Month: October 2016

The lack of wind forced the suspension of the second day of testing for the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, which was to be held this afternoon in the Bay of Baiona. Waiting for what happens on the third day, scheduled for November 12, the classification remains as it was. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen leads the competition and the provisional places of honor are completed by Pedro Paula Pinto’s Miudo and Javier Rey’s Pazo de Cea.

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· The one-design competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club celebrates its second day of tests this Saturday in the bay of Baiona

· The sailor from Vigo Javier de la Gándara will try to maintain the leadership of the competition after his victory on the opening day aboard the Okofen

Baiona will be the scene this Saturday of a new day of sailing at the hands of the Banco Sabadell Trophy, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates exclusively for the J80 monotypes, one of the fastest growing boats in Spanish territory in the last years.

The tests, which will give continuity to those that opened the championship a fortnight ago, will be held from three in the afternoon in the waters of the interior of the bay, where the sun is expected to shine and temperatures that are more than pleasant for this time of year.

The participating boats will compete, competing in real time, on several windward-leeward routes in a maximum of three tests that can be followed from the sandbanks that surround the bay, as well as from the Monte Boi promenade, in the Parador Nacional area.

Skippered by Javier de la Gándara from Vigo, Okofen will try to maintain the leadership of the competition after its victory on the opening day, where the crew led by the historic ocean sailor achieved two first places and one second, and placed at the top of the general classification.

Just two points away from the team from Vigo are the Portuguese from Miudo, with Pedro Paula Pinto in the lead. Despite having completed the regattas of the first stage with very good performance, they were not the ones to win the provisional gold, for which they will fight again this Saturday.

A little further down the ranking, although separated by more than 5 points from Okofen and Miudo, are Pazo de Cea, skippered by Javier Rey; and the Namaste by Luis de Mira.

The Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy will put the sporting note on the All Saints Bridge in Baiona, where the good weather forecasts herald a weekend with a large influx of tourists and visitors.

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· The historic sailor from Vigo took the lead in the competition after winning on board the Okofen the first day of regattas held in the bay of Baiona

· His crew had a tough one-on-one with the Portuguese team of the Miudo that finally had to settle for second position

· The Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club continues on the 29th with the second of the four scheduled days

The historic sailor from Vigo Javier de la Gándara leads the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy after winning the first day of the one-design competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and held this Saturday in Baiona.

At the helm of the Okofen, De la Gándara led a crew that was very united and that demonstrated its good work in the three races held on an afternoon of clouds and showers, but with good wind for navigation.

The eleven knots that were recorded on average, with peaks of up to 14 at times, allowed the Okofen to “fly” over the waters of the bay, and achieve two first places and one second in the windward-leeward courses designed by the regatta committee .

That last first place that escaped De la Gándara’s men was snatched away by Pedro Paula Pinto’s Miudo, his most direct rival on this opening day of the trophy. The Portuguese kept a tough hand in hand with the Galician throughout the competition, but finally had to settle for provisional silver.

In third place in the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy is Javier Rey’s Pazo de Cea, closely followed by Luis de Mira’s Namasté and Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel, fourth and fifth after the first tests held this Saturday.

They are followed in the classification by two of the boats that initially started as favorites after winning in previous editions, the Luna Nueva of Juan Luis Tuero from Oviedo, and the Virazón of Miguel Lago, skippered this Saturday by Gerardo Alonso.

Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes completes the classification of a competition that, predictably, will keep the excitement going until the end, due to the quality of the participating sailors and the characteristics of the one-designs, very fast in navigation, even with little wind.

The Banco Sabadell Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of the Catalan banking entity, continues on October 29 with the second of the four days scheduled for this autumn.

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· The one-design competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates will be held over four days during the months of October and November

· The tests begin next weekend in the bay and the Virazón de Miguel Lago, winner of the previous edition, will participate among others.

· The Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy marks the end of the Monte Real regatta season, which included 10 competitions throughout the year

The J80 class will be the protagonist, starting next weekend, of the Banco Sabadell Trophy, the last of the competitions that the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes this year, and the regatta that will put an end to the sailing season of the 2016 in Baiona.

The trophy, intended exclusively for the J80 monotypes, will be played in a league format over four days, on October 15 and 29 and November 12 and 26. The boats will sail as a fleet, will compete in real time and will carry out a maximum of 3 tests per day, predictably windward-leeward routes, with two upwind and two stern, although everything will depend on the weather conditions of each stage.

