Baltasar, Aranzueque and Lamadrid podium of the Spanish Cup iQFoy- Abanca Week

The iQFoil and Windsurf Formula Foil podium with representatives of Abanca and the Maritimos clubs of Canido and Vigo (Photo Pedro Seoane)

It ended in the waters of the Vigo Ria, the Rías Baixas II version of the Abanca Week, dedicated to the Olympic class iQFoil and the two specialities of Formula Foil and Formula Windsurf... and it did so with a bitter taste, as the wind was partially absent on Friday and entirely on Saturday and Sunday... by unfolding the events, of which only two valid sleeves of the Spanish Championship of iQFoil Grand Prix Xunta de Galicia, one of the Formula Foil and none of the Formula Windsurf were held.

The specialist who will represent Spain in Paris 2024; Nacho Baltasar del Náutic Sa Rápita de Mallorca, the fruit of two sleeves in which he achieved a fourth and a first took the Spanish Cup... and also with validity because the requirement was that two sleeves be held.

The Alicantino Jorge Aranzueque of Santa Pola noted in his locker a second and a third... which carried a total of five points like the Mallorcan, but the first one achieved by his rival prevented him from achieving gold, having to conform to silver. The bronze was for the Andalusian Fernando Lamadrid.

In girls the favorite was the one that is the highest candidate for the women's Olympic square: the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid, which on Friday was overtaken by the Barcelona Julia Gómez of the Nàutic El Balís Club, which was the female winner in Vigo. At the level of the Gallegos who competed in this Olympic class, the Orensian Nicolás Blanco de Castrelo de Miño was the thirteenth and the vineyard Lucas Maceira, the fourteenth.

The iQFoil Baltasar podium (Baleares) and Julia Gómez (Catalonia), Aranzueque (Valencia) and Lamadrid (Andalusia) (Photo Pedro Seoane)

For their part, the participants in the Spanish Formula Foil Windsurf Championship were the most damaged, since they were left without official title, because they were unable to celebrate two valid sleeves... becoming an official race but without validity of national championship, with the name of the Trophy Recession of Pontevedra, which was won by the Andalusian Martínez del Cerro, closing the podium the Galician Ignacio Fernández that achieved the silver and the Portuguese Miguel Martinho of the Portimáo Maritime, which was made with the bronze... completing the best vigués Fabio and the fifth that Juan Ventos de la Parñada.

The Abanca Week will be fired in its 2023 edition of Vigo with the latest competition of the Concello de Vigo Trophy that will have in play amen of the Villa de Bouzas de Cruises Trophy, the Galician Cruise Championship ORC and the Iberian of Reduced Tripulations (A Two and A Three).

The Bouzas Maritime Liceo has announced that more than 50 ships will participate, making it the second heavy-sailing Galicia race with the largest number of participants.

From here on, the Abanca Week will set the course for La Coruña where three high-flight events are held within the Rías Altas version... among them the Spanish J80 Champions League, in which the twelve best crews of this monotype will compete nationally.

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1º Nacho Baltasar (CN Sa Rápita de Mallorca) (Balearic Islands), 4-1 = points
2nd Jorge Aranzueque (CN Santa Pola de Alicante) (Valencia), 3-2 = 5
3rd Fernando Lamadrid (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 2-6 = 8
4th Aurelio Terry (CN Sevilla) (Andalusia) 5-3 = 8
5th Alex Martí (CM Altafulla de Tarragona) (Catalonia), 8-4 = 12
6th Guillem Segu (CN Salou de Tarragona) (Catalonia), 6-8 = 14
7th Bernat Tomás (CN S'Arenal) (Balearic Islands), 1-16 = 17
8th Oscar Casas (CM San Antonio de la Playa) (Valencia), 12-5 = 17
9th Santiago Costa (CN El Balís de Barcelona) (Catalonia), 7-13 = 20
10th Julia Gómez (CN El Balís de Barcelona) (Catalonia), 11-9 = 20
Eleventh Alejandro Arauz (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 14-7 = 21
12th Pilar Lamadrid) (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 9-12 = 21
Thirteenth Nicolas Blanco (CN Castrelo de Miño) (Galicia), 10-11 = 21
Fourteenth Lucas Maceira (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 13-10 = 23
Fifteenth Yannick Letsch (CN Portimao) (Portugal), 16-16 = 32

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1 Fernando Martínez del Cerro (CV Dársena del Pto.Sta.María) (Andalusia), 1 point
2nd Ignacio Fernández (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 2
3rd Miguel Martinho (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 3
4th Fabio Gonzalez (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 4
5th John Parada (Catro Ventes de Riveira) (Galicia), 5
6th Margarida Gil (CN Cascais) (Portugal), 6
7th Carlos Amorim (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 7
8 ° Lucca Barros (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 8

