PHOTOS: OPTIMIST SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP – CENOR TROPHY
The wind leaves the opening day of the Spanish Optimist Championship blank
· The 150 sailors from 10 Spanish communities who were going to dispute the opening day of the Optimist national in Baiona this Wednesday returned to land without being able to inaugurate the scoreboard
· The regatta committee kept the fleet in the water for several hours in the hope of being able to start at least one race, but the wind did not pick up nor was it strong enough to hold the regatta
· The Spanish Optimist Championship – Cenor Trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club continues tomorrow, Thursday, starting at eleven in the morning with the second of the four scheduled days
The wind did its thing this Wednesday in Baiona (Galicia) and left blank the opening day of the Spanish Optimist Championship – Cenor Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation.
After several hours in the water, the 150 sailors from 10 autonomous communities who were going to compete in the first tests of this national light sailing race returned to land without being able to open the scoreboard.
The regatta committee, with Cristofol Morales at the helm, maintained until the end the hopes of being able to start at least one test with which to open the classification, but the wind did not pick up nor did it pick up enough intensity to celebrate the regatta. Winds were recorded from all four quadrants and, when it seemed that the situation was going to stabilize, half a regatta field was laid, but the attempt was ultimately frustrated.
The opening of a championship that still has three more days on the program was thus watered down and the sights are already set on the weather forecasts for this Thursday, which are announced to be somewhat better. Quite a bit of cloudiness is expected and there is a high probability of rain, even heavy showers, but the wind will blow more intensely, which will make it easier for the Optimists to navigate. If the forecast holds true, it will blow from the southeast in the morning and from the southwest in the afternoon, with between 5 and 8 knots on average and gusts of up to 16.
The start time of the tests is set for eleven in the morning but the clock will be, as always, subject to what happens with the wind. In the water will be the 150 sailors from Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, the Valencian Community, Catalonia, Murcia, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Madrid and also the Galicians, who act as hosts.
In dispute, the titles of national champions of Optimist in the categories SUB 16 and SUB 13, and also the Championship by Autonomies, which will reward the territorial federations that obtain the best results.
The 2021 Optimis Spanish Championship is held this year in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates by delegation of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and thanks to the sponsorship of the Cenor Group.
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Galicia receives the best Optimists in Spain
· This Wednesday starts in Baiona the Spanish Optimist Championship 2021 – Cenor Trophy organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates
· More than a hundred young sailors from 10 autonomous communities aspire to win the title of champion in the SUB 16 and SUB 13 categories
· After two days of registration, control of materials and measurements, tomorrow the first of the four days that will decide the competition will be held
· The Championship for Autonomies is also in contention, which will reward the territorial federations that obtain the best results
Galicia receives, starting tomorrow, Wednesday, the best sailors of the Optimist class in Spain in the national class championship, which the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona organizes in 2021 by delegation of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and thanks to the sponsorship of the Cenor Group.
More than a hundred young sailors from 10 autonomous communities aspire to win the title of champion in the SUB 16 and SUB 13 categories throughout the four days that the competition will last, which will take place in the Galician Rías Baixas.
After two days of registration, control of materials and measurements, the first regatera day will be held tomorrow, a stage that will begin, if the wind allows it, at eleven in the morning. The weather forecast announces an easterly wind in the early hours and the possibility that it will roll to the southeast as the day progresses, which will be very covered, although no rain is expected. The intensity, between 7 and 10 knots with peaks or gusts of up to 17, should not make navigation difficult for sailors.
The 12 scheduled tests, divided into three per day, will be held in a regatta field located, predictably, inside the Bay of Baiona. It will be a trapezoidal route with beacons that will mark the pace of the sailors until the final arrival, located inside the ring. Its duration will be approximately 45 minutes.
The Optimists will be divided each day into two different groups -blue and yellow- with the aim that they can compete against each other. They will navigate a qualifying series of 9 tests during the first three days of competition; and a final series, of 3 sleeves, the last day of the championship. With the celebration of 2 tests, the championship will already be valid; and on the fourth round completed, sailors will be given the chance to discard their worst result.
Leading the regatta committee will be Cristofol Morales and the sports director of Monte Real, Roy Alonso, will be the safety coordinator. In total, more than thirty people including committees, beacons, sailors, juries, measurers, office staff, security and the press will be in charge of the entire championship operation.
The competition will start this year without the classic opening ceremony, an act in which all the participants used to parade carrying the flag of their autonomous community. COVID19 has forced the organization to implement numerous prevention measures to avoid possible contagion and this ritual has been suspended.
Other actions stipulated in the coronavirus control protocol are taking the temperature of the participants, the separation of spaces by autonomies, the maintenance of safety distances or the obligation to always wear a mask on land (in the water, since sail alone, they will be able to take it off).
Among the participants of this Spanish Optimist Championship 2021, a total of 150 sailors from 10 communities: Galicia (22 sailors), Andalusia (20), the Balearic Islands (20), the Canary Islands (20), the Valencian Community (20), Catalonia ( 19), Murcia (11), Basque Country (6), Cantabria (6) and Madrid (4).
