Peter Pan Judo Trophy: sport and solidarity in Rome on 29 March

On Sunday 29 March the 23rd edition of the Peter Pan Trophyan event that will bring together around 250 young judokas between 5 and 11 years old. The event will take place at PalaLuiss in via Martino Longhi, from 8.30 to 13and will see the participation of ten judo clubs from all over Italy. The absolute protagonist on the tatami, however, will not be the competition but it spirit of solidarity in the name of the noblest values ​​of sport.

Peter Pan Judo Trophy, sport and solidarity

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The Peter Pan Trophy, organized by the Tomita Judo School, overshadows the competitive result to instead favor the human value of sport. The young participants will take to the tatami not only to compare themselves, but above all to symbolically support their peers engaged in the event fight against cancer. Part of the contributions collected by the companies involved will in fact be allocated toPeter Pan ODV Associationwhich offers free hospitality to the families of children being treated in the Capitoline hospitals.

Guests and institutions

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The event enjoys the patronage of Lazio region and the Department of Major Events, Sport, Tourism and Fashion of Municipality of Romein the presence of councilor Alessandro Onorato. But there is also anticipation for the performance of the athletes Carabinieri Sports Centerscheduled for around 10.30am, and for the participation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic champion Pino Maddaloniwho will take part in the awards ceremony together with the maestro Luigi Guido. The organizational contribution of the entities involved is fundamental: from the federation Fijlkamwhich coordinates match officials and referees, allo Csen which provides the technical equipment, up to Italian Paralympic Committeerepresented at regional level by Giuseppe Andreana.

the educational commitment of the Peter Pan Judo Trophy

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“The event has the specific aim of promoting and spreading the culture of solidarity through sport as a channel for conveying healthy principles to be taught to children and as all sports should do, but which often, today, give way to exasperated competitiveness”, explain the organizers. “Friendship and esteem, passion and commitment, loyalty and respect for others: this is the path to follow which must necessarily pass through good example”. And again: “Solidarity, like sport, you learn from a young age“, explains Marisa Barracano Fasanellifounder and honorary president of the Peter Pan ODV Association. “This Tomita School Trophy, which not only trains the body, but also the spirit, is the tangible demonstration of this.”