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Beach Handball Championship
ALMERIA will host the finals for the Spanish Handball Championship at the end of the month, and 4,000 participants and 268 teams will flock to the beaches to see and participate in this national event.
The Spanish Beach Handball Club Championship will bring together the best teams in Spain, with different matches in the children, cadets, youth and senior categories. Beach Handball is being touted as an Olympic sport.
Antonio Casimiro, the Sports councillor, said that “with its impressive beaches and Mediterranean climate”, Almeria is the perfect setting for this national sporting event.
MORE than €300,000 has been earmarked by the Provincial Council of Almeria for the municipality of Maria to improve the state of its roads. Around 175 kilometres of roads and streets will be restored via the ‘Paving and Urbanisations’ project to improve the safety of its roads.
The provincial deputy for Public Works, Antonio J Rodríguez, emphasised the importance of this project on Saturday, July 22. The aim is to improve the roads on the outskirts and in the district
He believes that the appeal of this toplevel competition will help the economy.
Tthe president of the Andalucian Beach Handball Federation, Sebastián Fernández Molina, believes that the event will bring €3 million to the region, thanks to increased hotel bookings, and the spending of participants and fans at local establishments.
The matches will be held over 10 playing courts, with a main court that can seat 2,000 spectators, from which competitions will be livestreamed and broadcast on television. Over four days, 540 matches will be played and television coverage will be provided by Teledeported on July 29 and 30.
