Paralympic water polo open day. Tomorrow, from 9 to 13 at the Cuneo Swimming Stadium in via Porta Mondovì, there will be the opportunity to try this sport in a morning organized by the Italian Paralympic Swimming Federation.
«The initiative was created ad hoc to spread the culture of an inclusive and engaging water sport – comments the referent of the discipline, Mario Giugliano, who will attend the event with the national technical referent Salvatore Figuccio -. It will be a moment, yet another, of this new Finp adventure. Able-bodied and Paralympic together in the water to discover and learn about water polo techniques. I thank the Finp Piemonte regional delegate, Lorenza Bar, for coordinating everything, and the managers of the Cuneo swimming pool. Being able to carry out this day is a source of pride for us and a source of ideas for promoting the newborn Paralympic discipline in the best possible way. ”The interested children will be accompanied in the water by the first team of Paralympic waterpolo clubs in Cuneo, the Granda Waterpolo Ability. «We need new young players, the level of the championship is increasing – says Andrea Gallone of Granda Waterpolo Ability -. We are looking for people who want to try their hand at this discipline to grow, it is an event open to all children with physical disabilities of any kind. They will go into the water with us, we will do training and some matches. There will also be representatives of the Federation to understand how to act at the level of classification of disabilities in a relatively new sport. ”For those who want to access it is advisable to contact Granda Waterpolo Ability on Facebook.
Sitting volley
In Cuneo, for some time, another highly inclusive discipline has also been played: sitting volley, with the «Granda Sitting Team», born thanks to the guys who founded the «Granda Waterpolo Ability Asd».