Among the boats that have already confirmed their participation in the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy are the crews that managed to get on the podium of the previous edition. Miguel Lago’s Virazón, champion in 2015, will try to repeat victory, and in 2016 he returns to the water with his usual team, formed by Juan Lago, Javier Lago and Gerardo Alonso.

Asturian Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, who won silver in the last edition, will be another of those competing this year in the Monte Real autumn league. On board the boat, led by Tuero, will be Miguel Cidrás, Rogelio Torres and Pedro Núñez.

Another of the regulars at the J80 class competitions held in Baiona, the Alumisel, will also fight for victory, with Willy Caaamaño at the helm, and Marcos Alonso, José Quiñones and Jacobo Vecino completing a crew that came third last year. Among the rest of the fleet, the Namasté of Luis de Mira, the Ferralemes of Enrique Porto or the Pazo de Cea of María Campos, among others.

The Banco Sabadell Trophy is part of the Monte Real Club de Yates project to promote the J80 in Galicia, organizing two competitions exclusively for this class, and including the monotypes as a class in the rest of its competitions, with independent start and classification.

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· The inscriptions of the 215 participating athletes made it possible to raise 5,375 euros for the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities

· Jacobo Crego and Aida García placed the Vedra Olympic Club at the top of the podium by winning the absolute male and female categories

· The Spanish triathlon runner-up José Luis García Serrano “Jota” participated in the competition and the paralympic athlete Susana Rodríguez Gacio was the godmother

The fishing village of Baiona hosted this Saturday the second edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon, a competition organized by the Baiona City Council and the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros with the aim of raising funds to promote adapted sailing in Galicia.

Two hundred and fifteen athletes from different parts of the country lined up behind the starting line to compete in the three tests of a sprint triathlon. They completed a 750-meter swim in the bay of Baiona, cycled 20 kilometers through the streets of Baiona and ran 5 kilometers on the Monte Boi peninsula, surrounding the historic Parador Nacional.

The fastest took just one hour to complete the entire route and cross the finish line. It was Jacobo Crego, from the Vedra Olympic, winner in the absolute men’s category. His teammate, Aida García, took the victory in the women’s category, both lifting the Vedrense club to the top of the podium of this II Baiona Solidarity Vertiathlon.

In second and third position were, in the men’s category, Ricardo Rey, from Nosporlimit; and Iago Vara, from the Sireno Triathlon Club; and in the women’s category, Ángela Chapela, from the Vedra Olympic team, and Nuria Álvarez, with a license for one day.

In the veterans category, the victories went to the province of A Coruña. The Nosporlimit from the city of glass was placed first in the men’s category by Ricardo Rey; and Aida García, from the Vedra Olympic team, climbed to the top step of the women’s competition. Carlos Coira (Vilagarcía Triathlon / Atenas Running) and Cristobal Cacheda (Team Corbelo) completed the men’s podium; and María José Velázquez from Vigo and Sandra Santodomingo from Baiona, the feminine one.

In the cadet category, the victory went to José Benito Silva, from the Beariz Triathlon, who could not be beaten by Marcos González (Mar de Vigo Triathlon Club) and Alejandro Crespo (Beariz Triathlon), who had to settle for second and third place .

In addition, prizes were awarded to the best classified registered in Baiona, who were Antonio Liébanas, who last June had already won the Baiona popular triathlon, and Sandra Santodomingo.

Once the distribution of prizes was finished, the General Director of Verti Seguros, Enrique Flores, was in charge of delivering, to the Monte Real Club de Yates, the check for the amount collected with the registrations of the Vertiathlon. Five thousand three hundred and seventy-five euros that the Baiona club will allocate entirely to its Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities.

Created in 2012 under the slogan “Sailing for all”, the school’s main objective is to bring people with all kinds of disabilities closer to the sea, so that they can sail under equal conditions, in facilities without barriers and on board adapted boats. . The work carried out since then has earned it, among other distinctions, recognition from ADEAC, the Spanish Association for Environmental and Consumer Education.

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· The competition will raise funds for the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which provides services to associations of people with disabilities in Galicia

· Participants must complete a swimming test in the bay of Baiona, a cycling test through various streets of the town and a race around the Parador

· The Olympic Susana Rodríguez Gacio will be the godmother of the event in which the blind athlete, runner-up of Spain in the triathlon José Luis García Serrano “Jota” will participate

· The second edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon is once again organized by Monte Real and the Baiona council with the collaboration of Fegatri and the sponsorship of Verti Seguros

More than 200 athletes will participate this Saturday in the second edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Baiona council with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros to raise funds for the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School, which provides services to associations of people with disabilities throughout Galicia.