2023-09-30: Abanca Week: Balearic Islands, Valencia and Andalusia podium in iQFoil in the absence of a day

Bernart Tomás (Arenal- Mallorca), Julia Gómez (Balis- Barcelona), Nacho Baltasar (Rápita- Mallorca) (Yepa Photography)

Nacho Baltasar del Náutic Sa Rápita de Mallorca and the Andalusian Fernando Martínez del Cerro, continue to lead the Spanish Cup of the Olympic Class iQFail- Xunta de Galicia and the Spanish Championship of Windsurf- Recutation of Pontevedra respectively, after the conclusion of the second day of these competitions of the Abanca Week, in the waters of the Ria de Vigo; of the hand of the Club Marítimo de Canido and of the Marítimo de Vigo, in which the main judge of both events on the edge of the five of the afternoon, in the second day of the day of the wind, to the end of the day of the day of the day.

A desperate day in the river of Vigo, with high temperatures and in which despite the efforts for more than six hours of the judges with the Coruñés Carlos Sardiña at the front, it was absolutely impossible for a manga to be held.

Only at the edge of four o'clock in the afternoon it seemed that a soft north-west of six knots would be set in the area of Cis... but it was all a lack of alarm of hope, because I went down to just four... to then disappear and prevent the opening of the test locker

In view of this situation at the meeting held by all the technical cadres, with coaches and participants, it was decided when it was five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Canido Maritime Club to cancel the testing schedule and to convene the regatists in both the Spanish Cup of iQFoil and the National Formula Windsurf to start the competition if possible by nine and a half o'clock Sunday morning.

Whatever happens on Sunday the Spanish Cup of iQFoil will be valid with two sleeves held on Friday (under rule 2.4.9 paragraph b of the Competitions Regulation of the Royal Spanish Federation of Sailing), but both Formula Windsurf and Formula Foil that are playing their Spanish Championship will necessarily have to reach two sleeves and so far the Formula Foil have a race held by none of the Formula Windsurf... Balearic, Valencia and Andalusia podium of iQFoil and Andalusia, Galicia and Portugal of Windsurf

Finally, it should be noted that at seven o'clock on Saturday and taking advantage of the celebration of these events of the Abanca Week in Vigo, the annual assembly of the windsurfing class was held in the facilities of the Club Marítimo de Canido.

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1º Nacho Baltasar (CN Sa Rápita de Mallorca) (Balearic Islands), 4-1 = points
2nd Jorge Aranzueque (CN Santa Pola de Alicante) (Valencia), 3-2 = 5
3rd Fernando Lamadrid (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 2-6 = 8
4th Aurelio Terry (CN Sevilla) (Andalusia) 5-3 = 8
5th Alex Martí (CM Altafulla de Tarragona) (Catalonia), 8-4 = 12
6th Guillem Segu (CN Salou de Tarragona) (Catalonia), 6-8 = 14
7th Bernat Tomás (CN S'Arenal) (Balearic Islands), 1-16 = 17
8th Oscar Casas (CM San Antonio de la Playa) (Valencia), 12-5 = 17
9th Santiago Costa (CN El Balís de Barcelona) (Catalonia), 7-13 = 20
10th Julia Gómez (CN El Balís de Barcelona) (Catalonia), 11-9 = 20
Eleventh Alejandro Arauz (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 14-7 = 21
12th Pilar Lamadrid) (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 9-12 = 21
Thirteenth Nicolas Blanco (CN Castrelo de Miño) (Galicia), 10-11 = 21
Fourteenth Lucas Maceira (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 13-10 = 23
Fifteenth Yannick Letsch (CN Portimao) (Portugal), 16-16 = 32

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1 Fernando Martínez del Cerro (CV Dársena del Pto.Sta.María) (Andalusia), 1 point
2nd Ignacio Fernández (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 2
3rd Miguel Martinho (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 3
4th Fabio Gonzalez (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 4
5th John Parada (Catro Ventes de Riveira) (Galicia), 5
6th Margarida Gil (CN Cascais) (Portugal), 6
7th Carlos Amorim (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 7
8 ° Lucca Barros (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 8
The rest did not enter within the time limit set

2023-09-29: Nacho Baltasar de Baleares leader of the iQFoil Spanish Cup - Abanca Week

Exit of the first manga of iQFoil in the Cis Islands (Photo Yepa Photography)

Nacho Baltasar of the Náutic Sa Rápita of Mallorca, leads the Spanish Cup of the Olympic Class iQFoil after the conclusion of the first day of this competition of the Abanca Week, in the waters of the Ria de Vigo; by the hand of the Club Marítimo de Canido. The balear showed why its classification for Paris 2024, after two partial of 4 ° -1... after Baltasar is located the alicantino Jorge Aranzueque tied to points with the mallorquin, the third being the Andalusian Fernando Lamadrid of the Club de Mar of Puerto Sherry, completing the top five Aurelio Terry of the Náutico of Seville and the tarraconense Alex Martí.

