Ferrando, a winning mix between fun and the desire to learn
(ANSA) – GENOA, MAY 22 – Record crowd at the 18th edition of the Sports Festival at the Porto Antico in Genoa. Numbers growing during the three opening days of the event, from Friday to Sunday. The greatest success was recorded in the multi-sports areas where the most diverse disciplines alternated. Absolute novelty this year is the boom in games for the mind, chess with over a thousand players and risk in its debut. Over 6 thousand active participants who attended the fields set up inside the Cotton Warehouses, badminton, table tennis, archery.
Today there were 103 to run the Blue Mile, 170 for the Mini Mile reserved for children. Large audience also for gymnastics and judo in Piazza delle Feste with a total of 2 thousand spectators. High attendance also for the activities proposed by the Police and the Army with 7 thousand very young people following the sports and educational program. Continuous flow for classic activities such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, football and great interest also for bowls, mountain biking and boxing: there were over a thousand wearing gloves and a helmet for the first time. Stadium cheer for dance and open stage applause for martial arts. “Festa dello sport is a winning mix between fun and the desire to learn – said the president of Porto Antico di Genova Mauro Ferrando -. The idea of contributing every year to make young generations passionate about sport is the result of a great commitment and for us it is a reason of great satisfaction. Sport means well-being, sharing and respect: values to be transmitted and promoted for a more cohesive and inclusive society “. Festa dello Sport is organized by Porto Antico di Genova and Stelle in Sport in collaboration with Uisp and the Agorà Social Consortium and the patronage of the Liguria Region, the Municipality of Genoa and Coni Liguria.
Special recognition from the Undersecretariat for Sport with official patronage alongside the patronage of The Ocean Race – The Grand Finale and the inclusion of the Party in Move Week (ANSA).
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