SANTO DOMINGO. – Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kelvin Cruz, will head this Saturday 21 a ceremony to give start, in Jimaní the qualifying competitions of the Frontier Sports Games 2025, whose final phase will be held in the province of Montecristi in the second week of July.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 9:00 in the morning and will feature the presence of Deputy Minister of Leisure Time and Special Events, Santo Kennedy Vargas, as well as provincial and municipal authorities of Independencia.
In total, 14 sports disciplines will be contested simultaneously in municipalities of the seven border provinces participating: Pedernales, Independencia, Bahoruco and Elías Piña in the southwest; and Santiago Rodríguez, Dajabón and Montecristi in the northwest.
Minister Cruz announced that he will make a tour of several communities on the border as part of the relaunch of these games, which have not been held for a decade. Their reactivation has the support of the Presidency of the Republic, the Ministry of Education, the State Economic Food Compartments, the Reserve Bank, the General Directorate of Border Development and the Border Zone Special Development Coordination Office.
Competition Distribution: June 21 and 22
During the first weekend of eliminations, the disciplines will be distributed as follows:
Southwest Zone
Jimaní: basketball and judo
Neiba: chess and table tennis
Pedernales: domino
Villa Jaragua (Bahoruco): karate
Elías Piña: Olympic wrestling
Northwest Zone
The Deputy Minister of Sports, Fernando Teruel, will head the inaugural act in Dajabón.
Dajabón: chess, Olympic wrestling and table tennis
Montecristi: basketball and karate
Santiago Rodríguez: domino and judo
Competitions of June 28 and 29
For the last qualifying weekend, the venues and disciplines will be:
Southwest Zone
Jimaní: track and field and handball
La Descubierta (Independencia): baseball
Elías Piña: boxing and softball
Neyba: football
Northwest Zone
Dajabón: track and field, handball and football
Santiago Rodríguez: baseball
Montecristi: boxing, softball and volleyball
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