The Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club was the major protagonist of the thirteenth edition of the Gala del Deporte-Getxo Sasoi Sasoian in Olatua, the cruise terminal of the Getxo Sports Port.

José Azqueta has the candle printed on his genes... son of the great and unforgettable president of the Maritime José Luis Azqueta Galíndez... who will surely be proud wherever he is

José Azqueta, a patron of the 'Biobizz' and best male senior sportsman, received the award as a most prominent sportsman from the mayor of Getxo Amaia Agirre. Along with him, they also did merit to bring him boxer Jon Migez, the shirt Virginia Díaz and the hockey player Victoria Madariaga, the other finalists. José Azqueta and his crew from the 'Biobizz' were fifth in the J80 World Cup in Getxo and third in the Spanish Championship. The award takes an extensive course in the world of sailing. When the School of Vela José Luis Ugarte was founded in 1991, José Azqueta was in the first race team in Snipe and later in Laser, in which he remained six years. He then rejoined the Cruise until in 2012 he bought his first J80. José Azqueta was erected in 2019 as one of the major protagonists in the Getxo World Cup of the J80 class. With the 'Biobizz' and its crew was always among the best in the world and was classified in a more than meritorious and surprising fifth square. He was also a third in the Spanish Championship. A beautiful trajectory since José Azqueta started in the sailing at the Real Club Marítimo del Abra in a few workshops when he was only six years old.

The puppies of the Maritime... the youth crew of the "J80 Worlds 2019 Getxo"

A team of young people from the Royal Abra Maritime Club - Real Sporting Club was also recognized as World Champion and Junior Spain in the J80 class. For these regatists of the future, 2019 was a year of dream. The youth crew of the 'J80 Worlds 2019 Getxo' of the School of Vela José Luis de Ugarte took the world title of this class in Getxo in its category after having also been a little before Spanish champion in Santander. Nicolás Viar, Silvia Marcé, Tomás Trueba, Manolo Rey-Baltar and Juan Olábarri, who took the most exciting ovation in the award of that world championship, were also recognized with the Gallito Prize to the most outstanding of the year. At the Getxo Sasoi Sasoian Awards they found the best colophone in their season.

Ramón Zubiaga president of the Maritime receiving the institutional award to work as Club

And in the category of Special Awards, in the section Getxo Zabala, the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club was awarded for its work in promoting the candle. The award, collected by President Ramón Zubiaga, was for a Club that will soon be 125 years old. It was born in 1898 as a result of the merger of the Real Sporting Club and the Real Club Marítimo del Abra and its main activity, which covers three centuries, is the practice of sailing, with regatta during most of the weekends of each year. And since its foundation, the Maritime began to organize races that are already classic, or international quotes like the World Cup J80 last July 2019 that have made it a reference. It has developed over the years, and it has been understood by the City Council of Getxo, an intense activity in the waters of the Abra, especially in the promotion of the base through its emblematic School of Selling José Luis de Ugarte, which dates from 1991 and in which about 1,000 children who want to start in the sport of the candle, a modality that shines thanks to the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club each year. "We are very lucky to live in Getxo, by the sea, and to be able to practice this great sport we have been trying to spread for almost 125 years. We encourage you to practice it," said President Ramón Zubiaga, in his thanks and intervention addressed to the audience that filled the Olatua compound.