This Saturday and Sunday, Buarcos Beach will host the 15th edition of Figueira Beach Rugby. This initiative, organized by DoctorSport in partnership with the Municipality of Figueira da Foz, is this year under the motto “Peace&Love”, and will bring 64 teams (40 men´s and 24 women´s) to the Figueira beach, with a total of 950 athletes, 700 of them from Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, France, Italy, England, Ireland and the United States. For three days they will be playing beach rugby on the sands of Figueira da Foz.
Rui Loureiro, one of the organizers, stressed the importance of the event´s location as one of the factors behind its success, along with the strong entertainment component that characterizes it and the partnership with the municipality, “with which we are satisfied”. The organizer stressed the importance of the intangible return that the event gives to the name of Figueira da Foz, and said that the organization intends to invest in youth rugby, as it is “important for training to grow”.
The Councillor for Sport, Manuel Domingues, said that Figueira da Foz has been investing in differentiating sporting events and stressed that Figueira Beach Rugby “is also one of them”. Not only differentiated, but also of “excellence”, he said. For the mayor, this is an event that brings a strong return for hotels and restaurants, and it´s important for Figueira da Foz to have events that bring people to the municipality, to the city.
This year, in addition to financial and logistical support, the municipality has invested in improving the quality of the support infrastructures by purchasing a grandstand, which will also serve other events.
Ilídio Figueiredo, from the Parish Council of Buarcos and S. Julião, said that Figueira Beach Rugby International has an impact on the whole community, not just the people of Buarcos. Paulo Picão, president of the Centro Regional Rugby Committee, congratulated the organization and the municipality for their “resilience” and pointed out that the event is already a national reference, but also an international one, stressing that rugby is a sport where “everyone has a place”. Centro Comercial Foz Plaza is sponsoring this sporting event.
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