More than 200 sports teams will be able to benefit from the 2.6 million euros that the Madrid’s community in aid to sports clubs that have participated in the highest categories and official competition levels, both nationally and internationally, and provided that it has been of a non-professional nature.
As reported by the Regional government In a statement, it is an increase of more than 5% compared to the previous call and among the disciplines that can benefit from these aids are athletics, basketball, judo, swimming, hockey or triathlon, among others.
These grants from the Ministry of Culture, turismo y deportation they are granted based on the results obtained and with them the regional Executive seeks to contribute “to improving economic solvency and competitive capacity at the highest level”. In this way, the work of representing the region carried out by these associations is recognized.
In total, around 230 teams from Madrid clubs in disciplines such as athletics, basketball, handball, triathlon, judo, fencing, hockey, canoeing and swimming, who have participated in the absolute category, in one of the two highest categories of the leagues, will be able to benefit national or championships spain of Olympic modalities in which they compete in teams.
With this investment, the Community of Madrid He has highlighted that “it reinforces its commitment to sport” and does so by increasing, “by more than 125,000 euros”, the budget for this call for the 2020/21 season that will be published in the coming days.
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In this sense, the regional government has emphasized that they have been “increasing the allocation dedicated to financial support” of the clubs in these competitions, “as well as the number of beneficiaries.”
These sports associations are configured as private, non-profit associations whose purpose is the promotion and participation in activities and competitions. To take part in official competitions, registration with the corresponding sports Federation is required.
“These clubs are of decisive importance in competitive sport since they contribute to raising the level of their members and teams and, therefore, improve their results”, they have remarked from the Community.