The tests, coordinated by the Galician Triathlon Federation, will begin at four in the afternoon with a swim between the beaches of Barbeira and A Ribeira, in the urban center of Baiona. After completing those 750 meters of swimming, the athletes must pick up their bicycles in the La Palma area to pedal 20 kilometers and complete several laps between the Baredo and Santa Marta roundabouts. The last race of the day will be a 5-kilometre race along the trails of the Monte Boi peninsula, where the Parador Nacional is located.

More than 200 athletes from different parts of Galicia and Spain will participate in this second edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon. Among them, the presence of the Spanish triathlon runner-up and member of the Spanish paratriathlon team, José Luis García Serrano, better known as “Jota”, stands out. Blind since the age of 29, the athlete from Madrid will complete the different tests of the Vertiathlon tied by a rope to his guide.

And although she will not participate in the tours, this year the Olympian Susana Rodríguez Gacio will also be present in Baiona, who is sponsoring the Vertiathlon again. She will be in charge of kicking off the competition and handing out the prizes to the winners.

At the awards ceremony, which will be held at a quarter to seven in the afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates facilities, Verti Seguros managers will present the club from Baiona with the check with the amount collected from the registrations of the more than 200 participants. A money that the club will allocate, entirely, to its Adapted Sailing School, in which people with disabilities from all over Galicia sail throughout the year.

In the first edition of the Vertiathlon, in which the winners were Brais Misa from the Porriño Athletics Club and Mar Villar from Trinorth Nogasa, 5,750 euros were raised.

Official presentation this morning in Baiona

The II Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona was officially presented this morning in Baiona, at a press conference in which the vice president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza, thanked Verti Seguros for its sponsorship and the collaboration of numerous firms and companies that have put their grain of sand so that more and more people with disabilities can approach the sea and navigate under equal conditions. The vice president of the Baiona club also dedicated a few words to the more than 150 volunteers who will help on Saturday in the different stages of the Vertiathlon.

The mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal, also took part in the presentation, who highlighted the solidarity aspect of a competition that he predicted would be a great success in the future. “Of all the sporting events that are celebrated in the town, this is – said the alderman – , one of the most special due to the solidarity that it implies between sports”.

The Xunta de Galicia’s General Secretary for Sport, José Ramón Lete, also had an impact on this solidarity, a characteristic to which he added those of inclusion and equality. That is why –he assured- that I am here today, “because from the Xunta de Galicia we are committed to sport for all and for all”.

Also present at the press conference were the deputy for sports from the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Consuelo Besada; the mayor of Nigrán, Juan González; and the president of the Galician Triathlon Federation, Oscar José Surís.

Special traffic operation for Saturday

In order to guarantee the correct celebration of the II Solidarity Vertiathlon, the Baiona Local Police will cut off the PO-552 between the Puga roundabout and the Rocamar roundabout. The cut will last for two hours, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at which time the cycling event is expected to end.

There will be, yes, alternative itineraries for drivers. Vehicles that want to enter or leave downtown Baiona can access via the EP-2202 (ascent to the Virgen de la Roca), via the EP-2201 (ascent to Baíña) and via the EP-2203 (Baredo); and those who want to go towards Oia or Vigo, can use the AG-57 ring road.

Two more changes that will take place during the Vertiathlon will affect the taxi rank, which will be moved to Brasil Street, and the ATSA bus stop, which will be located next to the Monte Real service station.

TECHNICAL DETAILS II BAIONA SOLIDARITY VERTIATHLON

• TECHNICAL MEETING> 11:00 at the House of Navigation Museum (Rúa Ventura Misa, 15)
• DELIVERY OF DORSALS> 14:00 – 15:30 at the Monte Real Yacht Club
• MATERIAL CONTROL> 14:30 – 15:45 next to Barberira Beach
• FEMALE DEPARTURE> 16:00 in Ribeira Beach
• PT5 OUTPUT> 16:01 in Ribeira Beach
• MALE DEPARTURE> 16:06 in Ribeira Beach
• AWARDS> 18:45 at the Monte Real Yacht Club