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NUMBER 8 – JULY 2017

THE ICMG TO VOTE ON ’S INCLUSION AS A FULL MEMBER IN OCTOBER The General Assembly of the International Committee had already unanimously approved Portugal’s participation in 2018 as a Guest Committee one year ago The Mayor of Tarragona, Josep Fèlix Ballesteros, and the Vice-president of the Spanish Government, This October, the members of the General Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, signed a collaboration Assembly of the International Committee of agreement in April between the Higher Sports the (ICMG) will vote to Council and Tarragona City Council to finance accept Portugal as a full member of the ICMG. the XVIII Tarragona 2018 Mediterranean With Portugal, the number of National Olympic Games. The ceremony was attended by the Committees (NOC) Minister of the Treasury and Public Function, participating in Tarragona Cristóbal Montoro; the Minister of Education, 2018 comes to 26, from Culture and Sport, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo; and three continents, after representatives of the event’s sponsors. the Kosovo NOC was also The agreement envisages the inclusion in the included in the ICMG. No draft budgets for 2017 and 2018 of individual Mediterranean Games sections that will allow different investments has ever had such a high to be defrayed to cover the operating budget number of National Olympic of the sporting event. To be specific, for 2017 a Committees on board. subsidy of 6.75 million euros is planned, while for 2018 this amount will be 3.75 million euros. At the same time, the Higher Sports Council will THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT deal with extending the consideration of the Mediterranean Games as an event of exceptional FORMALISES A public interest, which confers certain tax benefits COLLABORATION on the sponsors, through to 31 December 2018.

AGREEMENT TO FINANCE THE Vice-president Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría MEDITERRANEAN GAMES highlighted the commitment of the State The Vice-President of the Spanish government and “the unity and cooperation Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, between public institutions” and underlined signed the agreement, which envisages the fact that the Mediterranean Games “offer an the inclusion of €10.5M in the draft opportunity for Tarragona to position itself as a budgets for 2017 and 2018 benchmark in the organisation of sporting events.” NUMBER 8 – JULY 2017

THE ICMG APPROVES THE The sporting calendar of the XVIII Tarragona 2018 SPORTING CALENDAR OF THE Mediterranean Games is now available and has been confirmed by the International Committee of XVIII MEDITERRANEAN GAMES the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) in conjunction The document details the competition with the federations of each sport. It details the dates and the venues hosting each event competition dates of the 33 sporting disciplines and the venue in which each one takes place. SPORT SCHEDULE 2018

SPORT DISCIPLINE M/W SITE VENUE JUNE JULY

OPENING CEREMONY TARRAGONA TARRAGONA GIMNASTIC STADIUM 22

Aquatics M/W Tarragona Campclar Aquatic Centre 23 24 25

Waterpolo M/W Tarragona Campclar Aquatic Centre 27 28 29 30 1

Archery M/W Tarragona Campclar Atlhetics Stadium 22 23 24

Athletics M/W Tarragona Campclar Atlhetics Stadium 27 28 29 30

Badminton M/W El Morell El Morell Pavilion 23 24 25 26

Basketball 3x3 M/W Tarragona Camp de Mart Autidtorium 27 28 29

Bowls Lyonnaise M/W Tarragona Campclar Velodrome 25 26 27 28

Petanque M/W Tarragona Campclar Velodrome 25 26 27 28

Raffa M/W Tarragona Campclar Velodrome 25 26 27 28 29

Boxing M Torredembarra Torredembarra Pavilion 25 26 27 28 29 30

Canoe-kayak M/W Castelldefels Olympic Canal of 23 24

Cycling Road race M/W Vila-seca Vila-seca urban circuit 27

Time trial M/W Vila-seca Vila-seca urban circuit 30

Equestrian Mixed Royal Polo Club 27 29

Fencing M/W La Selva del Camp La Selva Pavilion 23 24

Football M Various venues Various venues 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Golf M/W Tarragona Costa Daurada Club 25 26 27 28

Gymnastics Artistic M/W Reus Reus Olympic Pavilion 23 24 25 26

Rhythmic W Reus Reus Olympic Pavilion 29 30

Handball M Tarragona Campclar Sports Palace 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1

Handball W El Vendrell / Tarragona Pavilion CE Vendrell & Campclar Sports Palace 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Judo M/W Cambrils Cambrils Pavilion 27 28 29

Karate M/W Cambrils Cambrils Pavilion 23 24

Rowing M/W Castelldefels Olympic Canal of Catalonia 28 29 30

Sailing M/W Salou Yatch Club 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Shooting M/W Tarragona Shooting Range Jordi Tarragó 23 24 25 26

Table M/W Valls Valls Joana Ballart Pavilion 26 27 28 29 30

Taekwondo M/W Salou Salou Pavilion 28 29 30

Tennis M/W Tarragona Tarragona Tennis Club 26 27 28 29 30

Triathlon M/W Altafulla Altafulla urban circuit 23

Volleyball Indoor M Tarragona Tarraco Arena Plaza 22 24 26 28 30 1

Indoor W Tarragona Tarraco Arena Plaza 23 25 27 29 30 1

Beach M/W Tarragona Arrabassada Beach 28 29 30

Waterski M/W Tarragona Marina Port Tarraco 23 24

Weightlifting M/W Constantí Constantí Pavilion 23 24 25 26 27 28

Wrestling Freestyle M/W Vila-seca Vila-seca Pavilion 26 27 28

Greco-Roman M Vila-seca Vila-seca Pavilion 24 25

CLOSING CEREMONY TARRAGONA TARRAGONA GIMNASTIC STADIUM 1 NUMBER 8 – JULY 2017

THE GUIDES AND TECHNICAL download and consult the different guides relating MANUALS FOR TARRAGONA to the operation of the sporting event.

2018 ARE NOW AVAILABLE The Rate Card and transport, accreditation, medical, ON THE GAMES’ WEBSITE media and protocol guides are now available on the extranet of the www.tarragona2018.cat website. This refers to the rate card and the You can also download the technical manuals of transport, accreditation, protocol, medical the 31 sports on the sporting calendar of the XVIII and media guides, as well as the technical Tarragona . manuals for all the sporting disciplines All the documents can currently be consulted in The National Olympic Committees taking part in the their English and French versions. XVIII Tarragona 2018 Mediterranean Games can now

ARCHERY ARTISTIC ATHLETICS BEACH 3x3 VOLLEYBALL

CANOE CYCLING EQUESTRIAN FOOTBALL GOLF HANDBALL

KARATE RHYTHMIC SHOOTING SWIMMING TABLE GYMNASTICS TENNIS

TENNIS VOLLEYBALL WATERPOLO WATER-SKIING WEIGHTLIFTING

ARCHERY ARTISTIC ATHLETICS BADMINTON BASKETBALL BEACH BOWLS BOXING GYMNASTICS 3x3 VOLLEYBALL

CANOE CYCLING EQUESTRIAN FENCING FOOTBALL GOLF HANDBALL JUDO

KARATE RHYTHMIC ROWING SAILING SHOOTING SWIMMING TABLE TAEKWONDO GYMNASTICS TENNIS

TENNIS TRIATHLON VOLLEYBALL WATERPOLO WATER-SKIING WEIGHTLIFTING WRESTLING NUMBER 8 – JULY 2017

LOTERÍAS Y APUESTAS The company has already signed a DEL ESTADO, THE NEW sponsorship agreement in the category of “Friends of Tarragona 2018” OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN GAMES The company Logística Costa Dorada S.L. and the Tarragona 2017 Foundation signed a sponsorship The signing ceremony involved the Mayor agreement last May whereby the logistics and of Tarragona and the president of the transport agency will be responsible for providing Tarragona 2017 Foundation, Josep Fèlix a local, national and international courier service Ballesteros, and the president of the at the XVIII Mediterranean Games. Logística Costa State Company Loterías y Apuestas del Dorada has thus become a new partner in the Estado (SELAE), Inmaculada García category of “Friends of Tarragona 2018”.

The agreement states that the SELAE will be given The services that the company will be providing the status of Official Partner of the Tarragona 2018 during the Mediterranean Games include the Mediterranean Games and will be featured in the provision of an exclusive vehicle for dealing with different communication supports for the Games. the urgent courier needs of the organization, and With regard to the sponsorship fee, SELAE will pay the transport of the anti-doping control samples in the Foundation two million euros, half of which specially-prepared vehicles. were paid at the time of signing the agreement while the other half will be credited during the first quarter of 2018. Loterías y Apuestas del Estado is strongly committed to the Spanish sporting world, which it reaffirms every year through its initiative ‘Loterías con el Deporte’ (Lotteries for Sport). Through this commitment it has collaborated with several major international sporting events, such as its support of Spanish athletes at the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games through its ADO and ADOP programmes.

LOGÍSTICA COSTA DORADA TO MANAGE THE COURIER SERVICES AT THE MEDITERRANEAN GAMES NUMBER 8 – JULY 2017

TARRACVS CONTINUES of the most hotly-anticipated visitors by the children taking part in the different VISITING CHILDREN ALL activities being rolled out across the region. OVER THE REGION Consequently Tarracvs has taken part in The Tarragona 2018 mascot has already international competitions such as the visited 11 of the 16 Games venues Paratriathlon World Cup, the Altafulla ETU Triathlon European Cup, and the Raceboard The sporting events taking place in World Championships in Salou; he has visited Tarragona and the other municipalities the young participants on the Summer hosting the Mediterranean Games will Campus at Valls, the School Games in Cambrils be enlivened with the presence of their and the students at the Campclar High School mascot, Tarracvs. This important tool for in Tarragona, and he has taken part in events promoting Tarragona 2018 is also one such as the Bicycle Festival of Calafell. NUMBER 8 – JULY 2017

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