Lian Jane, Helena and Adriana Pérez Canal and Paula Rocha... the four in the top ten of the Matosinhos Cidade (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The lack of wind in the waters of the Great Port made it impossible for on Sunday to complete the program scheduled for the Abanca Week, so the judges gave good the results of Saturday in the first act of the Kinder Trophy of Optimist, with the victory of the Orensian regatist Adriana Pérez Canal of the Maritime Club of Canido, ahead of the Lusian Mario Soares of the Clube de Vela de Viana do Castelo and the viguesa Paula Rocha.

The judges commanded by the local Lusitans at the week Abanca Joao Allen and Miguel Pinheiro, who are confirmed in the staff of the European Vigo Championship 2018, did the impossible because the young athletes of both countries at least completed one of the scheduled sleeves. In the end, therefore, with the records recorded by the three tests held, Galicia placed four of its regatists in the top 10: the one with Adriana Pérez Canal, Paula Rocha's 3rd, Liang Jane's 4th and Helena's 7th with all of the Canido's Maritime. The best the Royal Nautical Club Rodeira was the Pontevedrés Pablo Trillo that reached a meritorious 11th square... in total took part a quarter of the fleet by Galicia: 20 ships.

The event was organized by the Leixóes Atlantic Sailing Clube, the reference of the Portuguese light candle, which gives the renews to the Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón that organizes the second act in the coming 13 and 14 days. For the Asturian meeting, the registration has been completed, since they have already confirmed that they will be in competition for Galicia the Real Club Náutico de La Coruña, Club Marítimo de Canido, Club Marítimo Oza de La Coruña and Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, as well as for Catalonia clubs of Girona, Barcelona and Tarragona, to which we must add clubs from all over the Cantábrico. The headquarters of the athletes will be in the Algergue of Gozón in the incomparable framework of Cape Peñas. This was the classification in the Kinder Trophy Grand Port for the top 25:

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Final classification

1 ADRIANA PEREZ CANAL (CMC-GALICE), 14 points (9-1-4)
2º MARIO SOARES (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 15 (3-9-3)
3rd ROCHA PAULA (CMC-GALICE), 16 (1-2-13)
4th LIANG JANE (CMC-GALICE), 21 (2-11-8)
5th GONÇALO ALVES (CVVC- PORTUGAL), 25 (20-3-2)
6 ° JOAO MARQUITO (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 30 (21-4-5)
7th HELENA PEREZ (CMC-GALICE), 36 (5-7-24)
8th MAGALHAES MANUEL (CNL- PORTUGAL), 40 (6-25-9)
9º ANTONIO LIMA (CVA- PORTUGAL), 42 (8-6-28)
10th MINA VICTORY (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 42 (10-26-6)
11 PABLO TRILLO (RCNC-GALICE), 42 (19-13-10)
12 MANUEL LILLO (SCP- PORTUGAL), 44 (4-24-26)
13 CARDOSO JULY (CNF- PORTUGAL), 45 (22-22-1)
Fourteenth FLAVIO MATA (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 53 (14-28-11)
15 LIMA DIOGO (WDS-PORTUGAL), 55 (35-5-15)
16 MARTA GUEDES (SCP-PORTUGAL), 65 (36-10-19)
17 MANUEL TEIXEIRA (CVCN- PORTUGAL), 67 (38-8-21)
18 ° DIOGO PADILHA (SCP-PORTUGAL), 68 (23-38-7)
19 ° ANDRES BARREIRO (CMC-GALICE), 69 (16-21-32)
20 JOSE BATISTA (CNBB- PORTUGAL), 71 (18-17-36)
(CVVC- PORTUGAL), 75 (15-42-18)
22 ° TIAGO LIMA (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 76 (46-18-12)
23 ° MARTA ALVES (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 80 (11-31-38)
24 ° LARA CARVALHO (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 81 (26-32-23)
25 ° JAVIER BOUZA (RCNR- GALICE), 87 (12-49-26)

07 / 10 / 2017: Canido and Viana command in Act 1 of the Kinder Trophy of the Abanca Week

The Orensian regatists Adriana Pérez Canal that competes for the Club Marítimo de Canido, leads at the end of the first day, the Meeting Cidade de Matosinhos in the Gran Porto, the first punctuable date for the Kinder Trophy of the Abanca Week, which is organized one of the reference clubs of the Portuguese candle: the Clube de Vela Atlántico de Leixóes. The Galician is at a point to the Lusian Mario Soares of the Vela Clube of Viana de Castelo, and in two to the viguesa would also hide him from Canido Paula Rocha. The Lusitan appointment of the Abanca Week will have on Sunday its second and last day, beginning at 11: 00 in the morning, Portuguese time, in which three sleeves are scheduled.

