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Murcia children can demonstrate their skills 3x3 playing football, basketball, handball and volleyball competitions were organized on the occasion of the Young MultiSport Tour EDU CUP, which this weekend opened the seventh edition of his tour in Murcia.

EDU CUP 2009 "Cup of Education 'is the national championship game in the street for children between 7 and 12 years, Spain's largest.

This edition is expected to involve about 30,000 children across the country.

The Councillor for Sports, Miguel Cascales, has indicated that Murcia is proud to host this kind of competition that brings the sport to the street base that promotes the sport, practicing more than 70,000 children in the municipality through the campaign "Sport school age. "

Murcia competitions will be held on February 28 and March 1 at the Sports Joseph Barnes.

The organizers installed a fleet of over 2,000 square meters with two zones, one dedicated to another multi-sport competitions and games, called 'You and I = Same', with space for badminton, tennis, golf, etc, will also chutódromo and bouncy castle for children.

An area to be allocated for disabled sports where practice rugby, basketball, bocce, tennis and badminton.

Thus, children can play sports with children with disabilities and understand that sport has no boundaries.

The schedule of competitions and entertainment area is 10 to 19 hours on Saturday and from 10 to 15 hours on Sunday.

The objective of this tour is to supplement the education with the values of sport, promote the sport as an alternative entertainment for children and promote family participation in an event for all ages.

Young MultiSport tour, which opens in Murcia, travel Pozuelo, Almansa, Talavera de la Reina, Yecla, Velilla de San Antonio, León, Elche, Béjar, Ávila, Gijón, Tres Cantos and Santander.

The winning teams from the different modalities of each city will qualify for the final 26 to June 28 in a theme park.

This activity is organized by Framgarro Sport in collaboration with the Department of Sports City of Murcia, the Youth Sports Foundation, the Higher Sports Council, La Caixa, El Pozo, Soltan and the ACS Foundation.

For more information you should visit www.educup.es.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia