Departure of the first race of the final in La Coruña (Photo Manuel Pedro)

The Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón with a crew composed of Raquel García Monteaguo, Marta Duran Cardeli, Covadonga Fernandez Diez, Carmen Ayuela Rinzon, Carmen Simal Veira, Marta Suarez Calvo, Raquel García Monteaguo and Elena Quevedo Passin; she proclaimed herself the winner of the Isabel Zendal- Gran Prix Concella da Coruña de crediaciones mujeres, in which they competed ten clubs and institutions... within the Abanca Week.

For its part, the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo with the crew composed of Paula Gonzalez Esteban, Paloma Gonzalez Esteban, Marta Torres Gestal, Estrela Campos Rodriguez and Patricia Saez Borreguero... was made with the second place of the general; being the bronze for the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo with Paula Da Rocha Iglesias, Sofia Martinez- Almeida Cuiña, Clara Vaquerizo Rey- Stolle, Irene Maria Martinez- Almeida Cuiña and Paloma Martinez De La Riva Baspino.

Spectacular the closing day in the river of La Coruña, with winds of 12 knots of southern component that facilitated the task of the judges, who could quickly and without problems complete the five sleeves planned, of which the girls of Gijón and Vigo achieved two victories... while the fifth was for the pontevedresas of Sanxenxo.

LDeparture of the first race of the final in La Coruña (Photo Manuel Pedro)

In the total computation the Astur de Regatas de Gijón (gathered the four sleeves of Saturday and the five of Sunday), totaled 14 points (4 first, 2 second and 2 third... dismissing a quarter), while the Nautico de Vigo had a point plus 15 (4 first, 2 second, a third and a fourth... dismissing a quarter)... so the Asturians won the Galician for just a point of difference!, which gives the idea of the tremendous equality of the competition between the first two.

The same was true in the struggle for bronze, as the Nautico de Sanxenxo reached 17 points (3 first, 3 second and 2 quarter... dismissing a quarter) and finally the Nautico de La Coruña, which added one more, 18 production of (2 first, 2 second and 4 third... despising a fourth).

In short, very positive experience was that of the first edition of the Abanca Week in a female crew competition with the Regata Isabel Zendal, in which the predominant note was equality, with victory for the club of Gijón, followed by Vigo, Sanxenxo and La Coruña... completing the table the Galician Universities, the Marin Naval School, the Monte Real Club of Yates de Baiona, the Real Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club of Getxo, the Vertigo Sailing de Vigo and the British University sex.

At the edge of the five o'clock in the afternoon, the award was held, with the sports headline of the Concello da Coruña, Mónica Martínez, president and Comodoro del Náutico de La Coruña, Fernándo Fernández de la Asociación Zendal, Jorge Senin de Abanca... and others, among which were two descendants of Isabel Zendal: Teresa Cendal and Isabel Cendal (the last name has varied in these two centuries).

The next event of the Abanca Week, the Grand Prix Receptación da Coruña de RemoMar in the waters of the river of Betanzos by the hand of the Nautico de Sada... which will be the last test of the Spanish League of the future Olympic rowing and in which will compete clubs of the Cantábrico, Portugal and the Mediterranean, with the best specialists of the peninsula from 12 to 14 November.

RCAR Gijón, the champion posing with the descendants of Isabel Zendal (Photo Manuel Pedro)

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FINAL CLASSIFICATION
1st Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón
2nd Royal Vigo Nautical Club
3rd Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo
4th Real Club Nautico de La Coruña
5th Galician Universities
6th Military Naval School of Marin
7th Monte Real Baiona Yacht Club
8th Royal Abra Maritime Club - Real Sporting Club de Getxo
9th Vertigo Sailing de Vigo
10th University Sussex

2021-10-23: Gijón, Vigo, Sanxenxo and La Coruña at the end of the Isabel Zendal- Abanca Week

On the morning of Saturday little wind (Photo Manuel Pedro)

The crews of the Astur de Regatas de Gijón and the nautical ones of Vigo, Sanxenxo and La Coruña will be chosen after the Previa Phase, to face Sunday in the final phase of the Regata Isabel Zendal- Grand Prix Concello da Coruña, which has opened the Abanca Week in the City of La Coruña.

Little wind in herculine waters, to the extent that it can be considered that the judges led by the Arosano Chuco Pérez Lapuente, have taken oil from the little north-west of 6 knots that accompanied the opening day of the Regata Isabel Zendal. Despite this, the goal was to close the Final Phase, and to reserve by caution the Sunday day for the great final, in which the first two of each group will be faced in one of four, with so many other races.

