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Don’t do drugs, do volleyball
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About 25 young people enjoyed last Saturday’s Volleyball tournament at Eastern beach, despite a thick bank of mist which rolled in off the sea. The tournament was organised by the Gibraltar Volleyball Association (GVA) and was supported by the Care Agency who used it to promote their Drug Awareness campaign.
‘We’ve run a similar tournament in previous years,’ said Joe Enriles, President of the GVA. ‘The tournament comes at the end of a 3-day Basic Volleyball Skills course undertaken as part of the Summer Sports programme. As an Association, we benefit from this tournament as it brings young people into our Development programme. We are hoping to have an inter-school competition later this year.’
The tournament also offers the chance to get across an important drugs-awareness message. ‘The drug culture draws some young people in to drug taking because of peer pressure, low self-esteem or role models,’ explained John Montegriffo of the Care Agency. ‘All these things are much better overcome through sport which is why we try to involve young people in sport at an early age.’
‘This year we have introduced more drug awareness sessions across the whole Summer Sports programme,’ added Minister for Social Services, Samantha Sacramento, before she presented medals to everyone who had taken part in the day. ‘It is important that we convey the message of the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle and the dangers of drugs to children and young people with the aim of deterring them from drug use later in life.’
Most of the young people were just happy to play their sport.
07-08-12
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