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The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, met today with the president of Domino Federation of Murcia, Ginés Olmos, Vice President Juan Domingo Esparza, and the domino world champions in pairs, Antonio Vera and Juan Fulgencio Lopez, accompanied by the Councillor for Sports, Alonso Gómez, presented elXV Domino Championship Team Spain, held in Cartagena on 5, 6 and 7 December, coinciding with the bridge of the Constitution.

This is the top competition to be held at the national level and will bring to our city to the champions of the various regional federations, a total of 20 teams with between 16 and 20 players each, which will involve about 400 people who will have the opportunity to visit Cartagena.

The goal, Ginés Olmos, is that those who come to participate in the tournament advantage to a city as impressive as this, besides it is only fair to be held in the city of the winning team in last year, the Cartagena .

The championship will be held at the Central Pavilion of Sports and the closure will be celebrated with a dinner at the Botanical Garden during which trophies are awarded accordingly.

During the presentation of this event, the vice president announced that FDRM Autonomous Region has decided to consider the domino as a sport, something that soon will become official with publication in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia.

In this sense, our Community is a pioneer as Cantabria and the Canary Islands just officially considered as a sport this mode, but the trend is that the other regions will follow this example.

Today, in the region there are 430 cards of players dominated Federated, which must be added the college students who are entering through the implementation of free credits.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena