Paula Rocha and Mario Soares winners of the Kinder Trophy of the Abanca Week (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Viguese regatist Paula Rancha of the Maritime Club of Canido, was proclaimed winner of Act 2 of the Kinder Trophy of the Abanca Week in asturian waters, which has organized the Real Club Astur de Regatas. Rocha has also been imposed on the Kinder Trophy in conjunction with Act 1 held in Leixóes last weekend, while Mario Soares in the male category has been competing for the Viana Sailing Clube and the Canido Maritime Club. The great favoritala gerundense Ona García of the Club de Vela Costa Brava de Palamós had to be conformed to the third place in dispute. For the next Saturday and Sunday, the Abanca Week is moved to Galician waters, as in Sada organized by the Nautico Club, the Guda Cross-Class Terras Regata is celebrated.

Good conditions of wind and sea on Saturday in Gijón, although it took time to enter, at the midday edge a north-east of 10 to 12 knots, took over the bay of San Lorenzo, forming a spectacular field of races, to the extent that three sleeves were achieved that had a great spectacularity. The partial victories were for the Catalan Joan Fargas of the Nautico de Cambrils, and the two remaining for the Viguese Mario Soares and Paula da Rocha.

The wind exceeded 12 knots in Gijón (Photo Felix G.Muñiz)

To highlight that on the Basque side the best optimist was Arrieta Angueira del Marítimo del Abra. The current Basque champion was fifth in front of the very large Vizcaine expedition, even exceeding the Basque number one Gabriel Oraá, who was sixth. By La Coruña the best was Fernando Núñez of the Club Marítimo Oza el Puntal, who became fourteenth, while by Asturias Covadonga Fernández of the Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón was the best asturian.

Excellent competition lived in Gijón, with a lot of level of a Kinder Trophy that covers the two sailing cycles of Optimist of the Abanca Week, with a wide expedition from Catalonia, which are considered the strongest at national level, even though on this occasion the best Galician have given good account of them and with authority. The Kínder Trophy travels to Vigo for a double game, with the victories of Paula la Rocha in female and Mario Soares in male, both of the Club Marítimo de Canido, which from the hand of Emilio Méndez is becoming the reference of the Galician candle infantil- cadete.

Abanca Week
Kinder Trophy Act 2
Final Classification
1st Paula da Rocha (CM Canido de Vigo) (GALICE)
2nd Mario Soares (CV Viana-CM Vigo) (GALICE)
3rd Ona García (CN Costa Brava de Palamós) (CATALUÑA)
4th Izan Codinachs (CN Sant Feliu de Guixols) (CATALUÑA)
5th Arrival Angueira (RCMA-RSC of Getxo) (PAIS VASCO)
6th Gabriel Oraa (RCMA-RSC of Getxo) (PAIS VASCO)
7th Liang Jane (CM Vigo Canido) (GALICE)
8th Joan Fargas (CN Cambrils) (CATALUÑA)
9º Zsombor Denes (CN Cambrils) (CATALUÑA)
10th Luca Vázquez (RCN Tarragona) (CATALUÑA)
Eleventh Adam Benedict (CN Salou) (CATALUÑA)
12º Carla Romagosa (CN San Feliú de Guixols) (CATALUÑA)
13th Andrés Barreiros (CM Canido de Vigo) (GALICE)
Fourteenth Fernando Nuñez (CMO de La Coruña) (GALICE)
Fifteenth Nuria Costa (CN Costa Brava de Palamós) (CATALUÑA)
16 Mikel Ibiricu (RCMA-RSC Getxo) (PAIS VASCO)
17 Santiago Alberto (CN Cambrils) (CATALUÑA)
18 ° Matteo Galindo (CN L'Estartit de Girona) (CATALUÑA)
19th Cristina Rusiñol (CN San Feliu de Guixols) (CATALUÑA)
20 Covadonga Fernández (RCAR Gijón) (ASTURIAS)

13 / 10 / 2017: Soares, Ona and da Rocha the first three in Act 2 of the Kinder Trophy in Gijón

The Portuguese Mario Soares of the Clube de Vela de Viana do Castelo is the leader of the event 2 of the Kinder Trophy of the Abanca Week, which is organizing the Real Club Astur of Regatas of Gijón, after holding the first day in Asturian waters. After the lusitano belonging to the escudería of the Club Marítimo de Canido, is the great Catalan promise Ona García of the Club de Vela de Palamós and the viguesa Paula da Rocha. For the second and last Saturday of this Kinder Trophy, beginning at 11: 00 in the morning the closing ceremony is scheduled in the early hours of the afternoon.