The woman is being the great protagonist in Abanca Week (Photo Manuel Pedro)

To highlight the great equality among the participating regatists of the 10 clubs and institutions: for no team has passed two victories in their groups. Those who managed to beat their rivals on two occasions were precisely those who will be at the very end: Gijón, Vigo, Sanxenxo and La Coruña... while the Viguesas of Sailing and the Galician Universities were scored one first each. The last two were left, in addition to the Marin's Miltar Naval School, the Abra Vizcadino Maritime and the British University of Sussex.

The crew changes were made in the river to gain time (Photo Manuel Pedro)

The crew who will be fighting the great final will be: Irene Rodriguez Rey, Carmen Solorzano Garcia, Soledad Mallo Riskor, Marta Belen Ribao Tabara, Alba Diaz Martinez and Apricio Alegria Pereira for the Náutico de La Coruña; Paula Da Rocha Iglesias, Sofia Martinez- Almeida Cuiña, Clara Vaquerizo Rey- Stolle, Irene Maria Martinez - Almeida Cuiña and Paloma de La Riva Baspino de Sanxeno; Raquel García Monteaguo, Día Días, García and the Palañas...

Image of the first manga with Vigo Vigo (Photo Manuel Pedro)

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FINAL CLASSIFICATION OF PREVIA FASE

GROUP A
1st Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón, 6 points; 2nd Real Club Nautico de Vigo, 8; 3rd Military Naval School, 11, 4th Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club de Getxo, 12, 5th Vertigo Sailing de Vigo, 13

GROUP B
1º Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, 8 points; 2nd Real Club Náutico de La Coruña, 8; 3rd Colleges Galician, 9; 4th Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, 11; 5th University Sussex, 14

2021-10-22: The Abanca Week arrives in La Coruña with the Isabel Zendal of female crews

Pilar Farjas, Roberto García, Bárbara Navas, Fernando Cobián, Monica Martínez and José Manuel Vilariño (Photo Manuel Pedro)

The Abanca Week comes this weekend to La Coruña, after more than a month of competitions in the Rias de Vigo, Pontevedra, Betanzos and the River Miño; in which hundreds of nautical athletes have competed in Olympic sailing, heavy sailing, pyragüism, traditional rowing, ergometer rowing and nautical skiing.

The specialty in the Coruñesa ría, by the hand of the Royal Nautico Club, will be the J80 mono-type candle... in which they will compete, female crews in their entirety with a sense of tribute and memory towards the unforgettable Isabel Zendal.

The event was presented at the facilities of the Real Club Náutico de La Coruña, and had the presence of several directors of the Club including its president Fernando Cobián, the sports councilwoman of A Coruña Mónica Martínez, the sports delegate of the Galician executive Roberto García, the responsible for institutional relations of Abanca Juan Manuel Vilariño, the deputy director of Carris Marineda Barbara Navas and the president of the Isabel Zendal Association, Pilar Farjas.

The race will have many of the promises of the Spanish women's sailing... that will fight for the colors of the Mount Real Club of Yates of Bayona; Náuticos de Vigo, Sanxenxo and La Coruña; Vértigo-La Lagoa de Vigo; the clubs of Gijón and Getxo; two universities, with a selection of the Galician and the British University of Succes and as a closure of the Spanish Navy. At stake will be the Regata Isabel Zendal- Grand Prix Concello da Coruña, in which the ten crews that will have 5 or 6 components (depending on weight) will compete first in two groups of five, to contest the first two of each the great final on Sunday.

A moment of the presentation of the Isabel Zendal Regata in the Nautico de La Coruña (Photo Manuel Pedro)

All teams will be able to despise a score every 8 sleeves held... in which they do not participate. They'll be short tests with a 30-minute time limit, very technical... The crews, will have as headquarters the Hotel Carris Marineda... being the first two to arrive (they did it on the afternoon - Thursday night) the British and the Basque.

In the water much level with regatists called to be in the front line and even think of Olympic key: the African Alonso Patron of Galician Universities that was champion of Spain of 420, by the Náutico de Vigo Paloma González, the Abra de Getxo brings one of the Basque promises of cane: Joana Abasola, Sanxenxo has the contest of another of the great as is Paula de Rocha with a past in the spectacular class optmist, Irene Rodríguez Rey will be the patron of the Náutico of La Corña, and the team of the Spanish Guardia is essentially responsible for the area of the area of the city of the city of the city, and is responsible for the area of the city of the city.

High-flight race in La Coruña that fits the philosophy of the Abanca Week. Years ago he achieved and encouraged participation among others (when he was Caixanova) of Xammar, Tritel, Bugallo, Nico Rodríguez, Botín, Tamara Echegoyen, Sofía Toro. Now the desire is that in Herculine waters, we can enjoy our youngest promises, which because they can not... be in the short term, the successors of which they are already consecrated.