In addition to the titles of champions SUB 16 and SUB13, the competition also puts in contention the Championship by Autonomies, which will reward the territorial federations that obtain the best results. In this contest, the first classified of each autonomy and category (SUB 16 and SUB 13) will score and the final general classification will come from the sum of the positions of those sailors.
OPTIMIST SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 · CENOR TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club Baiona, March 31 – April 3
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31
11:00> The tests in the water begin
THURSDAY, APRIL 1
11:00> The tests in the water begin
FRIDAY, APRIL 2
11:00> The tests in the water begin
SATURDAY, APRIL 3
11:00> The tests in the water begin
18:00> Awards
Baiona will host the Spanish Optimist Championship at Easter
· The Monte Real Yacht Club organizes from March 29 to April 3 with the sponsorship of Cenor the most important event of national children’s sailing
· There will be two days of preparation and four days of competition that will bring together 150 boys and girls from 10 autonomous communities in the Galician fishing village
· Galicia is the region that will bring the most athletes into the fray, followed by Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community
The fishing village of Baiona (Galicia) will host the Spanish Optimist Championship – Cenor Trophy, the most important event for national children’s sailing in 2021 at Easter. The Royal Spanish Sailing Federation has delegated the organization of the competition to the historic Monte Real Yacht Club, from March 29 to April 3.
The event, which will be held thanks to the sponsorship of the Cenor Group and with the collaboration of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and the Spanish Association of the International Optimist Class (AECIO), will include two days of preparation and four days of competition, which will meet in Baiona to 150 boys and girls from 10 autonomous communities.
Galicia will be the autonomy that puts the most sailors into contention, since to the 19 summoned by qualifying ranking, another 3 athletes will be added that the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation grants to the Galician community as organizer of the event. Thanks to this concession, the Galician team closed with a total of 22 contenders for the title.
They are followed in number of sailors by Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and the Community of Valencia, who will attend the national competition with 20 athletes each. Catalonia will compete with 19, Murcia with 11, the Basque Country and Cantabria with 6 each, and Madrid with 4.
There will be a total of 150 boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 15 who will compete for four days for the titles of best U16 and U13 athlete in the male and female categories. Within the framework of this championship, the Spanish Autonomy Championship will also compete, which will reward the community with the best results in the Optimist class.
In the official presentation of the event, held this morning in Baiona, the vice president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza, described the championship as “one more step in the objective of Monte Real to promote grassroots sailing, where it is – he said- the future of this sport” . Retolaza recalled when the club held the first Galician Optimist championship, in 1970: “Of the 17 children who participated in that edition we went to 120 last year, in the Optimist Galician; and this year we will have 150 in the national. Definitely -he assured- an evolution for which we feel very proud” .
The celebration of the Spanish Optimist Championship 2021 will be possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Galician appliance and technology group Cenor, which has maintained a firm commitment to sport for years. Its general director, Javier González, assured that “This event is one of the proposals to which we could not say no for several reasons: because it is in Baiona, because returning to the MRCYB after many years is a satisfaction and because children and sport is something that generates us great enthusiasm ” . “It is a pride for Cenor -he said- appear on this poster, and that our brand linked to sport be recognized” .
Framed in times of COVID, the Spanish Optimist Championship 2021 – Cenor Trophy will have an extensive security protocol that will include measures for both the competition in the water and for the moments on land. Each community will have its reserved space so as not to mix with the rest and the traditional inaugural team parade will not be held. In addition, temperature controls will be carried out at the entrances to the club and the use of a mask, which is not mandatory in the water because it is sailed alone, but will be required on land and when approaching the port and other vessels.
Regarding the sports development of the competition, the championship will include 2 days of preparation, on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 March, for registration and measurements. The following three days, Wednesday March 31, Thursday April 1 and Friday April 2, will be devoted to a qualifying series from which the sailors who will compete in the final series on Saturday April 3 will come out.
Each day will include a maximum of 3 tests, so, if all of them can be held, the national team would reveal its winners after 12 scoring rounds. On the last day of competition, Saturday April 3, the award ceremony for the winners will also be held, starting at six in the afternoon in the gardens of the Monte Real Club de Yates.
As a recreational-tourist complement to the competition, the sailors will be able to participate in a dramatized track race through the streets of Baiona. A tour that, with the aim of solving a riddle, will allow you to discover the ins and outs of discovery, to figures as prominent as Diego Carmona, Vasco Gallego, Isabel la Católica or Pinzón; and places like the Church of Santa María, the Monolito de la Arribada, the nuns’ fountain or the Pinta caravel, among others.
OTHER DECLARATIONS OF THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION
“For us it has been, is and always will be a pleasure to work side by side with this club, and in the times we are experiencing, the events at Monte Real are a guarantee of quality and safety. What we are looking for is that all the people who come to visit us and participate in this regatta also get to know us a little more and, above all, our history”
Carlos Gómez, Mayor of Bayonne
“We want to praise Cenor’s commitment to sporting events and sports. Companies are essential for the development of these events, especially in times like the one we are living in, since betting on sport is betting on health. Baiona is a very active town and the MRCYB has shown in the last year that it is capable of organizing events in exceptional circumstances”
Gorka Gómez, sports deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council
“The MRCYB is always a guarantee for its organizational capacity and for the great work they do. For the Xeral Secretariat for Sport, sailing is a sport with a lot of presence and we are in a modality that is the door to start, to grow. Galicia offers the possibility of sailing all year round and we want to lay all the foundations so that Galicians continue to enjoy it”
Daniel Benavides, provincial head of sports of the Xunta de Galicia
“It is an important championship for Galicia and to which we will come with our sailors from the Galician team. We hope that very good conditions can be enjoyed and that Galicia obtains great results”
Manuel Villaverde, president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation
“From the club we like that sports events are linked to another form of participation, so that the kids have a good time and it is a complete experience for them and not just a regatta. How could it be otherwise, we will have a strict prevention protocol for Covid-19 and we hope, as always, that there is a good wind and that everything goes normally “
Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, Commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club
OPTIMIST SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 · CENOR TROPHY
MONDAY, MARCH 29
10:00 – 19:00> Regatta office. Procedures and controls
TUESDAY, MARCH 30
10:00 – 19:00> Regatta office. Procedures and controls
19:30> Coaches and team managers meeting
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 THURSDAY, APRIL 1 FRIDAY, APRIL 2
11:00> The tests in the water begin
SATURDAY, APRIL 3
11:00> The tests in the water begin
18:00> Awards
Okofen snatches the lead from Marías
· The sailboat led by Javier de la Gándara signed the best results of the Baitra J80 Winter League this Saturday and was able to climb from fourth to first position
· The Portuguese crew of the Marías, who were leading the one-design competition, ran out of steam on the second day and had to settle for second place
· El Cansino by Fernando Yáñez managed to stay in the third position that he dragged from the first day and the climb of the day was carried out by El Alboroto by Juan Carlos Ameneiro rising from position 12 to 4
· The one-design competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates sponsored by Baitra Accesorios Navales resumes its tests on April 10
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen gave no respite this Saturday in Baiona and in addition to achieving the best results on the second day of the Baitra J80 Winter League, managed to take the lead from Manel Marías’ Marías, who was in the lead after the stage inaugural.
The Gándara sailboat, led by the historic sailor from Vigo and crewed by his two sons Jaime and Javier, with the usual Diego Fernández also on board, signed two first and one third and once again demonstrated why it is one of the favorites to win with the ultimate victory.
In the ascent of the Okofen, the fall was for the young Portuguese crew of the Marías, who was affected in the final classification of the day for crossing in sixth position in the first test. Despite recovering pace in the other two, in which he achieved a second and a third place, he had to settle for the second step of the provisional podium.
Just the opposite happened to Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino. It started strong, with a second place, but it lost steam as the regatta day progressed; and the fourth and eighth places that he signed in the rest of the races did not allow him to climb positions beyond the third place that he had dragged from the first stage.
In fourth position is Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, in which this Saturday the presence of the Spanish J80 champion, Javier Aguado, was noted. His good work helped the crew climb positions from 12th to 4th place. It was, without a doubt, the climb of the day, for one of the sailboats with the best results (one first, one second and one fourth in the tests held).
Closing the Top 5 of the Baitra J80 Winter League we find Santiago Estevez’s Spaco, which does not change its position with respect to the first day. They are followed by Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero; the SDN Cormorant of Francisco J. Martínez; and the Ferralemes by Jaime García.
Further down the classification we find Maija by José Luis Pérez; The Galley of Miguel Fernández; Rafael Blanco’s Due; Joao Nuno Allen’s Ifaclinic.com; and Jaime Barreiro’s Petrilla. And they close the list of Luis de Mira’s Namasté; the Pazo de Cea by Iago Carballo; the Miudo by Nacho Salgueiro and the Mondo by Bernardo Macedo.
The Baitra J80 Winter League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales will return to the bay of Baiona on April 10 with three new tests that will take the monotypes into the halfway point of the competition.
Previously, the Monte Real will host the Spanish Optimist Championship during Easter, between March 31 and April 3, which will be officially presented next Tuesday at one in the afternoon at the club’s facilities.
BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
Classification after the second day held on March 20
1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · 9 POINTS
2. MARÍAS · MANUEL MARÍAS · 12 POINT
3. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · 17 POINTS
4. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · 19 POINTS
5. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ 25 POINTS
6. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO 31 POINTS
7. SDN CORMORÁN · FRANCISCO J. MARTÍNEZ · 35 POINTS
8. FERRALEMES · JAIME GARCIA · 36 POINTS
9. MAIJA · JOSE LUIS PÉREZ · 36 POINTS
10. LA GALERA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ · 37 POINTS
11. DUE · RAFAEL BLANCO · 38 POINTS
12. IFACLINIC.COM JOAO NUNO ALLEN 43 POINTS
13. PETRILLA JAIME BARREIRO 44 POINTS
14. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · 52 POINTS
15. CEA MANOR IAGO CARBALLO 62 POINTS
16. MIUDO IGNACIO SALGUEIRO 72 POINTS
17. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO 72 POINTS
The Marías arrives leader to the second day of the Baitra J80 Winter League
· The J80 of the Portuguese Manel Marías is at the head of the one-design classification followed by the Luna Nueva de Tuero and the Cansino de Yáñez
· The second day of the league will be held this Saturday in the bay of Baiona starting at three in the afternoon with three tests in the competition program
The J80 Marías of the Portuguese Manel Marías leads the second day of the Baitra Winter League, which will be held this Saturday in the bay of Baiona starting at three in the afternoon, with three tests on the competition programme.
