CIAT students participate in the final cross-country race of the Cabildo Games

A group of students from the Tenerife Athletics Center (CIAT) participated last weekend in the final day of cross-country competition at the Cabildo Games. The finals were held for the U-10, U-12, U-14, and U-16 categories. The competition, held at the Los Zamorano track in the municipality of Tegueste, brought together some 300 athletes.

The Cabildo Games is an initiative to promote grassroots sports, involving young people ages 6 to 17 from all of the island’s municipalities. This season’s program includes 176 events spread over 33 days between December 2022 and June 2023, featuring 30 different sports.

The Cabildo Games include competitions in the following sports: chess, track and field, badminton, basketball, handball, baseball, Canarian ball, cross-country, cycling, frontenis, indoor soccer, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, Canarian motor sports, Canarian wrestling, swimming, artistic swimming, orienteering, figure skating, freestyle skating, rugby, lifesaving, surfing, taekwondo, table tennis, triathlon, volleyball, beach volleyball, sailing, and water polo.

Each sport has its own training system; in some cases, these are qualifying competitions for a final phase, and in others, they are competitive training camps. In addition, the project provides its own transportation service for the athletes and identification shirts to ensure that all participants have the minimum required equipment for the various sports disciplines.

Last year, the Cabildo Games encouraged 9,200 young people to participate in one of the sports offered.