CENTRO CARIBE SPORTS WILL HOLD THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN BEACH GAMES IN SANTA MARTA

Centro Caribe Sports joins the beach events, with the celebration of the First Central American and Caribbean Games of this modality, in the city of Santa Marta in the department of Magdalena in Colombia, to be held from 19 to 26 November 2022.

The information is confirmed by the President of the Commission for Future Venues of the regional sports organization, Sara Rosario (PUR) and the President of Centro Caribe Sports, Luis Mejía (DOM), in a press release.

Santa Marta 2022 includes a program of 12 sports disciplines, which are: open water swimming and underwater, handball, soccer, wrestling, rugby, skateboard, surfing, tennis, ultimate (frisbee), sailing and volleyball, and the participation of more than 800 athletes.

“For Centro Caribe Sports, this event is of immense importance, because we unite our members to share and compete in a contest of this nature, facing the world’s beach tournaments,” said Mejía.

A delegation made up of the President of the regional sports organization and the President of the Commission for Future Venues of Centro Caribe Sports, have scheduled a visit to Santa Marta in June, to install the Organizing Committee of the Games and other topics of interest.

Santa Marta is a coastal city in Colombia with experience in multi-sport events, such as the Bolivarian Games in 2017 and is hosting the V South American Beach Games in 2023.