Gijón Candidacy to European City of Sport 2016 Gijón Candidacy to European City of Sport 2016
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Gijón candidacy to European City of Sport 2016 Gijón candidacy to European City of Sport 2016 - 1 - Gijón and sport go hand in hand When thinking of an image of Gijón it is very likely that sport will come to mind. Our city is open to the sea, looks up to the sky and is a close to the mountains. We are a reference along the Cantabrian coast in terms of sports facilities which host activities, tournaments and championships that each year attract thousands of vi- sitors. With this philosophy, Gijón has found a place on the national and international sporting map thanks to events like the Davis Cup semi-final between Spain and USA in 2012, the 2011 Duathlon World Championship, the 2011 European Baseball Championship, the 2008 World Skating Championship, the five star CSIO Interna- tional Horse Show, the 2014 World Climbing Championship, and the 2015 Eurobas- ket warm-up match between Spain and Belgium that will take place this August. The relationship between Gijón and sport is a constant throughout the year and is lived passionately by the people of the city, both men and women. In addition, the city has idyllic surroundings in which sportspeople, family and friends can enjoy enriching experiences in superb settings. Reasons abound for the people of Gijón to be proud of our city and to encourage our visitors to take with them the best memories of our town. It would be an honour for the Principality of Asturias, and especially for Gijón, to enjoy a designation of this importance, because our city is committed to sport as a fundamental pillar in the development of people and the development of values. Our city encourages young people to become involved in sport because we believe sport is a driver of the progress of society. Because Gijón and sport go hand in hand, we propose to create a spirit of colla- boration based on a common, exciting project. Carmen Moriyón Entrialgo Mayoress, Gijón - 2 - - 3 - Gijón deserves to be a European City of Sport. Our city has twice received the pri- ze of the national Sports Council, reflecting the fact that Gijón’s involvement with sport is unrivalled. This can be seen in its network of over one hundred facilities which, along with programmes and activities, make our city a regional and national reference. The public infrastructure of the city alone includes, among other facilities, sports halls in different neighbourhoods, two golf courses, a sports palace, heated swim- ming pools, soccer grounds, a climbing wall, hockey, baseball and rugby grounds and countless multi-sport courts in different neighbourhoods, without forgetting our local traditional sports and the covered sports courts in schools. This sport in- frastructure is complemented by the «homes of sport”, where territorial federa- tions have their headquarters as well as some of the city’s clubs and private sports clubs that are a reference in the city for both their equipment and the number of members they have. With all this Gijón becomes a unique setting for the development of a premier sporting event, due to the experience accrued in organizing sports as well as the existing hotel and sports infrastructure, as witnessed by the holding of events such as the Davis Cup, the World Climbing Championships or the Eurobasket 2015 warm- up game next August 11. All these events carry a great social and economic impact on the environment of the city and elsewhere in the region. Sport plays a role of social integration, education and contribution to public health as well as support for values related to mutual respect, tolerance, fair play and non-discrimination. For these reasons, the City Council Sports Department works to foster sport promotion policies in order to facilitate physical activity, sport and leisure as citizens’ rights. Jesús Martínez Salvador Councillor for Tourism, Sports, Festivals and Youth - 4 - - 5 - Index Gijón …………………………………………………… 9 4.3. Events with PDM as a sponsor ………………… 63 Municipal Sports Management ………………10 4.4. Training programme …………………………………68 4. 5. Historical calendar of international 1. Sports Infrastructure …………………………… 12 sporting events …………………………………………69 1.1. Public facilities …………………………………………… 13 4.6. Events 2015 ………………………………………………… 71 1.2. Major private entities and facilities ………… 21 1.3. Investments and improvements 5. Sport and health for all …………………………82 carried out in public facilities 5.1. Sports Medicine Service …………………………… 85 (data 2011-2014) ………………………………………… 33 5.2. Sport accessible to all ………………………………88 5.3. Sport holidays ………………………………………… 100 2. Access to sports facilities and activities …………………………………………38 6. Sports in Gijón, in figures …………………… 104 21. Collaboration with sports organizations …40 6.1. Usage in municipal sports facilities ……… 106 2.2. Number of annual opening hours 6.2. Booking facilities for sports activities ……… 111 of the municipal sports facilities ……………… 45 7. Sport 2.0 …………………………………………… 112 2. 