The Mayor met with the Irish Rugby Federation representative, with the Leinster Rugby Federation President and with the rugby clubs and travel agencies representatives
Calvià continues with its intensive tourist promotion and ,therefore, a municipal representation, headed by the Mayor, Carlos Delgado, travelled to the Irish capital last Friday to present the varied tourist offer which distinguishes the municipality and places it as one the tourist destinies ,par excellance, not only in the Balearic community also in the whole Mediterranean basin.
The Mayor travelled to Wales and Scotland in May, to present the new sport complex in Son Caliu, consisting of a rugby pitch and an indoor heated swimming-pool; now, the Mayor, Carlos Delgado, has travelled to Dublin together with the manager for the Calvian Sport Institute, Manuel Onieva, and the Town Hall´s Tourism department Director, Jaime Martínez, to promote mentioned facility, which, with no doubt, will become a point of reference of the sports offer in Calvià and from now on, will be, together with the athlethics track and the natural grass football pitch in Magaluf, one of the star projects which will be shown in fairs and promotional events.
In Dublin, the Mayor met Kevin Fitzpatrick, President of the Leinster Rugby Federation, as well as other mentioned Federation members; Geroid Ferrick, Irish Rugby Federation representative; Karl Mitchell, Dublin Town Hall´s Sports Director; Borja Bedoya, head of the Tourism Spanish Office information department in Dublin; as well as numerous rugby clubs and travel agencies representatives, who showed their interest for this facility and its location, Calvià´s excellent beaches and complete hotel and services offer, which make the municipality the ideal place for the practice of sport throughout the whole year.
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The new approved rugby pitch measures 112x67 metres, with state of the art artificial grass and 70 mm of fibre glass and stands. Also there is a service building with changing rooms with capacity for four different teams at a time; the referees´s changing rooms and the social center. The heated swimming-pool measures 25x12,5m and is provided with changing rooms, rest rooms and offices. All this, is surrounded by a parking space with room for 80 vehicles.
This new rugby pitch, which is advanced in its construction, will complete an extense map with more than 50 sport facilities, public and private, which Calvià counts with and makes it an International reference for the practice of sport and the organization of big sport events.
The Town Hall directed by Carlos Delgado works intensively to improve the municipality´s image as a destination for the practice of an active tourism throughout the year and therefore has made an important investment to modernize, to reform and add new sport facilities. Thus, to the great success the new athlethics track and the natural grass football pitch in Magaluf have supposed, there are to be added the three new paddle tennis courts built in Costa d'en Blanes or the new sport area in the Oratorio in Portals.
As well, it is to be mentioned the Calvian Sport Center´s refurbishment works and the following opening of the new indoor heated swimming-pools in Santa Ponça and Peguera. Also, there will be refurbishment works in the Santa Ponça, Peguera and Costa de la Calma sport center. Two new tennis courts and three paddle tennis courts will be built in Costa de la Calma.