The Executive committee of the Panamerican Judo Union inaugurated the judo paintings exhibit at the Best Western Hotel Lobby.  The committee, formed by Jaime Casanova (President), Edgar Claure (General Treasurer), Frank Fullerton (Sports Director), and Carlos Diaz (Refereeing Director), opened the exhibit of paintings by Domincan Republic’s artist, Frank Barcelo, who is also organizing the infantile paintings contest at the V Panamerican Infantile Championships.

Master Barcelo has given drawing materials to each one of the delegations, so that each child who wants to take part in this Panamerican Infantile Painting Contest may do so.

Here at the Championships, we’re still waiting for the rest of the delegations, which will arrive in the next few hours. Meanwhile, this afternoon we’ll be holding two important events: the referees meeting, at 4pm, and the technical meeting, at 6pm.  Both events will be held at Best Western Irazú’s conference rooms.

Mr. Casanova, President of the PJU, expressed his opinion about the event. “I’m really pleased with this edition of our children’s competition at the international level. This is an event that favors judo. The Americas’ greatest judo players are here. The Panamerican Infantile Judo Championships are our pride, and they must become the pride of every national federation too. This is the fifth edition of this event, and I’m sure we’ll soon be seeing the results of this initiative, which was born out of the need of having a greater number of activities in our continent, a solid technical development, and a wide spread of our sport. I’m happy to see so many children; I’m happy to see their faces, of feeling the happiness that they transmit, and in these moments it is that you that our work is rewarded, when seeing all these happy children, growing as men and women of the silent one of the future"