4/17/2024
Fun, culture, interaction: these are the ingredients of the GO! Games 2024, the first edition of cross-border neighborhood games, as part of GO! 2025.
They were announced yesterday in the presence of the three mayors (of Gorizia, Nova Gorica, Šempeter-Vrtojba), the director of the GECT GO Romina Kocina, and the director of the Javni zavod GO! 2025 Mija Lorbek. Thirteen teams representing as many neighborhoods of the Municipalities of Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and Šempeter-Vrtojba will take the field on Saturday, June 15: Nova Gorica, Rožna Dolina, Solkan, Šempeter-Vrtojba, Lucinico, San Rocco-Sant’Anna, Piuma-San Mauro-Oslavia, Piedimonte, Madonnina, Sant’Andrea, Centro, Straccis-Montesanto-Piazzutta, and GECT GO (cross-border team of employees). Each team will have a maximum of twenty members, aged 16 and above.
Participants will gather at 3.30 pm in Piazza Vittoria, and then move together to the Valletta del Corno. The opening of the games will feature the three mayors, in a moment inspired by the tradition of Neighborhood Games. At 5 pm, the trials in Valletta and the treasure hunt will begin. Participants in the treasure hunt will face a 7-kilometer route, on foot or by bike, winding through the territory of the three municipalities to discover their monuments and our history, before returning to Valletta. Meanwhile, the others will engage in board games and trump, tug-of-war, water games, and skill courses. Until the grand finale, which will involve all teams simultaneously. This will be followed by a convivial moment organized by the National Alpine Association for the members, and then the awards ceremony at 9.30 pm.
The games are open to everyone. To register, simply contact the representatives of the city neighborhoods, or the Municipalities of Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and Šempeter-Vrtojba.
