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On Friday 10 March at 10:30, the sala de socis of  Club Natació Banyoles will host 'Food, sports and ergogenic aids for the athlete', a conference in order to clarify the role of food and nutrition in sport from an interdisciplinary point of view, specially in endurance sports. The speakers taking part are Jordi Sitjà, sports foctor and head of the Centre de Medicina de l'Esport a Girona del Consell Català de l'Esport, Elena Piñeiro, nutritionist of the Institut Català de Serveis Mèdics and of the Centre d’Assessorament Dietètic Bescanó, and Josep Codinach, sports trainer and specialist in cycling, cofounder of the company Tribiketrainer. 

ICDC project, led by Club Natació Banyoles, organizes an international seminar on dual careers in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on Thursday 15 th and Friday 16 th December. For two days, work and training sessions will focus on different aspects of dual careers (the optimal combination of education and training of young athletes).

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences will host the seminar, that will include working sessions, the presentation of dual career program, conferences of different personalities from sport and specific training for coaches and psychologists working in dual careers. Among the presentations will be the Euoprean Union conference about the strategy of dual careers, a lecture on best practices in this field, and presentation of the results of the study Gold in Education and Elite Sports of the Vrije Univeriteit Brussel.

This Friday, November 25 took place the conference Estudis i esport? És possible! by the rower Adrià Mitjavila. He explained his experience to about 70 people who were in the room. The sportsman and student of Biotechnology at the University of Girona said that since he started rowing he began to be more efficient and know how to manage his time. The combination of both also made him acquire ambition and set long-term and short-term goals. The process that uses is set goals, plan, work, execute and self-critique. In fact, this last one is one of the most important points, since it considers that there are no excuses, and that everything can be improved. He also said that one of the important elements is to have motivation, trust in coaches and teachers, and working daily. Finally, according to his experience: "to get good results in the studies is very good, to obtain good results in sport is also very good, but what will really make you special is to achieve good results in both areas".

This afternoon has officially launched the project Innovative Clubs for Dual Careers (ICDC) led by Club Natació Banyoles. The event was attended by Jordi Congost, councilor for Sports of Banyoles; Ester Busquets, councilor for Education of Banyoles; Jordi Casanovas, delegate of Triathlon of Club Natació Banyoles; Albert Busquets, Club Natació Banyoles manager, and Esther Guerrero, New Balance Club athlet. The program wants to facilitate the combination of education and training of young athletes. Since this course is applied in three cities: Banyoles, Perpignan and Bled, and has the participation of hundred athletes aged between 14 and 21 years of different sports, such as swimming, canoeing and rowing. The work program includes seminars to reinforce aspects in sports and studies, such as setting objectives, planning time, concentration... The project will run until 2018.