Villagarcía will host the junior Europeans of 420 and 470 with more than 200 ships

Villagarcía will host the junior Europeans of 420 and 470 with more than 200 ships

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Se esperan en Villagarcía de Arosa del orden de los 400 barcos de tres continentes

They are expected in Villagarcía de Arosa of the order of the 200 ships of three continents

The mayor of Villagarcía, Alberto Varela, accompanied by the City Council of Sports, Argimiro Seren, and the director of the Sports Foundation, Juan Miguel Doval, visited the Galego de Vela Center to discuss organizational issues related to the European Championship of the European Youth classes 420 and 470, which is to be held in Vilagarcía from 23 to 30 July next. The president of the Royal Galician Federation of Vela, Manuel Villaverde, its vice-president Pedro Piñeiro, and Bruno Gago, technical director, shared the working day with the municipal representation.

During the visit, Gago, the federal technical director, showed one of the ships that will compete, the "Bewitched" of the Arousan Jacobo García and the Coruñés Toni Ripoll, current sub- 17 continental champions, and explained to the regator the characteristics of a 420, a preOlympic and "strategic" class for both the Spanish Federation and the Galician, in which the regatists of the autonomous community are giving huge joys and are among the best in the world.