The tools will be used by the Almirante Simpson School Fencing Workshop, with which they plan to carry out practices and tournaments to improve their competitiveness in order to face regional representatives.
Puerto Aysén.- At the April 21 Sports Center, equipment, previously used to hold fencing competitions at the facility, was delivered as a loan, so that the fencing workshop at the Almirante Simpson School in Puerto Chacabuco can practice with better clothing than what they currently have.
Carlos Cárcamo, Executive Director of the Sports and Recreation Corporation of the Municipality of Aysén, comments that, “it is very important that we can facilitate this implementation so that they can work on the training processes and give a little more contribution to what What is communal sport?
“We can tell the community that activities related to fencing are being carried out. Also invite the children who are within this establishment to join the workshop, so that we can have greater results and there is a greater call from the students in this beautiful discipline that is fencing,” revealed Carlos Cárcamo.
The equipment consists of three fencing courts with their respective scoring machines and ten practice foils, as well as a bag with gloves for children. The total price of these elements is estimated between 7 to 12 million pesos.
The workshop monitor, Oriel Rojas, explained that “the implementation will help the children adapt to the scoring machine, the cables and the refereeing process, so that they know how to recognize the score on each weapon they are going to practice.” , which can be epee, foil or saber, the implementation is clear that it will help us.”
Edilia Parra, president of the fencing workshop, mentions that, “we want to have a championship between the same boys, so that they get experience and that it helps them how everything works, they have already had a tournament and for the first time it was super good. The boys are very motivated, now more so with the equipment, because it is seen that they are learning every day and have formed their discipline; thanks for everything”.
On June 29, the workshop plans to hold an internal tournament to present the progress of its students.