3. Incentives to citizen participation ……………46 8. Cooperation with sports institutions …… 116 3. Participation: clubs, sports associations and volunteering ……………………………………50 9. The importance of Sport in Gijón ………… 118 3.1. Participation in competitions of clubs and sports associations …………………………… 52 10. Calendar of Events 2016 ……………………… 120 3.2. Sports Volunteering …………………………………… 53 4. Sports Initiatives ……………………………………54 4.1. Events with PDM (Municipal Sports Council) as organizer ……………………………………………… 56 4.2. Competitions at the Golf Courses …………… 62 - 6 - - 7 - Gijón Gijón is a Spanish city, with the historical category of «villa», There are three beaches in the heart of the city and six in the and is the capital of the municipality of the same name. It is rural surroundings. located in the centre of the coast of the autonomous region of Asturias and covers an area of 181.7 km2. Gijón has 3,300,000 m2 of urban green areas with a ratio of 11.7 m2 per inhabitant, sports centres and public swimming pools Gijón is the most populated municipality in Asturias with in almost all districts and the only Atlantic Botanical Gardens 275,735 inhabitants and is ranked number 15 in the ranking of in Spain. Spanish cities by population. The city has extensive experience in organizing major events, With its 2000 years of history and a rich and varied cultural both sporting, cultural and professional. heritage, open to the sea and to Europe, Gijón is a city where blue and green merge together, with a layout allowing oceanfront promenades nearly 10 kilometres in length. - 8 - - 9 - Municipal Sports Management In the municipal organization chart there is a Sports Coun- The organs of government and administration of the PDM are: The Management is responsible for directing, coordinating servation, maintenance and safety of buildings and sports cillorship responsible politically for the area, while the daily and organizing the work done by the various units that facilities. management of sport is done through the Municipal Sports • The President who in all cases will be the Mayor Presi- make up the Agency. Department (Patronato Deportivo Municipal - PDM), which ding the City Council of Gijón, or his/her delegate. This The Sports Medicine Centre provides medical monitoring is a long-standing and fully consolidated body in the city, position is currently held by the Councillor Delegate for The Technical Secretariat has responsibilities of an adminis- services for athletes in the municipality and performs exa- having been created in the plenary session of Gijón City Sports. trative and technical-accounting character. It is tasked with minations and treatments needed for safer sport, in the Council held on February 19, 1982. • The Governing Board, consisting of the President, Vice the responsibility and control of the economic and adminis- best possible health and sanitary conditions. President and 7 board members. The total number of trative activity of the PDM. members, including the President and the Vice Presi- The contact person is the councillor responsible for the area The PDM is an autonomous administrative agency in ac- dent, must be proportional to the representation that The Sports Promotion Division is entrusted with the super- of Sports and President of PDM, Mr Jesus Martínez Salvador cordance with the provisions of art. 85 of the Law on Local each political group has in the Corporation. Also the vision and control of all the sports activities of the PDM, as (presidencia@Gijón.es), and the Director of PDM is Roberto Government, with its own legal personality and financial Board includes, with the right to speak but no vote, the well as relations with associations, clubs, federations and Fernández Alvarez (rfalvarez@Gijón.es). and functional autonomy, under the City Council of Gijón. Manager of the PDM, the Secretary and the Comptroller other sports entities and organizations or with an interest Its purpose is the organization and delivery of services re- of Gijón. in sports. quired by the city of Gijón in different sports areas, financed by public means and those other resources that the PDM it- The management structure of the PDM is divided into: the The Administration and Sports Facilities Maintenance Divi- self can obtain for the benefit of citizens of the municipality Technical Secretariat, the Sports Promotion Division, Admi- sion is responsible for the operational part of the Agency, who wish to expand their participation in both individual nistration and Sports Facilities Maintenance Division, and supervising and controlling the personnel providing servi- and collective sporting action. the Sports Medicine Centre. ces in the sports facilities of the PDM and managing con- - 10 - - 11 - 01 Sports Infrastructures 1.1. Public facilities Gijón has a complete network of sports facilities, both public The Municipal Sports Facilities are managed by the PDM of and private. Gijón which has its offices in the El Coto Integrated Municipal Centre, where the following departments are located: The significant investments made by the city council in recent years has ensured that no neighbourhood or parish in the city • Presidency and Management is without sports facilities and that the slogan «Gijón - a city • Economic & Administrative Department for sport» has become a reality.