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The first winter beach volleyball circuit, which has been held for five months in Cabo de Palos, organized by the Department of Sports of the City of Cartagena, in collaboration with the La Manga Sports Club and the La Manga Beach Volleyball Club and sponsored by the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, came to an end on Tuesday, May 1.
Coinciding with the May bridge, the last circuit test was disputed, and therefore the success of both participation and expectation was assured.
A Levante beach in Cabo de Palos, packed with athletes from different parts of the region and the rest of the national scene and also from many spectators who gathered throughout the day and who enjoyed watching the beach volleyball show scope of your sight.
The last test did not want to miss anyone, not even the one baptized as "wind friend", who also wanted to participate and share a game with the athletes.
Even so, the weather was practically perfect to enjoy what was a great day of sport and beach volleyball.
From 10 o'clock in the morning and after about 200 games in the eight courts installed for the occasion, the three gold, silver and bronze categories were decided.
In the bronze category, the Brazilian based in Molina de Segura, Fernando Delnero and his partner Yolanda were imposed in the final in a tight 23-21 Murcia couple composed of Antonio Jiménez and Fabiola Sánchez.
The third place was in the hands of Toñi Sánchez and David Jiménez, both students of the Paraíso beach volleyball school.
In the silver category, the first two places on the podium were occupied by four students of Voley Playa Paraíso.
Mario de Miguel and Delfina Andreu, won in the final against Pablo Mancebo and María Úbeda 21-19.
While the third place was at the hands of Antonio Galindo and María Galindo, Murcia.
As for the gold category, and after a very contested games full of spectacle in each action of the game, the pair came from the Algar, formed by the Superliga 2 player, Miriam López and her partner Alberto Pérez, that were imposed by 21-17 to the couple formed by the Murcian Fran González and Cristina Llorens from Gijón, both champions the week before of the university gold in the Spanish Championship with the UCAM.
The third place, fell on the side of Danny Lopez and Andrea Lucas, Murcia beach volleyball club.
The trophies were also awarded to the first three of the general classification, who have achieved the highest points after the five days.
The general champion of the circuit was the player of the Murcia beach volleyball club, Danny Lopez with a total of 300 points.
In second place, the beach volleyball player Paraiso, Pablo Mancebo with 280 points and in third place the volleyball player Murcia Andrea Lucas with 270 points.
The coordinator of the circuit and elite beach volleyball player, Javier Meca, stressed the "importance that this circuit has had for the stabilization and growth of this sport on the rise, thanks to this type of project, and thus get to change the mentality that beach volleyball was only for summer, thus achieving the main objective of deseasonalizing this sport, as well as giving life to the beaches throughout the year and thereby achieve, deseasonalize tourism.
He also highlighted the good news known the previous week, of the acceptance in the municipal plenary session, for the installation of fixed points with beach volleyball nets in different areas of Cartagena's beaches.
Indicating that the installation of these fixed networks would give even more stability to beach volleyball, since it would make it possible for any person, who after seeing events such as Sunday and is left wanting to play this sport, the next day find the beach without the networks that are placed only for the day of the competition, and frustrates their attempt to join this sport.
As well as ending the conflicts that arise when setting up networks in narrow areas where users of the beach can be disturbed.
For this reason, and after announcing this news to all participants, the future of this sport is assured.
The Department of Sports of the City of Cartagena, Sports Club La Manga, CVPLaManga and UPCT, have been happy with the development and acceptance that has had this first circuit and join forces to ensure continuity in the second edition for next winter
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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