Alejandro Fresneda and Javier López the absolute champions in the European Master Laser... Fernando Rita and Juan Magro of Mahón, win in Master class... the Asturians José Palacio and Francisco Palacio take the Grand Master trophy... and the Legend Master title has been for the bats José Pérez and Jorge Juan Soriano

After three days of competition at sea and a lot of ground animation, the European Snipe Master Championship, which has brought together the most prominent teams of this kind of light candle with two crew members in the Master category, was concluded today at the Royal Nautical Club in Valencia.

With an impeccable performance that has kept them at the head of the classification at all times, the almeriens Alejandro Fresneda and Javier López have been made with the absolute title, followed by the lute Tiago Roquette and Dries Crombe and with the third place for the couple formed by José Luis Maldonado and Alexandre Tinoco, of the RCN Valencia.

The regatists of the Almería Sea Club, Alejandro Fresneda and Javier López, who have not come down from the head of the table throughout the championship, today signed their worst result, a fifth square that has been discarded and a third in the last test, which have confirmed them as absolute champions and in the category Aprentice Master. The Portuguese Tiago Roquette and Dries Crombe of We Do Sailing have been able to keep the second position throughout the race, and after dismissing their worst mark on the first sleeve today, they take the silver in both the absolute category and the one over 45 years. The third position in both has also been held by José Luis Maldonado and Alexandre Tinocco, RCN Valencia.

The regatists of the Club Marítimo de Mahón, Fernando Rita and Juan Magro have been able to hold hands with their fellow club Damián Borras and Jordi Triay, rising with the title of Master champion with the fourth square of the general table. For their part, Borrás and Triay are subchampions Master and fifths in general and the Italians Alberto Schiaffino and Giuseppe Prosperi take the bronze Master in the 12th general position.

The Grand Master category, reserved for patterns over 65 years of age, has had as winners the couple formed by José Palacio and Francisco Palacio del Real Club Astur de Regatas, which have been eleventh in the general. The second position in this category has been for Jorn Haga del RCN Motril, sailing next to the Carthagenera Esperanza Péreza, and with the Italians Roberto Tozzi and Giuseppe Borelli completing the podium.

Finally, the winners in the highest category of the championship, the Legend Master, whose patterns are over 75 years old, have been the bats José Pérez and Jorge Juan Soriano, of CN Los Nietos, followed by the Portuguese duo formed by Daniel Fins and Cristina Domingos and with the third place for the Belgians André Callot and Eric Callot.

The regatist of the Real Club Náutico de Valencia, José María "Nano" Belda, who at the age of 85 did not want to miss the competition, has received an honorary plaque during the delivery of trophies, which recognizes his 75 years as a partner of the club as well as his long career as regatist of Snipe, with which he has achieved numerous titles.

02 / 05 / 2019: The European Master of Snipe in Valencia began with much equality

Almeries Alejandro Fresneda and Javier López lead the classification with the Portuguese Tiago Roquete and Dries Crombe

The European Snipe Master Championship today has lived its first day of competition at the Royal Nautical Club in Valencia, in which the 91 participating teams have been made to sea to fight two intense tests. The large fleet, composed of regatists of 11 different nationalities, has been divided into the yellow and blue groups to dispute the tests, whose scores have been combined at the end of the day to offer a joint provisional classification.

The participating teams have demonstrated their high level at sea, which results in a tight head of table, led by Alejandro Fresneda and Javier López of the Club de Mar de Almería, with two first positions in the two tests held, identical to that of the second classified, the Portuguese Tiago Roquete and Dries Crombe, who have competed in the other group.

The Valencians José Luis Maldonado and Alexandre Tinoco occupy the third provisional square with a third and a second, also closing a provisional podium of the Apprentice Master class, category in which patterns between 45 and 54 years of age compete.

The fourth general and first place in the Master category, with patterns between 55 and 64 years old, is occupied by the Italians Enrico Michel and Antonia Contin, who have been fourth in the first manga of the day and second in the second. They are followed by the current world champions of Snipe Master, Damián Borras and Jordi Triay, also with six points in total and occupying the fifth general square and the second in the Master category.

The Grand Master category, in which patterns over the age of 65 participate, has as provisional leaders José Palacio and Francisco Palacio, of the RCAR, octavos de la general, while the most senior category, the Legend Master, which brings together those over the age of 75, would be led by the couple formed by José Pérez Morales and Jorge Juan Soriano, of the CN Los Nietos, in position 52 of the general table.

30 / 04 / 2019: The European Snipe Master Championship begins in Valencia with the presence of 11 countries

No less than 98 snipes have been given appointment in Valencian waters

After the end of the Grand Valencia Trophy of Snipe class this Sunday, in the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia, the impending beginning of the European Snipe Master Championship, which begins tomorrow first of May and will end on Sunday... and will bring together snipers over 45 years of age from 11 different countries, who will compete in Valencian waters for three intense days.

The current defenders of the Master World Champion's title, Damián Borras and Jordi Triay, of the Mahon Maritime Club... will be one of the favorite teams to rise with the victory, but they will have to take very seriously the American couple Ernesto Rodríguez and Kathleen Tocke who, while not eligible for the European title, will be a hard rival to beat in the open trophy.

The test will also include the Menorcan crew formed by Fernando Rita and Juan Magro, the current subchampion of the class world, as well as the canary Fernando León, the Olympic medalist in Atlanta in the Tornado class, who competes with Antonio del Castillo... other firm candidates for the title are the Spanish Alejandro Fresneda and Javier López Fernández, the couple formed by the Portuguese Tiago Roquette and the Belgian Dries Crombe, or Manu Hens and Maj Kristin Hansen Borgen (Belgium - Norway) to the favorites.

The 98 participating snipes will compete in fleet format, that is, they will do it together... so both the speed and the strategy to get on the exits and take the best course will be decisive to achieve victory.