You heard it on No Te Duermas
In the radio program, Jorgelina Bertoni, the Secretary of Sports for La Matanza, discussed the development of the Juegos Bonaerenses.
By Tomás Modini
@ModiniTomas
At the beginning of the interview, from Mar del Plata, Jorgelina Bertoni said, “We are traveling to the athletics track in Mar del Plata and moving back and forth. Earlier we were at futsal, and we will continue with hockey and bocce. We’re completing the venues. Today (Friday) might be the last day of competition because some stages were moved up due to a forecast of rain.”
“One wants to be present and support all our athletes from the delegation, our youth, seniors, and people with disabilities, but we have a very large delegation. Among the sports coordinators and various officials, we’re providing support. Not only for the process and the joy it brings, but for the hard work that goes into getting here, which is part of a process that starts in March and continues throughout the year,” she elaborated.
She also pointed out that “the cultural team from La Matanza is here too, and it’s a fairly large delegation.”
The Development of the Juegos Bonaerenses
Regarding the Games specifically, she mentioned: “The change this year is the introduction of a new inter-regional stage, which is being held for the first time. We hosted nine municipalities, and it was like a semifinal that would have otherwise taken place in Mar del Plata.”
“Given the economic context and the current situation, and that at the beginning of the year there was a decision from the provincial government on how to manage this context, work was done in collaboration with the municipalities to create this stage, which made this final possible, with fewer participants than in previous years,” she added.
Nonetheless, she emphasized that “a bridge was found so that no resident of Buenos Aires loses the right to participate in sports and recreation,” and that “it’s a mark of a consolidated public policy related to the development of the Province.”
The Good Results
Regarding performance, the interviewee detailed: “Today we’re in first place, with 18 gold medals, but many silver—11—and 8 bronze. Lomas de Zamora follows us with one less gold and fewer of the others. But this is very dynamic, and changes happen frequently due to the number of semifinals and because there are medals at stake.”
“Honestly, it’s been many years since we were in this significant competition for gold because La Matanza usually ends up winning overall due to the total number of medals. Perhaps in recent years we’ve been close, but historically, we have won the Juegos Bonaerenses eleven times,” she highlighted.
The Pursuit of Greater Development
At the close of the interview, the former Leona stated, “Beyond that, I come from high-performance sports; I had the chance to represent my country, and I hope many from La Matanza will have that opportunity too, as many have done and continue to do.” She added that “we work at the Juegos Bonaerenses to get more kids, teens, and adults involved in regular sports practice.”
“The goal is to have increasingly broad local development that reaches everyone because the most important thing is that they can play sports, which relates to health, social transformation, and opportunities. There are many kids here who saw the sea for the first time, who got to stay in a hotel and share the experience of being in a competitive environment,” she concluded.
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