Paula da Rocha and the Catalan Codinach in Barlovento (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Soares, Ona García, Paula da Rocha, Oraa and Arrieta at the exit in Gijón (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Covadonga Fernández de Gijón and the Coruñés Fernando Núñez (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Abanca Week

Kinder Trophy Act 2

Day 1 classification in Gijón

1º Mario Soares (CV Viana do Castelo) (PORTUGAL)

2nd Ona García (CN Costa Brava de Palamós) (CATALUÑA)

3rd Paula da Rocha (CM Canido de Vigo) (GALICE)

4th Izan Codinachs (CN Sant Feliu de Guixols) (CATALUÑA)

5th Liang Jane (CM Vigo Canido) (GALICE)

6th Carla Romagosa (CN San Feliú de Guixols) (CATALUÑA)

7th Gabriel Oraa (RCMA-RSC of Getxo) (PAIS VASCO)

8th Arrival Angueira (RCMA-RSC of Getxo) (PAIS VASCO)

9th Andrés Barreiro (CM Canido de Vigo) (GALICE)

10th Adam Benedict (CN Salou) (CATALUÑA)

Eleventh Nuria Costa (CN Costa Brava de Palamós) (CATALUÑA)

12 Matteo Galindo (CN L'Estartit de Girona) (CATALUÑA)

13 Luca Vázquez (RCN Tarragona) (CATALUÑA)

Fourteenth Zómor Denes (CN Cambrils) (CATALUÑA)

Fifteenth Joan Fargas (CN Cambrils) (CATALUÑA)

Sixteenth Covadonga Fernández (RCAR Gijón) (ASTURIAS)

Seventeenth Fernando Nuñez (CMO de La Coruña) (GALICE)

18. Claudia Díaz (CMO de La Coruña) (GALICE)

19 ° Cristina Ruisiñol (CN Sant Feliu de Guixols) (CATALUÑA)

20 Mikel Ibiricu (RCMA-RSC Getxo) (PAIS VASCO)

11 / 10 / 2017: Abanca Week... the favorite Catalan promises in Act 2 of the Kinder Trophy of Gijón

The presence of the male leader of the Kinder Trophy, Mario Soares of the Vela Clube of Viana do Castelo, as well as the girls who occupy the second and third place: the Paula Rocha and Liang Jane, are the great favorites to get the trophy of the Oporto- Gijón combination. It is also necessary to highlight the powerful team of Catalonia, which has won in the two editions of this race held in Asturian waters, and which are currently considered the highest hopes of the national sailing: the Barcelona Arnau Gelpi in 2015 and the Gerundense Marçal Costa in 2016.

Confirm in Gijón the leader of the male classification, the Lusian Mario Soares of the Vela Clube of Viana do Castelo, and the second and third female, the Viguesas Paula Rocha and Liang Jane of the Maritime Club of Canido (Photo Pedro Seoane)

On this occasion they have announced their participation clubs of the three Catalan maritime provinces, with much youth and an extraordinary quality in their components, case Ona García of the Club de Vela de Palamós that was the winner this year among the women in the Regata del Lago di Garda italiano, considered the most important in the world... also stand out in the expedition, Izan Codinachs of the Club Náutico San Feliú de Guixols that is the champion of Catalonia of group 2 and Zsombor Denesf of the Club Náutico de Cambrils a boy of Hungarian origin that also has the title of the group but of the 3. Twelve are the Catalan ships, which are the favorites a priori.

In the Basque Country, they travel ten regatists to highlight Gabriel Oraa and Mikel Ibiricu, who are at the top of the male ranking and Arrieta Angueira who leads the female. All of them from the Royal Abra Maritime Club. As far as Asturias and Galicia are concerned, the participation of a powerful fleet of the Real Club Astur de Regatas by the asturian side, and by Galicia to overcome the 20 ships, will be in competition the Real Club Náutico de La Coruña, the also Herculino Club Marítimo de Oza, the Club Marítimo de Canido and the legendary Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona... in total more than twenty Galician ships. Great atmosphere for the Abanca Week in its asturian version, which began in the Ria de Vigo in the middle of last September, and reached its equator in Gijón, from there will go to Sada in the province of La Coruña, to celebrate three cycles of rowing in the Ria de Pontevedra and finish in Baiona, with cruise races.