A three-day sports celebration, on the occasion of Olympic Day, is organized at the National Coastal Sports Facilities in Karteros, Heraklion, from tomorrow, Friday, July 15, until Sunday, July 17.
Young and old will be introduced to dozens of sports, popular and not, will combine sports with social contribution, volunteering and solidarity and will get to know great Cretan athletes up close.
A. The events begin on Friday July 15 with “Volunteering, Solidarity and Social Contribution”, the basic Principles of the Olympic Ideal, but also a common value code of sports and society.
From 6 pm to 9 pm, at the Karteros Beach Sports Center, 29 Social Structures of active citizens and organizations of Heraklion and all of Crete will present their actions, mobilize the public to participate, raise awareness of volunteering and highlighting solidarity as the supreme good of Equality, Justice and Inclusion.
Among the Structures that have responded to the call of the Deputy Ministry of Sports and the EAK Heraklion, to highlight their actions are:
* Hellenic Red Cross
* Child’s smile
* SOS Children’s Villages
* “Iliachtida” – Pancreatic Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Neoplasia
* Yes I live with Cancer
* Goal-Prevention, for breast cancer
* Vision of Hope, to increase bone marrow donors
* Association of Members of Women’s Associations, for the defense of women’s rights
* Regional Association of the Blind of Crete
* Rotary Club of Heraklion
* Rotary Club of Heraklion – Candia
* Rotary Club of Heraklion – El Greco
* Heraklion Lions Club (charity organization)
* Palliative Care of Crete – Zacharias K. Batouvas – Cretan Palliative Care
* Friends of Love, (charity organization)
* Solidarity, for Alzheimer’s disease
* Animal Friendly Action
* AgaliaZO – Group of Volunteers against Cancer
* Rodavgi – Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends of People with Mental Retardation
* Inlibrovita “Give the book life”
* Zoodochos Pigi, Center for Special Children
* EcoVoice
and
> Safe in Sports, the First Aid and Rescue in Sports certification program
> Educational Robotics
> Institute of Speleological Research of Greece
> Association of Gymnasium Owners of Heraklion
> AS TALOS Disabled
> AS Kinetics of the Disabled (ASKA)
> Disabled Association of Southern Crete “To Mellon”
At the same time, children and members of the Structures will have the opportunity to learn about sand sports (beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, fighting) from specialized coaches.
B. On Saturday July 16, from 10 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon, dozens of amateur clubs and associations of the prefecture will be added to this great sports celebration, which will present their sports:
* AS AmaA TALOS (cycling)
* TALOS Aeroclub (aerial sports)
* TALON Kick Boxing Sports Association (kick boxing)
* Messara Sports Club, Captain Michalis Korakas (fencing)
* Martial Arts Association “O Theseus” (jiu jitsu, kung fu)
* Theseas Sports Club (fencing)
* Sports Club of Combat Sports of the Peninsula (taekwondo, kickboxing)
* Athletics Gymnastic Club (archery)
* APS Pegasos (volleyball)
* Weightlifting Association of Heraklion (weightlifting)
* AS AmaA Megalonisos (Athletics for the disabled)
* GEO (volleyball, fencing)
* Union of Basketball Clubs of Crete (basketball)
* Union of Volleyball Clubs of Crete (volleyball)
* E.AS SEGAS of Crete (OFI – Pegasos – GEIGAS – Malion, Stivos)
* Union of Aeromodellers of Heraklion Crete (air sports)
* Heraklion OAA (tennis, basketball, chess, table tennis)
* Sailing Club of Heraklion (sailing)
* Heraklion Sports Center “Athlodrasi” (karate, gymnastics, cheerleading)
* Windsurfing Club of Heraklion (windsurfing)
* OFI (chess, weightlifting)
* Pankritios A.S. Shooting (shooting)
* PEKYK-R (11 swimming clubs)
* POI Kastro (cycling)
* Chess Leo Candia (chess)
* Heraklion Chess Club (chess)
* Association of Gymnasium Owners of Heraklion (gymnastics on the sand)
* Philatelic Gymnastics Association of Heraklion (acrobatic gymnastics)
* Friendship Tennis Club (tennis)
C. The celebratory three days will culminate on Sunday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. with the central event “From dream to achievement”, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis, the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, the president of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee, Giorgos Kapellakis, as well as the president of the Hellenic Red Cross, Dr. Antonios Morning Star.
An evening with dozens of great Cretan athletes, full of memories from them. They will share their experience from the dream they had to stand out to the feat they achieved, in an event dedicated to all the protagonists – fighters of life who persevere, fight and achieve their own small or big feats.
Among others, the following will speak:
> Nikos Kaklamanakis (sailing)
> Antonis Tsapatakis (disabled swimming)
> Ilias Poursanidis (football)
> Dimitris Kokolakis (basketball)
> Maria Karpathaki (taekwondo)
> Irini Vassiliou (athletics)
> Giorgos Salavantakis (shooting)
> Argyro Milaki (cycling)
> Kelly Kydonaki (karate)
> Christos Sandalakis (disabled cycling)
> Maria Jenitsaridis (volleyball)
> George Papidakis (chess)
> Ioanna Krimili (basketball)
> Stefanos Spanakis (table tennis)
> Marieva Dasionaki (boxing)
> Konstantinos Tsagkatakis (disabled cycling)
> Georgia Tribyzaki (football)
> Kyriakos Tzanakis (squash)
> Danai Sidiras (football)
> Giorgos Dialechtakis (handicapped shooting)
> Antonis Boumakis (kickboxing)
> Gerald Geka (Taekwondo)
> Michalis Katras (robotics)
> Nikos Tsikritsakis (robotics).
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