Salou hosts first Senior Championship Karate Spain 2010

Salou. Costa Dorada. Salou Mayor Pedro Granados and the president of the Spanish Federation of Karate and DA, Antonio Moreno, signed a collaboration agreement for the award of a karate championship in Spain in senior category 2010. This is a championship that, on rare occasions, left Madrid but for the first time come to Salou on 20 and 21 March. This important event related to the martial arts will take place in the sports hall of the municipality and will be attended by athletes from 19 autonomous communities with about 400 competitors and over a thousand guests, according to forecasts by the organizers. The president of the Royal Federation of Karate Spain, Antonio Moreno, presented the event as well, the population will also lead to a significant volume of esportsites and umpires and the 19th. Moreno stressed the importance of the tournament being staged in Salou and that is a year with World Cup (to be held in late October in Belgrade) and also celebrates the European championships in May in Athens. The head of the Federation wanted to thank funding from the City of Salou in attracting and shaping this event which falls under the heading of large-format activities that local government wants to promote outside of the tourist season. The mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, wanted to reassert itself in the tourism policy of convening major events in low season to promote the interests of the population should lead to greater occupancy hotels, as well as give greater dynamism in restaurants, and instead promote the brand comerçosi Salou on television because it is Karate Federation realcionados with television channels such as TVE and Canal + to relay championship. "It is certainly a way of generating wealth in the town," said the mayor who also recalled that before the summer will open a new hall in the area of housing estates and reminded that it is projecting a sports city in Sector 03 . Prior to the championship in Spain, Salou live on February 27 child of Catalonia championship which will run the length of a morning but also will be attended by some 350 young participants from the federated clubs, as well as their respective families.

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