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Chapter 15 Sports for All 233 C h a p t e r 1 5 S p o r t s f o r A l l Chapter 15 Sports for All The promotion of sports for all is defined by the Taipei City as a guiding principle for implementing sports development on the grassroots level. With that in mind, the city actively provides counseling assistance and incorporates resources from various sports organizations in the private sector to conduct healthful activities suitable for various age groups and sports communities. Sports education in schools is further implemented with the setup of basic training stations, rewarding and training sports talents extraordinaire. Also, the city organizes a variety of international tournaments, improving sports facilities and fulfilling the vision of establishing community-centered sports and leisure activities, inaugurating Sports Centers and completing riverside sports park facilities for use to encourage citizens' involvement in sports activities, so as to fashion Taipei into an international-class healthy city. 234 lourishing sports development is recognized as a crucial indicator for measuring a T nation's modernization level. Taipei City is the nation's capital, and pressure from T F a a i busy lifestyles in the face of the rapid social transitions and speedy industrial and i p p e e commercial developments increases sharply. To encourage citizens to partake in sports i i Y Y activities and build a dynamic and healthy city, the city is actively creating a favorable e e a a climate for sports for all. A variety of measures are being undertaken in hopes of r r b b o promoting sports technology standards, sports exchanges with other cities and developing o o o sports tourism as short-term goals; the long-term objectives are: upgrading the lifestyle k k 2 2 quality of citizens, promoting sports participation, increasing the number of regular 0 0 0 0 sports activity participants and enhancing the psychosomatic wellbeing for all. 8 8 Part1 Promoting Exercise for All The Taipei City Government organizes sports events and carnivals suitable for all age groups and for families on New Year's Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, the National Holiday, National Brisk Walking Day, and National Mountain Climbing Day in hopes of building a healthy city, enriching lifestyle quality for citizens, and fulfilling the goal of sports participation for all. A team of athletes representing Taipei also joined the screening, training, and counseling in partaking in the“National Athletic Games”and the“National Handicapped Citizens' Games,”as well as participation in national tournaments. In 2008, teams representing Taipei for the“National Athletic Games”and the“National Handicapped Citizens' Games”won awards of excellence. Additionally, the City Government actively provides guidance and assistance to various private sports organizations to promote an array of events in conducting the Youth Cup and Zhungzheng Cup tournaments. Moreover, the city offers opportunities to various communities and groups to partake in healthful activities and sports events by coordinating and conducting the“Senior Games,”the“Handicapped Citizens' Leisure and Sports Games,”and the“National Orphanage Sports Meet,”encouraging citizens to join healthful leisure and sports activities to enhance physical and mental fitness. 1. Road Runs To encourage sports participation for all and enhance physical and mental fitness for Taipei citizens, the City Government organizes many road runs throughout the year. These road runs are mostly conducted on the city's downtown roadways on holidays as a move to follow the footsteps of major international metropolitan leisure road runs, offering citizens the joy of jogging along wooded avenues. In recent years, road run routes have included the Dajia Riverside Park and inside the water valve, as well as Taipei City's downtown roadways. In addition to ensuring the rights of the pedestrians, the immense meadow spaces also allow participating citizens to enjoy frisbee, softball, biking and other leisure activities that promote parent-child bonding. City-wide road runs in 2008 attracted over 40,000 participants, including“The New Year's Day Flag-Raising and Road Run”on January 1,“Root The 2008 Samsung Energy Road Run. 235 C h for Taiwan's Olympians and Win in Beijing – the 2008 a p Adidas Road Run”on April 20,“The 6th Supau t e ” “ r Cup Road Run Tournament on May 4, and The 1 2008 Nike Human Race Global Road Run”on 5 August 31,“The 921 Love and Peace Sustainability S ” “ p Road Run and Fair, and The National Day Flag- o r Raising and Road Run”on October 10,“The 2008 t s ” “ Samsung Energy Road Run on October 19, The f o 20th Mass Mutual Mercuries Qiaofu Cup Road r ” “ A Run on October 26, The 2008 PUMA Nightscape l l Road Run”on November 15, from December 13 to 25,“Seeing the Intersection of Hope – the Challenge Road Run Around Taiwan”kicked off, and the 1,100- The 20th Mass Mutual Mercuries Qiaofu Cup Road Run. km race around Taiwan was opened to visually- impaired runners. These dynamic events are conducted to continuously enhance fitness, and create a new outlook and vitality for citizens, truly fashioning Taipei into a sports-centered metropolis. 