In the image that adorns this article the next Xeral Secretary for O Sport of Galicia when he said goodbye to his position in Galicia for the march to Madrid in 2016, and that he did so presiding the Gala do Remo Galego held in Marín (Photo Pedro Seoane)

News of reach today in Galician sport... the President of the Higher Council of Sports of the Government of Spain has officially confirmed his return to Galicia, and next week will be confirmed as Xeral Secretary for O Sport by the Galician Government, replacing Marta Miguez who in this way only serves half of his mandate. José Ramón Lete Lasa has been one of the most important sports leaders with his support for Abanca Week, since it was Caixanova Week at the beginning of this century.

The Abanca Week has a position of appreciation for this fact, as has it for Santiago Domínguez Olveira, both in his stage at the head of the Galician sport, and for the Vigués... as well as for the mayor of Cerceda and vice president of the Recession of A Coruña and for the current Vigués mayor Abel Caballero who has been contudente and decisive in the prestige achieved in recent years by this macro-event, which has the honour of having been distinguished by the Xunta of Galicia as "Strategic Event of the Sport of Galicia and to be one of the Concelidos of the Vigo."