinated.
 A Herculean task.!

700 participants at the Judo Tournament in Tamaraceite
The sport of Judo is since 9 years part of the programme of the BLUME-Festival.
 Last Saturday the sports hall in Tamaraceite was dominated by the color white. About 700 judokas participated there at the IX. Judo Tournament 2013, which was a part of the International GYM Festival BLUME GRAN CANARIA. Clubs from ten of the 21 municipalities of Gran Canaria joined the tournament, that the Judo Club Tama had organized. Rodolfo Hernandez was pleased with the good response. The President of the Judo Club Tama has contributed to the fact that the martial arts judo is now an integral part of the BLUME-Festival. "Judo is a popular sport on the island," said Jesús Telo Rodriguez, Head of the Organization Comitee of the festival. "Our festival is a sport-for-all festival. We liked judo to be integrated to further promote the sport. "