2. Taiwan Bike Day Taipei City's bike trails are measured at 166 kilometers in total, including 60 kilometers within the city premises and 106 kilometers around riverside parks. Taiwan Bike Day kicked off simultaneously across Taiwan's 25 counties and cities. The Taipei leg was hosted by the Taipei City Government on May 4, 2008, hashing out a 6.5-km bike route that stretched from the Dajia Riverside Park to the plaza by Office of the President, and featured a creative bike float parade, attracting over 1,000 bikers to take part in this pollution-free, fuel-efficient and eco-friendly event, and bike their way toward a healthy and joyful lifestyle. Parades and activities on the plaza by Office of the President. 236 T a i p e 3. National Handicapped Citizens' Games i Y The“National Handicapped Citizens' e a Games”were held from May 23 to 26, r b 2008, in Hualian County; contest categories o o included 13 official competitive sports, such k 2 as Swimming, Track and Field, Table Tennis, 0 0 Badminton, Basketball, Weight Lifting, Archery, 8 Tennis, Judo, Shooting, Goalball, Billiards, and Bowling, and other friendship competitions, such as Petanque, and floor Petanque. A total of 550 Taipei City Government staff members represented Taipei in the Games, winning 251 gold medals, 116 silver and 89 bronze, for a Taipei City's team for the National Handicapped Citizens' Games total of 456 medals and taking first place for the in Taipei City receive ovations. overall number of trophies. 4. Taipei Waterfront Dragon Boat Carnival The Dragon Boat Festival is one of Taiwan's most vibrant folk holidays, with dragon boat races serving as the centerpiece of the Dragon Boat Festival. These races are highly entertaining and constructive in fostering teamwork among rowers. The“2008 Taipei Waterfront Dragon Boat Carnival”was held between June 6 and 8, 2008, beginning at the Keelung stretch of the Dajia Riverside Park, attracting over 50,000 participants, a testament to Mayor Hau Lung-bin's vision to promote Competition was fierce among dragon boat teams. 237 C h waterfront activities, increase citizen participation a p in water sports, and expand the number of water t e r sports partakers by joining the dragon boat races, 1 manifesting Taipei's personality as a“waterfront 5 cultural technology metropolis.” S p o 5. Slow Softball League Matches r t s To increase the number of softball players f o and offer citizens a dynamic leisure activity, the r preliminary contests for the“Slow Softball League Mayor Hau Lung-bin presided over the dragon boat eye- A l dotting ceremony. l Matches”were held every Saturday and Sunday from June through August, 2008, at Meiti, Yingfeng, Rainbow, Bailing and Shuangyuan Softball Fields. Postseason games were organized every Saturday and Sunday from August through October at Meiti Softball Field. The matches featured 235 leagues with more than 2,000 players, with over 1,000 spectators. Four teams, including Shanghai Pharmaceutical Union, the Star Squads, Guting Volunteer Firefighter Detachment and Computer won team titles in the Health, Joy, Friendship and Freshness categories. Taipei City's softball participants grew significantly Slow Softball League Matches. and more friendships were fostered during the events. 6. Cheerleading Championships The championships were held on October 18, 2008 at Taipei Municipal Shipai Junior High School, with twenty-three teams and 700 players from middle schools, high schools, social organizations and children's groups taking part. Social organizations had the best skills and routines, with seven teams registering for the contest. Squads from different age groups learned new techniques and tips by watching others, so the event was constructive in improving the athletic skills of cheerleaders from schools and social organizations. 7. Brisk Walking In encouraging citizens to participate in sports and leisure activities on weekends and holidays and promote brisk walking across the city, on October 19, 2008, the“2008 Maokong Mountain Climbing, Brisk Walking, Road Run and Mountain View Activities”were held, with routes in the scenic Muzha tea country. Participants enjoyed the Cheerleaders win rounds of applause with their amazing routines. 238 T a i p pleasant views of Maokong's tea gardens, mountain-crossing roadways and riverside parks outside the e i embankment. The competition was divided into several groups: matches, mountaineering, adolescent Y e relays and youth relays, attracting about 3,500 people. On November 8, 2008, the“2008 Taipei Daan a r ” b Forest Park Afternoon Brisk Walking Carnival was conducted, with health and eco-protection as the o themes.
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