The Palm Beach County Sports Commission, in partnership with Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation, hosted the Kids Fitness Festival of The Palm Beaches presented by Baptist Health on Wednesday, June 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach.
Elementary and middle school-aged children learned the basics of over a dozen traditional and non-traditional sports from the area’s leading instructors. Clinicians included Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, Cricket Council USA, National Croquet Center, FAU Football, Florida Panthers, RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl, Inner City Youth Golfers’ Inc., i9 Sports, Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation, Keiser University, American Youth Soccer Organization, and The Bay Coaching Facility.
The Kids Fitness Festival of The Palm Beaches has been produced for over 25 years by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. This year’s event took place for the second straight year under the covered arena at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. This 111-acre world-class showplace operated by the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department features a covered and lighted Western Event Arena which measures 37,500 square feet and spans 76 by 46 meters. The smaller Flex Fence Arena still measures a copious 27,000 square feet with meter dimensions of 60 by 50. Since its inception, the Kids Fitness Festival has introduced over 75,000 local youth to the world of sports.
Each year, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission partners with a variety of sports organizations, associations, national governing bodies, clubs, and facilities to produce a one-of-a-kind festival. Many different organizations will offer introductory sports clinics that teach the necessary basic functions and fundamentals of their sport.
The co-host for this event is Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation. Community sponsors of this year’s event include Baptist Health, Charles Tumazos, ESPN West Palm, Enterprise Holdings, FPL, Labell Family Fund, and The Honda Classic Cares.
