The female participation was important in the Iberian (Pictures Val Miñor Visual)

The Riders of the Dumies of Ourense Antonio Castelo in Open Male and Alejandra Alonso in Féminas, were proclaimed winners of the Iberian Wakesurf-Trophy Xunta of Galicia, which was held at the Pista do Miño between the border cities of Valença do Minho and Tui and which organized the Galician Federation, immersed in the Abanca Week; with the support of the Dumies and the Maritime Club of Vigo.

It was a long day on Saturday in the waters of the Miño, with an intense bunch of sleeves in the morning, with a stop from noon until 5: 00 in the afternoon... because in the Track the pyroguas competed. After the parenthesis the Riders continued the competition, in search of the resolution of the places of honor of this Iberian Championship.

In Rookies, the victory was for Miguel Baz Androver, followed by Carlos Núñez and Gregorio García Comas... who formed the podium of this class. Two of the favorites such as Pablo Juan Miletich and the national champion of ski figures, Alvaro Montes... had to settle for being fourth and fifth respectively.

Antonio Castelo winner of the Iberian Open (Photo Val Miñor Visual)

In Boys, he defeated the Vigues Luis Wizner in front of Ulises Romero... a Wizner of the saga of the super-known regatists, case of his older brother who was appointed three years ago to the Comodoro de Honor de la Semana Abanca, after memorable performances in class 420 at the national and international levels: Martin Wizner, a whole world champion, as well as his father Laureano who in the AVE with José María Lastra the cane was part of the crew that won the Quarter Ton Cup, of the world category... or costed two Europeans in snipe.

In female the great favorite, the Orensana Alejandra Alonso made the prognosis good, while Mia Guzmán was silver and Aitana Vidal the bronze.

In Open Skim Antonio Castelo was defeated, ahead of Alfonso... while in Open he repeated Castelo's victory, followed by Manuel Bodega and Alejandro Iglesias. For its part Rey España obtained the fourth square, while the vineyard Rui Andrade was the fifth.

The winners at the Wakesurf Iberian Cup with the Ponte Internacional in the background (Photo Pedro Seoane)

With the Tui International Bridge, a monument that is attributed to Eiffel, but which was actually designed by the Riojan engineer Pelayo Mancebo and the presidency of the act of the mayor of the millennia City of Tui, the former capital of Galicia, Enrique Cabaleiro... was celebrated the award of the prizes to the pants at the Interfederate Centre, which were awarded to the fifteen medallists, in which the Abanca Week was represented by José Luis Romero.

The next act the Iberian of the Olympic Class ILCA in the Ria de Vigo

For next weekend one of the strong dishes of the Abanca Week. It is returned to the Concello de Vigo Trophy and will be in the Regatas Field of the Cí Islands, with the Iberian Championship of ILCA, Olympic class of female sailing (ILCA 6) and male (ILCA 7), amen of the junior category (ILCA 4). In total more than 150 lasers from Spain and Portugal... the last to confirm their presence in Vigo, in this competition of organizing the Maritime Club of Canido with the support of the Maritime of Vigo: Euskadi, Cantabria, Asturias and Extremadura. The Abanca Week has its competitions in Galicia Sur, before moving in its final part to the province of Coruñesa, where they will close the reference event of multinativa at the national level, the races that organize the Nautical Cabanas Club in Ferrolterra and the Real Nautical Club of La Coruña... with the Isabel Zendal Feminina and the International City of La Coruña of Optimist- Regata Aurelio Fernández Lage, with two hundred optimistic in the herculine bay.

2022-09-09: Abanca Week: Tui enters the elite of the wakesurf with the Ibérico-Xunta of Galicia

The Orensian Alexandra Alonso in the middle of wakesurf (Photo Jacobo Pereira)

The oldest shipping sport, the wakesurf, is already officially part of the Abanca Week that this Saturday has a specific event with Iberian Championship rank and the Xunta Trophy of Galicia in play, organized by the Dumies of Ourense, the Maritime Club of Vigo and the Galician Federation of Nautical Skiing, which chairs Jacobo Pereira.

It will be the first clue that the Pista do Miño de Tui, which has an excellent situation in an exceptional natural setting on horseback between the border cities of Tui and Valença de Minho, which also has the modern and multi-purpose Tui Interfederate Center... is part of the national Wakesurf elite,

Tui thus joins the national group of tracks with: Interpeñas (Guadalajara), Seseña (Toledo), Ventallo (Girona), Gimenells (Lleida), Vic (Barcelona), Ski Pepe (Mallorca), Pinto (Madrid). Benidorm (Alicante), Zaragoza (Aragon), Castelldefels (Barcelona), Cubelles (Tarragona) and Marbella (Málaga).

The Abanca Week had been in project for several editions to have an act of relevance in the ancient capital of Galicia and cradle of which was the first king of Portugal: Afonso I el Galaico... and everything has been realized for this year, in which the Galician Federation of Nautical Skiing has bet on the decision of the organizers, of which is the multinational event concerning the national level.

Five will be the categories in Tui: Rookies, Open, Féminas, Boys and Open Skim style, starting the sleeves at 10: 00 a.m. and ending at 7: 00 p.m.... with a break from one to four in the afternoon, and closing the delivery of medals at the Interfederate, which will be chaired by the Concello de Tui. A total of 20 raiders, with high quality.

Antonio Castedo del San Telmo de Tui in wakesurf (Photo Jacobo Pereira)

Among the Rookies the Spanish champion of nautical ski figures, the Composteran Alvaro Montes who will represent Dummies of Ourense is the great favorite... in Open Antonio Castelo Lourido, Alejandro Iglesias and Alfonso Rey were the ones who formed the podium of the last Iberian of Wakesurf... in the category of females count for the victory the Mio Guzman, the pontevedresa of the Náutico of Arcade Martina Senra... as well as the Orensana Alejandra Alonso (in the Silver of the Iberian and the Bronze (in the Vital).

In the division of Boys, Luis Wizner, a member of a family of great nautical athletes... his father the onubense Laureano Wizner is one of the best patterns of the Spanish candle of recent years... and two of his brothers are great short-term hopes for the Olympic candle of our country: Tui is already part of the map of the Spanish wakesurf tracks.