The Regional Government building on Ejército street, in Coyhaique, became a dojo (space for the practice of martial arts) to receive the judokas of the Marcelo Eastman Club, who this month will participate in national and international tournaments to add score, with our sights set on the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.
These champions and champions of the region established themselves as the best team at the national level after the open tournament held in May at the Escuela de Carabineros de Santiago, where they won the absolute category.
“Since 2022, the Regional Government has been supporting the Marcelo Eastman Judo Club through direct assignments, which have allowed young people and children belonging to this club to represent our region in important competition instances,” he said. the head of the Social and Human Development Division, Vania Cáceres.
For his part, the Regional Counselor Jorge Abello, highlighted the instance and the support that has been given to these athletes. “It seems good to us, first of all that they have been here showing us their activities, but it also reveals the importance of the resources of the 8% in the region, to support different organizations, to support sports, where sometimes the State does not arrive and the Regional Government resources come to be a tremendous contribution “, he commented.
Thanks to the direct allocation made by the Regional Government, within the framework of the 8% of the National Fund for Regional Development (FNDR), the judokas of Aysén who are preparing for the great sporting event in Santiago this year, will be able to participate during July of the Pan-American Open of Lima, and after the national championship that will take place in the city of Concepción, where they intend to accumulate points and arrive with the best possible classification to represent our country.
«Important for us has been the financing of the Regional Government, to be able to finance all the trips of all these young people who represent the region, and some who represent the country. So I am tremendously happy and proud to be able to direct regional judo,” said the sensei (teacher) of the Marcelo Eastman Club, Reynaldo Figueroa.
Finally, the champion and first woman in the region to obtain a black belt, Camila Lagos, who will participate in the Lima and Concepción tournaments, said she was “excited, training hard, equally grateful to the sensei, to the team, because finally we all make I can raise the level, and thus maintain ourselves, and currently be the best in Chile ».
2023-07-18 02:51:42
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