Pau Gasol will attend the III Costa Blanca Basketball Campus which will be held next 28 August in Denia (Alicante).

Pau Gasol, Spanish point guard with the Los Angeles Lakers, will take part for the third year running in the Costa Blanca Basketball Campus which will take place next 28 August in Denia (Alicante), according to information today from the Provincial Government of Alicante.

The NBA superstar and silver medallist with the Spanish basketball team at the Beijing Olympic Games is pleased with the initiative because "the kids have fun and learn with me and, even more, they get motivated and this makes them excited about sport for their future".

Previous editions of the Campus were held in Benidorm (2006), Altea (2007) and this year will take place in the municipal sports centre in Denia. The sports event will take be organised into two sessions, the first for 9 - 11 year olds on 28 to 31 August and the second for 12 - 14 year olds from 1 to 4 September.

Costa Blanca Tourism Board will have 40 places available so that the province's youngsters can attend the Pau Gasol teaching sessions and 10 places each have been assigned to the Alicante Lucentum Basketball Club, the L'Alfas del Pi Basketball Club, the Community of Valencia 'Fundacio de l'Esport Il.licita' and Denia Town Council, in addition to two places for coordinators, as per the agreement signed this morning.

Pau Gasol is the image of the Costa Blanca and will be until 2009, appearing in various TV adverts and taking part in tourist activities and events such as this one, the Costa Blanca Basketball Campus which has affectionately been named the "Pau Gasol Campus".