The sailboat, manned by the Portuguese sailors Tiago Morais, Marta Ramada, Vasco Tinoco and Antonio Marías, managed to win the first round of the Monte Real Club de Yates one-design league, which was held at the end of February.
He did it after winning the only test that could be played due to the wind, which did not blow strongly enough. The same is not expected to happen this weekend, in which the forecasts announce winds above ten knots reaching peaks of twenty at times.
Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero is in second place in the provisional classification, followed, from bronze, by Cansino by Fernando Yáñez. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen and Santiago Estévez’s Spaco complete the Top 5 after opening the markers.
BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
Classification after the first day held on February 27
1. MARÍAS · MANUEL MARÍAS · 1 POINT
2. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO 2 POINTS
3. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · 3 POINTS
4. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · 4 POINTS
5. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ 5 POINTS
6. DUE · RAFAEL BLANCO · 6 POINTS
7. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · 7 POINTS
8. SDN CORMORÁN · FRANCISCO J. MARTÍNEZ · 8 POINTS
9. MAIJA · JOSE LUIS PÉREZ · 9 POINTS
10. PETRILLA JAIME BARREIRO 10 POINTS
11. LA GALERA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ · 11 POINTS
12. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · 12 POINTS
13. CEA MANOR IAGO CARBALLO 13 POINTS
14. FERRALEMES · JAIME GARCIA · 14 POINTS
15. MIUDO IGNACIO SALGUEIRO 18 POINTS
PHOTOS: CENOR REGATTA
The Cenor Regatta reveals the team that will represent Galicia in the national Optimist championship
· The 20 top finishers in the regional ranking that closed this weekend in Baiona at the Cenor Regatta will be the ones to represent Galicia in the 2021 Optimist Spanish Championship
· In the last Galician qualifier organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club, the winners were Javier García from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña in Sub16 and Bruno Iglesias from the Club Náutico Deportivo de Ribeira in Sub13.
· In the female section, the most outstanding sailors were Inés Ameneiro from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo among those under 16 and Arancha Rivero from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña among those under 13
· In the blue group of those who are just starting out in the world of sailing, the winners are Diego Lago from the Club Marítimo de Oza in the men’s category and Lidia Radio from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo in the women’s category.
The Cenor Regatta organized this weekend by the Monte Real Club de Yates revealed the composition of the team that will represent Galicia in the 2021 Optimist Spanish Championship. The 20 Galician athletes who will attend the national tournament are the best ranked in the regional ranking that closed this Sunday after the last qualifying round was held in Baiona.
The winners were Javier García, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, in the Sub 16 category; and Bruno Iglesias, from the Ribeira Sports Yacht Club, in the Sub 13 category. They received their trophies from Cenor’s marketing director, Leticia Fernández; and the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez.
The rest of the steps of the men’s podiums were covered by Bruno Iglesias (CND Ribeira) and Pablo Marquina (MRCYB) in second and third position in the Sub 16 category; and Fernando González and Jaime Díaz (both from RCN A Coruña) with silver and bronze in the Sub 13 category.
In the women’s section, the sailors who managed to get on the podium were Inés Ameneiro, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, among those under 16; and Arancha Rivero, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, among those under 13 years of age. Those in charge of presenting their awards were the president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde; and the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gomez.
The second and third place in each category were achieved by Natalia Domínguez (RCN Sanxenxo) and Aitana Pérez (MRCYB) in the Sub 16 category; and Ana Costas (RCN Rodeira) and Roberta Maríz (RCN Sanxenxo) in the Sub 13 category.
The sports deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez, presented the prizes to the winners in the male and female category of the blue group, of those who are starting out in the sport of sailing. The winners were Diego Lago, from the Oza Maritime Club; and Lidia Radio, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo.
This final day was somewhat more complicated than the inaugural one due to the wind, which took time to enter and settle, forcing the start of the regattas to be delayed up to two hours. Once Eolo made an appearance, he looked from the northwest with an average of 8-9 knots in the first tests and a little more intensity in the final race. In total, three contested tests that, added to the three on Saturday, completed the program of six sleeves foreseen in the sports program.
That in the water. On land, the highlight, beyond the award ceremony for the winners, was the dramatized track race in which most of the sailors in the competition participated. It was a team event in which the boys and girls solved riddles and followed clues that took them through the main tourist spots in Baiona with the aim of winning an Optimist wing donated by Effects Navales Jesús Betanzos, which finally won the team of the Real Club Náutico de Coruña and delivered by the Commodore of the Monte Real Club de Yates, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui.
