The Royal Nautical Club of Valencia this week has hosted the Spanish University Championship

This afternoon the Spanish University Championship, organized by the Universitat Politècnica de València in collaboration with the Real Club Náutico de Valencia, has been completed in Valencian waters, in which the teams of regats from 15 universities from all over the national territory have participated.

The teams have measured forces on equal terms on board identical vessels model Tom28, first during the round robin phase and today in the final series, in which the first six classified have become part of the Gold group and the six seconds have competed in the Silver group.

The qualifying series of the first two days resulted in an Oro group composed of the universities of Murcia, Vigo, A Coruña, Balearic Islands and the Polytechnics of València and Catalonia. The silver group, for its part, has been formed by the University of València, the University of Almería, the Catholic San Antonio, the International of Catalonia and the Polytechnic of Cartagena.

The high level of the participants has resulted in a very intense final day in which the suspension has remained to the end, with an exciting duel between Murcia and Vigo that has finally been paid for by the bats. Thus, the first manga of the day was for Murcia, with Vigo in second position and the Politècnica de Catalunya third. The second test repeated this result, anticipating a final Bat victory less than Vigo defeated and Murcia arrived in fifth position.

In the final test Murcia entered fifth and Vigo was the first to cross the line of arrival, but was penalized by playing with his spi the ship of the committee, leaving sixth in the test, with the first square for the Politècnica de Catalunya, second for Illes Balears and third for La Coruña.

Thus, the final classification awarded the title of Champion of Spain to Murcia, followed by the Politècnica de Catalunya and with the third square for Vigo. In the silver group, the first classified was the Catholic of San Antonio, followed by Almería and Valencia.

10 / 04 / 2019: The Nautico of Valencia meeting point for the National University of Vela

The official tests that have started today will have a previous round robin phase in which the teams will all sail against all during the days today Tuesday and tomorrow Wednesday... the first six classified of this phase will pass to the Gold Group and the next six will integrate the Silver Group to fight the final phase on Thursday

The Real Club Náutico de Valencia has this week become a meeting point of university regatists who participate in the Spanish Championship of Sailing University, organized by the Universitat Politècnica de València with the collaboration of the Valencian club. This is a university test that is held each year at a different point in Spanish geography, and brings together the teams of races of the different faculties, thus encouraging the practice of sport and interuniversity coexistence.

The members of 15 universities from all over the national territory, from Vigo to Malaga, passing through Comillas, Granda, Baleares, Catalonia, Balearic Islands and, of course, Valencia, which is represented by the University of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of València, will sail on board six identical vessels model Tom28 to determine the equipment that will be taken home the precious trophy.