This Wednesday, the presentation of the Lanzarote Business Race took place at the Aqua & Sports Center Lanzarote, in an event attended by the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort, the managing director of the Lanzarote Foreign Promotion Society, Héctor Fernández, as well as Jaime Rodríguez and Jonai Díaz, managing director and sports director, respectively, of the Aqua & Sports Center.
Under the slogan "Is your company the best prepared on the Island?, this sporting and social event will take place on September 29, at 11:00 am, in Costa Teguise, and around 70 companies, organizations, public administrations and State Security Forces have already joined.
During the presentation, Jaime Rodríguez stressed that "this is a firm commitment to sport in line with the Arenas Internacional School's line of action". "We hope it will be a success and become established on the Island as an annual event for companies with sport", he commented.
For his part, Jonai Díaz explained the technical details of the race, organized by the Aqua & Sports Center sports center and the Teguise City Council with the collaboration of the Island Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Arenas Internacional School and the Red Cross. He emphasized in his speech "the great reception that this event is having, which will take place over 6 kilometers with the start of the finish line on La Ola street". In addition, he concluded by saying that "in addition to a sporting and festive day, it is also a solidarity event since 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the Social Work of the Red Cross for its campaign to purchase school supplies."
Héctor Hernández congratulated the organizers for "an innovative initiative that will contribute to promoting the Island as a tourist and sports destination". Finally, Oswaldo Betancort stated that "this event joins many other successful sports initiatives with which the City Council collaborates and predicted a great future for it". He also concluded by congratulating everyone for their efforts in bringing this event forward. "A priori it is a sporting event but it will also be social and beneficial for all professionals in the sector, as well as philanthropic, since part of what is collected will go to a good cause".