The initiative, promoted by the Baiona city council, the Casa de la Navegación Museum and the Theater Classroom, was a pilot test of a more ambitious activity that the Baiona sports department is preparing for the Optimist National Championship to be held at Easter .
Galicia will attend the Spanish Optimist Championship with 22 sailors
This latest regional qualifier revealed the names of the athletes who will represent Galicia in the Spanish Optimist Championship to be held in Baiona.
The Real Club Náutico de A Coruña is the club that will contribute the most names to the national class, with a total of 7 sailors qualified to compete. They are Fernando González, Martín Mijares, Javier García, Jaime Díaz, Andrés Gago, Pedro Núñez and Pepa Bermúdez.
On behalf of the Maritime Club of Canido, 4 athletes will attend the Spanish championship: Rodrígo Pérez, Fernando Campos, Miguel Rodríguez and Emma Chamorro.
They also got tickets for the national class 4 sailors from the Monte Real Yacht Club: Pablo Marquina, Aitana Pérez, Martín Montes and Jimena Crespo. The last two are classified thanks to a concession that the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation makes to the organizing club of the championship, allowing the participation of two of its athletes, regardless of their position in the Galician ranking.
Also competing for the national title will be Natalia Dominguez and Pedro Casas from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo; Bruno Iglesias and Jorge Álvarez from the Ribeira Sports Yacht Club; Inés Ameneiro and Luis Wizner from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and Jorge Costas from the Royal Nautical Club of Rodeira.
The Spanish Optimist Championship 2021, which like this last qualifier is also sponsored by the Cenor Group, will be held in Baiona during Holy Week. The days 29 and 30 of March will be days of preparations, inscriptions and measurements, on Wednesday 31 the starting gun will be given to the first races and there will be regattas for three more days, until Saturday 3 April, the last day of tests and delivery of trophies to the winners.
CENOR REGATTA FINAL CLASSIFICATION
GALICIAN OPTIMIST QUALIFIER 2021
UNDER 16 MALE CATEGORY
1. JAVIER GARCÍA ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF CORUÑA
2. BRUNO IGLESIAS RIBEIRA YACHT SPORTS CLUB
3. PABLO MARQUINA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
FEMALE UNDER 16 CATEGORY
1. INÉS AMENEIRO ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF VIGO
2. NATALIA DOMINGUEZ ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF SANXENXO
3. AITANA PÉREZ MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
UNDER 13 MALE CATEGORY
1. BRUNO IGLESIAS RIBEIRA YACHT SPORTS CLUB
2. FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF CORUÑA
3. JAIME DÍAZ ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF CORUÑA
FEMALE SUB 13 CATEGORY
1. ARANCHA RIVERO ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF CORUÑA
2. ANA COSTAS ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF RODEIRA
3. ROBERTA MARÍZ ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF SANXENXO
BLUE GROUP – BEST CLASSIFIED
MALE: DIEGO LAGO OZA MARITIME CLUB
FEMALE: LIDIA RADIO REAL CLUB NÁUTICO DE SANXENXO
COMPOSITION OF THE GALICIAN TEAM
FOR THE OPTIMIST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
RCN A CORUÑA (7)
FERNANDO GONZALEZ
MARTIN MIJARES
JAVIER GARCIA
JAIME DIAZ
ANDRES GAGO
PETER NUNEZ
PEPA BERMUDEZ
CM CANIDO (4)
RODRIGO PEREZ
FERNANDO FIELDS
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ
EMMA CHAMORRO
MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB (4)
PABLO MARQUINA
AITANA PEREZ
MARTIN MONTES
JIMENA CRESPO
RCN SANXENXO (2)
NATALIA DOMINGUEZ
PETER HOUSES
CND RIBEIRA (2)
BRUNO CHURCHES
JORGE ALVAREZ
RCN VIGO (2)
INES AMENEIRO
LOUIS WIZNER
RCN RODEIRA (1)
JORGE COASTS
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Ribeira shines on the opening day of the Optimist Cenor Regatta
· The sailors of the Club Náutico Deportivo de Ribeira Jorge Álvarez and Bruno Iglesias were placed leaders of the Sub 16 and Sub 13 categories
· The yacht clubs of Canido, Coruña and Baiona occupy the rest of the provisional podium positions that will be defined tomorrow, Sunday
· The Cenor Regatta organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club will leave a Galician team that will attend the Spanish Optimist Championship
This Saturday, Ribeira led two of his athletes towards victory in the Cenor Regatta, the Galician optimist qualifier that is being held this weekend in Baiona under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates, after placing them at the top of the classification provisional.
In the U-16 category, the winner of the day, with two fifths and one sixth place in the partials, was Jorge Álvarez, from the Ribeira Sports Yacht Club. He managed to beat Javier García, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña; and Miguel Rodríguez, from the Canido Maritime Club; who were, tied on points, in second and third position respectively.
