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1 Sports Facilities in Larnaca
The Joy of Sports and Healthy Living Sports Facilities in Larnaca October, 2016

2 Kition Sports Center It is located north west of the town of Larnaca. It was built in 1998 and it is operated by the Cyprus Sports Organization. It provides facilities for basketball, gymnastics, judo, taekwondo wresting, handball, karate, volleyball and other sports. It includes: •  One (1) indoor hall with wood parquet floor 1840 sq.m •  One (1) additional hall for judo  •  One (1) additional hall for wrestling  •  One (1) additional hall for gymnastics  •  Stadium Capacity: 8500 seats  •  Changing rooms, toilets, showers, storage rooms •  Weights room  •  Press / media room  and telecommunication services   •  First aid room /Doping control room  The Cyprus Sports Organization runs the program "Sports For All" which aims to offer all citizens the opportunity to engage in sports in order to maintain physical fitness , mental health and participation in social activities. Kition Sports center is used heavily for the program “Sports for All” in Larnaca area.

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5 Community Larnaca center
It is located in the city center. It has been built by and it is operated by the Cyprus Sports organization. It is a central hall for team games and team sports used by many community groups. It has capacity 850 viewers. It includes a clinic and doping control room.

6 Olympic Swimming Pool It is located next to Kition sports center, north west of the town. It is also under the operation of the Cyprus Sports Organization. It is an Olympic Swimming pool 50m with eight paths. It includes a warm pool 20m, journalistic theory, electronic table and timers, basement channel viewership, hall clinic and doping control room. The Cyprus Sports Organization and the Larnaca’s Nautical Club are using the facility for swimming and water polo lessons and competitions for children and adults.

7 The Cyprus Swimming Federation and the Nautical Club of Larnaca are also using another swimming pool facility. This pool is at the Dhekelia beach area located north east of the town. It is used for swimming and other water sports lessons and competitions for children .

8 or Gymnastic Club Zenon Stadium
New  GSZ Stadium  or Gymnastic Club Zenon Stadium It is a multi-use stadium located north west of the town.  The stadium holds 13,000 people and it is currently used mostly for football matches. The owner is the Gymnastic Club Zenon which took its name from the native philosopher of Larnaca, Zenon. This is known also as the stadium of AEK Larnaca  which is  the major  sports club of the town since AEK keeps men football division, men and women's basketball, women's volleyball and football futsal for men. It also keeps children divisions for all the above mentioned sports. The teams emblem depicts the general Kimon , who died defending Larnaca’s freedom against a Persian invasion in ancient times.

9 Ammochostos Stadium The Ammochostos stadium is a football stadium with capacity of 5,500 posts.  It is the home stadium for the sport club   Nea Salamis Ammochostou, which is one of the occupied towns of Cyprus. After the turkish invasion in the club was reactivated in Larnaca. They built their sports facilities in 1991. They have divisions for track sports, football, volleyball , table tennis and water sports for adults and children.

10 ANTONIS PAPADOPOULOS STADIUM
It is a football stadium, located at the north part of the town. It is the home ground for the football, futsal and volleyball club, Anorthosis Famagusta which was also relocated after the Turkish invasion. Its initial capacity was 6000 but gradually increased to persons. It is named after a person who was a talented football player and a fighter in the national struggles for freedom. The stadium also is approved by UEFA for European games.

11 Our students participate in the training of the
local athletic clubs in their free time, practicing in various sports.

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13 OLD STADIUM The old Stadium is located at the center of the town, near the Municipal Theatre & Gardens. It has been abandoned for the past decade mainly for financial reasons. In the last year, there was an urban reformation and redesign of the place and new Public Recreation and Athletics Centre was created. It is used for the program "Sports For All" under the supervision of the Cyprus Sports Organization and other private academies and individuals who want to work out. There are four futsal courts, two tennis courts, two tennis beach volley fields, two indoor fitness rooms, open space for presentations, two outer lanes for running and walking, playground, free climbing area & structures, trambolines etc.

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16 Larnaca Municipality Athletic Facilities for Sports in the sand
This athletic facility was created in 2014 for Sports in the sand at the seafront area of Foinikoudes, in the center of the city. In association with Cyprus Sports Organization and other athletic clubs and associations in the town the fields are used for Beach Tennis ,Beach Volleyball, Beach Handball games. This facility has accommodated many National and International tournaments for beach volley and beach handball Games during the past two years . It is also used for the European Week sports activities every September.

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