Paula Rocha de Vigo, Antonio Pires de Lima de Porto and Mario Soares de Viana (Photo Pedro Seoane)

A generous wind from the north-east received the Galician regatists, who were finally not nine, but 19 because he joined the Galaic expedition at the last minute the Royal Nautical Club Rodeira. A wind that was just enough to celebrate the first manga with British punctuality, which was won by Paula Rocha, ahead of her club partner, Liang Jane, Mario Soares, Manuel Lello of the Sport Club of Porto and the viguesa Helena Pérez of the Maritime of Canido.

La Orensana Adriana Pérez Canal on the right of the image (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The judges then gave a second exit that would be cancelled when the wind fell into the middle of the procedure, to rearm everything after an hour's wait and to be able to complete two new sleeves, when the wind started. In which it was the second valid Adriana Pérez Canal (which had been the ninth in the first trial) achieved the victory ahead of Paula Rocha, Gonçalo Alves and Joao Marquito, both of Viana do Castelo.

In the third sabatina the Portuguese chose the three prms: the gold for Julio Cardoso of the Fiunchal Naval Clube of Madeira, being the silver for Gonçalo Alves and the bronze Mario Soares... and in the fourth the Orensana Pérez Canal that was augmented to the lead, as the Viguesa Rocha made a thirteenth place.
Good performance in general of the Galician regatists, with Adriana and Paula first and third, but in a handkerchief with the Lusian Mario Soares that is second. In the fourth place already at a certain distance Liang Jane from the Maritime of Canido, behind him two Lusitans Alves and Marquito, and in the seventh square another Galician Helena Pérez. The best of the Royal Nautical Club Rodeira, Pablo Trillo that is in the first place of the general, on a table of 80 optimists from Galicia and all of Portugal.

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First-day classification

1 ADRIANA PEREZ CANAL (CMC-GALICE), 14 points (9-1-4)
2º MARIO SOARES (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 15 (3-9-3)
3rd ROCHA PAULA (CMC-GALICE), 16 (1-2-13)
4th LIANG JANE (CMC-GALICE), 21 (2-11-8)
5th GONÇALO ALVES (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 25 (20-3-2)
6 ° JOAO MARQUITO (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 30 (21-4-5)
7th HELENA PEREZ (CMC-GALICE), 36 (5-7-24)
8th MAGALHAES MANUEL (CNL- PORTUGAL), 40 (6-25-9)
9º ANTONIO LIMA (CVA- PORTUGAL), 42 (8-6-28)
10th MINA VICTORY (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 42 (10-26-6)
11 PABLO TRILLO (RCNC-GALICE), 42 (19-13-10)
12 MANUEL LILLO (SCP- PORTUGAL), 44 (4-24-26)
13 CARDOSO JULY (CNF- PORTUGAL), 45 (22-22-1)
Fourteenth FLAVIO MATA (CVVC-PORTUGAL), 53 (14-28-11)
15 LIMA DIOGO (WDS-PORTUGAL), 55 (35-5-15)

06 / 10 / 2017: Hand of the Kinder Trophy of Optimist comes to Portugal Abanca Week

The Abanca Week has its fifth cycle in Portuguese waters with the Kinder Trophy that in its first chapter will be held with the organization of one of the most important European light sailing clubs: the Atlantic Sailing Clube of Leixóes, which has just celebrated the 49er World Cup with remarkable success. It will be the first delivery for the children's-cadet candle with regatists basically from Galicia and Portugal, which is the antecedent of the second quote of the "Kinder Trophy," the Meeting Villa de Gijón that will take place on the bridge of Hispanity, with athletes from Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Catalonia.

Adriana Perez Canal sailing in Leixoes last year (Photo Pedro Seoane)

In the Grand Port, a hundred regatists, with high quality, will begin on Saturday at 1: 00 p.m. (Portuguese time). On the part of Galicia, the Orensana Adriana Pérez Canal and the Vigués Mario Soares appear as the highest candidates, which were imposed in the last edition of the Kinder Trophy. However they are in an excellent way the pontevedresa Paula da Rocha, as well as Liang Jane, Flavio Mata and Elena Pérez Canal... all of them participated in the last national championship of the class with good results. They complete the Galician army Nicolás Barreiro, Yago García and Andrés Barreiro. The expedition leads to the sports director of the Club Marítimo de Canido, Emilio Méndez, who is accompanied by one of the greatest promises of the Galicia candle: the "pairo" Alberto Baserra rea in the Villa de Bouzas del "Marnatura," in which he won despite great youth.

Departure in Portugal at the 2016 edition (Photo Pedro Seoane)

On the other hand, in order not to be less of a very powerful optimist, case of the number one of Portugal- North, Carlina Campos of the Sport Clube of Porto or of number three, Joao Leite Castro of the Clube of Atlantic Sailing of Leixóes. Also very strong Eduardo Mesquita who is the fourth in the Portuguese ranking and belongs to the Sport Clube, and the optimists of Leixóes Manuel Oliveira (12th) and Manuel Lello (17th). In short, regatta of high returns from the Abanca Week in Portuguese waters in the legendary Clube de Vela, the Kinder Trophy begins with two days of regatta in the waters of Matosinhos in the Great Port.