The sailor Bruno Iglesias, also from the Ribeira Sports Yacht Club, was the undisputed leader of the regatta day among the U-13s, after signing two first places and one second in the three races held. The athlete was one of the brightest in the opening stage of the competition and will reach the final in a very comfortable position, 25 points behind his closest rival, Jaime Díaz, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña. The provisional silver and bronze medals for the Sub-13s are held by Jaime Díaz, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña; and Aitana Pérez, from the Monte Real Yacht Club.
In the competition for sailors from the blue group, those who are just starting out, the best classified after the first tests were Diego Lago, from the Oza Maritime Club, in the men’s category; and Lidia Radio, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, in the women’s category.
The start of the competition was marked by a westerly wind that remained quite stable, shifting just a few degrees and allowing the initially designed regatta course to remain practically intact until the end, with just a few minor corrections. It also blew intensely, always above 8 knots, with an average of 13-14 and with peaks of up to 17, so the heats developed quickly.
The regatta committee, with Carlos Villar at the helm, was able to start the three tests planned in the sports program and the competition premiered some markers that will be complete tomorrow, Sunday, on the second and last day, which will be held from the morning.
In the afternoon, the facilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club will host the delivery of trophies to the winners, in which Cenor’s marketing director, Leticia Fernández; the president of Monte Real, José Luis Álvarez; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the territorial delegate of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo, Marta Fernández; the deputy for sports from the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez; and the president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde.
This Optimist qualifier is organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and is sponsored by the Galician appliance and technology group Cenor. The firm, born in Santiago de Compostela in the early 1990s, currently works with more than 200 stores throughout northern Spain and maintains a firm commitment to sport, which it sponsors with the aim of promoting values in society. like work and effort.
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GALICIAN OPTIMIST QUALIFIER 2021
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1. JORGE ÁLVAREZ RIBEIRA YACHT SPORTS CLUB
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3. MIGUEL RODRÍGUEZ MARITIME CLUB OF CANIDO
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Baiona raises the curtain on the Cenor Regatta with sailing, games and theater
· More than 100 boys and girls from Galicia will participate starting tomorrow in the last Optimist qualifier prior to the national championship of the class
· In addition to the sports events, a dramatized track race has been organized so that the little ones have fun discovering Baiona
· The Baiona City Council, the Navigation Museum, the Baiona Theater Classroom, the Cenor Group and the Monte Real Yacht Club collaborate in the initiative.
Baiona raises the curtain on the Cenor Regatta tomorrow, Saturday, with a sailing and games program for the more than 100 young sailors who, coming from different parts of Galicia, will participate in the last Optimist qualifying round prior to the national class championship, a competition sponsored by the home appliances and technology group Cenor.
In addition to the usual sports events, which will start at half past one in the afternoon, the novelty of this competition will be a special entertainment program that the Baiona council has prepared, hand in hand with the Casa de la Navegación Museum and the Baiona Theater Classroom, so that children can have fun discovering Baiona.
It is a dramatized track race that will take the little ones through the main tourist attractions of the fishing village. A tour that, with the aim of solving a riddle, will allow you to discover the ins and outs of discovery, to figures as prominent as Diego Carmona, Vasco Gallego, Isabel la Católica or Pinzón; and places like the Church of Santa María, the Monolito de la Arribada, the nuns’ fountain or the Pinta caravel, among others.
To avoid crowds and be able to maintain COVID safety distances, the game will start at six in the afternoon, taking advantage of the forced closure of the hotel industry. It will start from the music box in Parque de la Palma, where an actress, symbolizing Baiona, will give the little ones the first clues to start playing.
Divided into teams, the children will have to solve different riddles that will take them through some of the most outstanding points of the fishing village, where there will be actors representing some of the most important characters in the history of Baiona. They will be the ones who, explaining different historical episodes, will give the participants the following clues to continue with the tour. The winning team will win an optimist candle courtesy of the company Filtros Navales Jesús Betanzos.
“It is the perfect combination of sport, tourism and fun” says the sports director of the Baiona city council, Javier F. López, who thanks the members of the Casa de la Navegación Museum and the Baiona Theater Classroom for having made possible. “For just over an hour, children will be able to discover the history and wonders of Baiona while having fun following clues and solving riddles” – he continues – “And this will only be the appetizer of what we will prepare at Easter for the Spanish Optimist Championship”.
The dramatized track race will start once the sports program in the water has finished, which includes holding up to three tests if the weather permits. In them, more than 100 young sailors from the yacht clubs of Vigo, Coruña, Canido, Ribeira, Rodeira, Aguete, Oza, Sanxenxo, Panxón, Ferrol and Baiona will fight for the best results in order to move up in the Galician ranking. The first 20 athletes from that regional list will be automatically selected to represent Galicia in the Spanish Optimist Championship.
