When is the deadline to sign up for Candelaria's sports schools?

Sign-up for the 2026/2027 season ends on Sunday 15 November 2026. According to the Ayuntamiento de Candelaria, however, all of the more than 1,600 places are already taken.

Are there still free places at Candelaria's sports schools?

Not through regular sign-up: the council says every activity keeps a reserve list. It is looking at adding places in some disciplines but has given no date.

Can tourists join Candelaria's sports schools?

The council's announcement does not mention holidaymakers. The places are season places for 2026/2027, and they are all taken anyway.

How can I contact Candelaria's sports department?

The Concejalía de Deportes answers on 922 500 800, extension 4119, or on 822 028 770, and by email at deportes@candelaria.es. The office is in the Zona Joven building in Punta Larga, calle Pasacola s/n.

Candelaria sports schools: 1,600 places full, closes 15 Nov

Anyone still looking for a place at Candelaria's sports schools can now only join a reserve list. The council closes sign-up on Sunday 15 November 2026 because all of its more than 1,600 places are taken. Holidaymakers in southern Tenerife are not affected.

12 November 2026 · By Martin Kosinski · 5 min.

Does the sign-up stop affect holidaymakers in southern Tenerife?

Holidaymakers are not affected by the sign-up stop, and the council's announcement does not mention them. The places are for a whole season, so a short break in southern Tenerife is unaffected.

On Sunday 15 November 2026, Candelaria council closes sign-up for all disciplines at its Escuelas Municipales Deportivas (municipal sports schools) for the 2026/2027 season. The Ayuntamiento (town council) says all of the more than 1,600 places on offer are taken.

Anyone without a place will find hardly any openings left. According to the council, every activity already keeps a reserve list because demand is so high.

The Concejalía de Deportes (sports department) can be reached on 922 500 800, extension 4119, or at deportes@candelaria.es. The council has not published how to get onto a reserve list.

How big is the rush in Candelaria?

Mayor Mari Brito speaks of record participation, among children and adults alike. She says the 2026/2027 season starts with the best figures the schools have ever recorded.

The senior programmes Deporte y Salud and Bailoterapia alone have 400 people enrolled between them. The announcement gives no age limit and speaks only of “personas mayores”, meaning older people.

Last year the council cited more than 1,500 places for children aged 4 to 16. The 2025/26 season ran from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026, and the council says the venues are spread across all districts.

The council lists 26 disciplines for 2026/2027, from chess, football and pádel to sailing, trampolining and Canarian wrestling. The full list is on the Ayuntamiento's website.

What do the places cost, and who can take part?

Large families and pensioners pay 20 euros. For football the fee is 40 euros.

Free for those on the register are the two Canarian sports, bola canaria and lucha canaria. Among the reasons for the rush, the mayor expressly names “the low cost of the services”.

The announcement names children and adults as participants and mentions no residency requirement. According to the council, people not on the register could sign up on the same terms from 21 September 2026.

How did sign-up work?

Those enrolled in 2025/26 could renew their place from 4 May 2026. New sign-ups for people on the register opened on Monday 7 September 2026 at 08:30.

In person, sign-up was at the SAC, calle Padre Jesús Mendoza 6–8, by appointment booked on the official website. Alternatively, people could sign up online on the official website.

In 2023, 2025 and 2026, people on the register went first each time. According to the council's pages, those not on the register followed about two weeks later.

The sports department is in the Zona Joven building in Punta Larga, calle Pasacola s/n. It can also be reached on 822 028 770.

What is still open, and what happens next?

Whether some disciplines will get more places is open: sports councillor Manuel González says only that the council is examining “possible alternatives”. The council gave no decision and no date, and did not say which disciplines are meant.

The council has not published when the 2026/2027 season starts and ends. The rules for awarding reserve places are also missing, and as last year's participant count is unknown, there is no exact year-on-year comparison.

The only fixed point is 15 November 2026, when sign-up ends. Anyone still hoping afterwards should ask the sports department whether extra places will appear in their discipline.