Courtesy of: The Morning News
ORANJESTAD – In Savaneta, the Arubaanse Zwembond is organizing a one day competition for their athletes.
This is planned for Friday evening January 24th at 7:00pm. Athletes of the three swimming clubs on Aruba, namely, the Aruba Dolphins, Stingray Swimming, and the Orca’s Swimming Team will measure forces against each other in the different disciplines and swimming distances.
There will also be a time trial for swimmers to classify for the Carifta competitions and for the CISC competitions to take place in Barbados. The competitions will be held in the Roly Bisslik Olympic pool in Savaneta.
On Saturday, January 25th, the Aruba Table Tennis Association will be organizing the Betico Croes 2014 Cup in the Betico Croes Sports Center.
The tournament is scheduled to begin at 10 in the morning with 12 tables of athletes competing to be the best for the day.
The first game will be in the youth category: U10, U14, U18 and Masters from 10:00am to 12:30 noon.
In the afternoon from 1:00 to 3:30pm the competition will continue in the Open categories, B’class and C-class.
For the third time ATTA will open the Open category, which will allow everyone to try their luck with the best players.
During his days, Betico Croes also played Table Tennis, even during his years studying in Holland. When he returned to Aruba he played at the Estrella Club.
At the same time, the Aruba Amateur Weightlifting Association (AAWA) will be organizing their first weightlifting competition, which is the Betico Croes Cup Tournament.
This is planned to take place in the Frans Figaroa Sports Center in Noord.
The weighing in of the athletes will start at 1:00pm with the competition to begin at 3:00 in the afternoon. Weightlifters are in earnest preparation for this competition. They will be competing in the senior, junior, youth and master categories.
This competition is especially important for two athletes, namely, Jennifer Piter and Ulrich Hoek who are both part of the Aruba selection. Both athletes have an opportunity to compete in the South American 2014 Games to be held in the month of March in Chile.
The Lotto pa Deporte Subsidy Commission is pleased to support the federations organizing these special events in connection with the celebration of Betico Day.
Every year the majority of our federations plan sports events on January 25th celebrating the birth of a great Aruban.