CENOR REGATTA
2021 OPTIMIST QUALIFIER
SATURDAY MARCH 13
9:00 Opening of the race office
11:00 Meeting of coaches and team managers
13:30 Start of the first test of the day
18:00 Theatrical track race in Baiona
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
10:00 Start of the first test of the day
18:00 Awards ceremony
Baiona warms up engines for the Spanish Optimist Championship with the Cenor Regatta
· The Monte Real Club de Yates hosts next weekend a regional qualifier prior to the national class to be held at Easter
· More than 100 young sailors from 11 clubs from different parts of Galicia will compete in up to six races in two regatta days in Baiona
· The results of the competition will be added to the ranking of the Optimist class in Galicia from which those chosen to compete in the Spanish Championship will come out
The fishing village of Baiona warms up for the Spanish Optimist Championship that it will host at Easter with the celebration, this weekend, of the Cenor Regatta, a regional qualifying class prior to the national one. It will be a competition in which more than 100 boys and girls between 9 and 15 years old will haggle, coming from up to 11 clubs from different parts of Galicia.
The Real Club Náutico de Vigo, with 26 children, will be the club with the greatest representation in the water, followed by the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña with 22 sailors competing and the Club Marítimo de Canido with 18. Athletes from Sanxenxo, Rodeira, Aguete, Panxón, Ribeira, Oza and Ferrol will also compete in this qualifying round. For the Monte Real Club de Yates, organizer of the competition, 6 sailors will participate, among which Pablo Marquina stands out, the athlete from Monte Real who has achieved the best results so far in the Galician ranking.
In the sports program of the event, six tests are planned, with a maximum of three per day, being necessary to complete a single sleeve so that the classification can be considered valid.
The competition will begin on Saturday at half past one in the afternoon, once the regatta office procedures and the meeting of coaches and team leaders have been completed; and on Sunday, starting at ten o’clock, the last rounds will be played.
The little ones will sail in a fleet, they will score in real time, they will have the possibility of discarding their worst mark from the fourth race and their results will be added to the ranking of the regional Optimist class, from which the 20 chosen to represent Galicia in the Spanish Championship held in Baiona at Easter.
With the aim of complying with all COVID19 protocols and applying the maximum control and prevention of contagion during the competition, there will be no more social events than the delivery of trophies to the winners, which will be held on Sunday at six in the afternoon.
Likewise, measures such as taking the temperature prior to access to Monte Real, exhaustive hand washing, maintaining an interpersonal distance of one and a half meters, the obligation to always carry hydroalcoholic gel and to navigate at all times will be mandatory. with mask. In addition, the coaches’ meetings will be held outdoors and participants will be able to consult the classifications, images and other materials of the regatta by scanning QR codes distributed throughout the club with their mobile phones.
The Optimist Qualifier is organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and is sponsored by the Galician appliance and technology group Cenor. The firm, born in Santiago de Compostela in the early 1990s, currently works with more than 200 stores throughout northern Spain and maintains a firm commitment to sport, which it sponsors with the aim of promoting values in society. like work and effort.
CENOR REGATTA
2021 OPTIMIST QUALIFIER
SATURDAY MARCH 13
9:00 Opening of the race office
11:00 Meeting of coaches and team managers
13:30 Start of the first test of the day
18:00 Theatrical track race in Baiona
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
10:00 Start of the first test of the day
18:00 Awards ceremony
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“Monte Real is more alive than ever”
After learning of the announcement of the suspension of the prestigious sailing SUPER SERIES in Baiona due to COVID19, we reviewed with the president of the Monte Real Club de Yates, José Luis Álvarez, the impact that the pandemic has had on one of the clubs with the most History of Spain.
While many other yacht clubs saw how COVID made them lose members, reduce income, forced them to suspend regattas and the activity of their schools, the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona not only managed to stay afloat, but also signed one of its best years, with record numbers of influx of members and students in its Sailing School.
About a year after the declaration of the state of alarm derived from the coronavirus, the president of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, José Luis Álvarez, takes stock of what these last months of confinement and restrictions have meant for the club; and of the actions that have allowed them to be an exception in a bleak panorama.
The organization of the SUPER SERIES has just announced the suspension of the Baiona Sailing Week, which next June was going to bring these “formula 1 of the sea” to Galicia. It will have been a very hard blow for the club…
It has been, without a doubt, quite a hit, since we were very excited about the arrival of the SUPER SERIES in Galicia, but we perfectly understand the decision of the organization and we are glad that they have us for 2022. Right now the situation derived from COVID19 did not give them the security they needed and they have preferred to minimize the risks by reducing the trips and suspending the closest regattas in time. From the club, the only thing we hope is that next year the situation will be much better and we can see these outstanding players in Galicia, in a year that will also continue to be Xacobeo, so it will undoubtedly be a good year to receive them as they deserve .
The truth is that the COVID19 crisis has generated numerous losses in the economic activity of many sectors (the nautical sector has not been an exception) and it is still not very well known what the impact will be in the short and medium term. How has this situation affected the Monte Real Club de Yates?
At Monte Real we are lucky that the vast majority of places are occupied by club members, so we manage to keep the pontoons full throughout the year. But we have noticed a huge drop in the number of transits, due to mobility restrictions. The drop in figures has been tremendous, but of course, they could not cross borders. There has been an impact, without a doubt, but much less than what other clubs have possibly suffered, which have also had many membership losses.
In Monte Real they have not suffered those casualties?
The truth is that no. Every year there are some, for different reasons, but the few casualties that have occurred in these months of pandemic have been covered by the entry of new members and we continue with the same number as before. What’s more, there are still people on the waiting list to join the club, because not all applications are accepted. We want to maintain a stable number, around 700 members, which guarantees the comfort of the facilities, and that is why we do not grow exponentially, not because there is no demand, there is.
How has the club member experienced these months of restrictions and prohibitions?
The truth is that the club has been more alive than ever. In the moments in which they have left us, yes. In the months of the strictest restrictions we had to cancel social events, close the restaurant, paralyze the regattas and the school… but when they allowed us to open in the summer, albeit with restrictions, we had an influx of members, students and sailors that we had not seen in years. .
What do you think was due to this unexpected influx of people during the summer?
At first it caught us a bit by surprise, because we weren’t expecting it, but then we understood what was happening: the club had become a safe place where we could spend some leisure time without worrying about the coronavirus. The partners understood all the control measures put in place, some of which were not even required by the authorities, and they felt comfortable and safe with them.
What other older measures did you put in place to avoid COVID?
We always try to go one step further than what the authorities ask of us. All the requirements of closures, capacity, cleaning, control… and we also bought ozone machines and thermometers to control the temperature at the entrances, distributed masks, and even hired external personnel to guarantee that everyone complied with the regulations. They were months of a lot of control and restrictions that made everything a little more uncomfortable and generated some complaints, but at the same time, they created a bubble, a security environment in the club that was not there outside. And that was the reason why we believe we had more influx than ever, and without, that we know of, cases of COVID, which was what really mattered to us.
One of the aspects that most affected Spanish yacht clubs, closely linked to tourism, was a large drop in the number of visitors, something that had a direct impact on their direct income. Did you also notice it in Baiona?
At Monte Real we are lucky that the vast majority of our places are occupied by club members, so we manage to keep the pontoons full, but in the rest of the places we did notice a decrease. In fact, the drop in the number of transits, especially international, was drastic, in this we did not manage to be an exception, but of course, nobody could be an exception because the borders were closed, it was impossible. The truth is that these are difficult times, but we believe that as soon as we can return to normality, Monte Real, Baiona, Galicia and Spain in general have more than enough potential to recover the good pre-COVID tourism figures.
Tourists were lost and regattas were suspended, many regattas, even when they were allowed to take place. Was it a wise decision?
It is difficult to generalize and each club will have to take stock of their decisions based on the reasons that led them to make them. Some would suspend thinking that they would not have sailors, others for fear of contagion, and others simply for comfort. In our case, paralyzing all sporting activity was also valued, but finally we opted to continue promoting sailing. We knew that the decision was going to demand a lot from us, as it did, but we decided to go ahead. And the result was perfect. We held practically all our competitions, including the most popular ones such as the Count of Gondomar and the Prince of Asturias, and we did so without contagion. It was a bet on sailing and it worked out well for us. With a lot of effort, yes.
Last year, in the midst of the pandemic, they announced the celebration of the Super Series, which will have to wait until 2022, and the other great news that the club left us in the months of COVID was its choice as the venue for the 2023 J80 World Cup. , something that they had been pursuing for years. Is this achievement the culmination of your commitment to these monotypes?
I would not know if it is the culmination or not, but of course the fact that they have granted us the celebration of the world championship of a class for which we have been betting for years is a very important milestone. One of the points on our program was, and continues to be, the internationalization of Monte Real, and we are working on that. Bringing these two top-level competitions to Galicia is the result of months and months of work, and the truth is that we are very happy.
One of the projects that they plan to launch this year is VELA EN FEMENINO, aimed at promoting the figure of women in the world of sailing. Tell us more about this proposal.
It is about taking another step in our commitment to women in the world of sailing, because there are still very few women who sail today. 25 years ago we launched, I don’t know if it was the first, but one of the first exclusively female competitions in Spain, the Ladies Cup, and now what we intend to do is launch new lines of action with the same objective, which is none other than to achieve that women have more presence in the nautical world. We have designed a series of proposals for training, competition and also of a social nature, with women victims of gender violence; and we are trying to find a sponsor who shares our same vision and wants to promote this initiative.
The woman will be, then, the protagonist of the future of the club… what other projects do you have in mind for the coming years?
The truth is that we have many projects on the table, although not all of them can be counted because some are still in negotiations or are not completely closed. From what can be counted, training will undoubtedly be one of our bets. We have managed to become a training center of the Royal Yachting Association and in a few months we will be the first club in Galicia and the entire Spanish Bay of Biscay to offer its prestigious courses, which are the most important in the nautical sector worldwide. We will also begin to offer courses to obtain the PNB, the PER and the qualifications of skipper and captain of yachts; and with regard to infrastructure, we are going to improve the club’s facilities, putting fingers in all our seats, which was a demand of many of our visitors, especially international ones. There is also an important advance that is taking place and that we hope to be able to announce in a few weeks, but for now we have to wait.
It is an interview with Rosana Calvo, head of communication at the MRCYB