For its part, the favorite for the women's square in the Parisian Olympiad, the number two in the world Pilar Lamadrid, tried to compete in conditions of wind that favored him, and had to be satisfied to finish the day in the tenth position, equal to points of the Gaditano Alejandro Arauz, and the Orensian of the Nautico Castrelo de Miño, which was the best galician of the provisional table, ahead of the vineyard Lucas Maceira del Rodeira de Cangas.

The world's number two Pilar Lamadrid in the Friday closing test (Photo Yepa Photography)

The wind did not appear in the Ria de Vigo until five o'clock in the afternoon, a northwest of 10 knots... which allowed to celebrate two sleeves in the field 2 very close to the Cies (where the iQFoil competed) and one in 1 more towards the center of the Ria de Vigo... in which the Formula Foil managed to barely complete a manga the "Foil," while the Formula Windsurf were unable to compete.

In Formula Foil the victory of the Andalusian Fernando Martínez del Cerro, a class in which only eight windsurfers entered within the time limit set by the judges... those who scored were Gallegos (Rodeira and Catro Ventos de La Coruña and Portuguese (Portimao and Cascais).

For the second day Saturday, starting at 12: 00 in the morning, for the three classes in competition.

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1º Nacho Baltasar (CN Sa Rápita de Mallorca) (Balearic Islands), 4-1 = points
2nd Jorge Aranzueque (CN Santa Pola de Alicante) (Valencia), 3-2 = 5
3rd Fernando Lamadrid (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 2-6 = 8
4th Aurelio Terry (CN Sevilla) (Andalusia) 5-3 = 8
5th Alex Martí (CM Altafulla de Tarragona) (Catalonia), 8-4 = 12
6th Guillem Segu (CN Salou de Tarragona) (Catalonia), 6-8 = 14
7th Bernat Tomás (CN S'Arenal) (Balearic Islands), 1-16 = 17
8th Oscar Casas (CM San Antonio de la Playa) (Valencia), 12-5 = 17
9th Santiago Costa (CN El Balís de Barcelona) (Catalonia), 7-13 = 20
10th Julia Gómez (CN El Balís de Barcelona) (Catalonia), 11-9 = 20
Eleventh Alejandro Arauz (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 14-7 = 21
12th Pilar Lamadrid) (CM Puerto Sherry) (Andalusia), 9-12 = 21
Thirteenth Nicolas Blanco (CN Castrelo de Miño) (Galicia), 10-11 = 21
Fourteenth Lucas Maceira (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 13-10 = 23
Fifteenth Yannick Letsch (CN Portimao) (Portugal), 16-16 = 32

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1 Fernando Martínez del Cerro (CV Dársena del Pto.Sta.María) (Andalusia), 1 point
2nd Ignacio Fernández (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 2
3rd Miguel Martinho (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 3
4th Fabio Gonzalez (RCN Rodeira) (Galicia), 4
5th John Parada (Catro Ventes de Riveira) (Galicia), 5
6th Margarida Gil (CN Cascais) (Portugal), 6
7th Carlos Amorim (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 7
8 ° Lucca Barros (CM Portimao) (Portugal), 8
The rest did not enter within the time limit set

2023-09-29: The Abanca Week in Canido with the National Windsurfing and the iQFoil Spanish Cup

The components of the Team of Spain face Paris 2024 with the federal technicians in the Maritime of Canido (Photo Pedro Seoane)

They begin in the Cis Island Regatas Field in the Ria de Vigo, the Spanish Championship of Formula Windsurf Trophy Reciptation of Pontevedra and the Spanish Cup of the Olympic Class iQFoil Grand Prix Xunta de Galicia, events immersed in the Abanca Week of the hand of the Club Marítimo de Canido and the Club Marítimo de Vigo... in competition of more than half a hundred windsurfers of Galicia, Andalusia, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia, Madrid, Castile La Mancha and Aragon, as well as of the archipelago and the mainland of Portugal. On the horizon the definitive closure of the Spanish Olympic Team for the iQFoil class face Paris 2024.

The historic day for the Canido Maritime Club presided over by Juan Pablo Cividanes, who, despite having one of the best sailing schools in the Atlantic, with ships and elite regatists... had never organized a Spanish sailing championship in its 54 years of history: it will be the first of many more that will come safely, since it has one of the best regatta fields on the Peninsula, as is that of the Cis Islands... with an incomparable beauty.

Finally, motivated by the technical requirements and peculiarities of iQFoil as an Olympic class... the Organization has decided that it should be two race fields: number 1 to two miles of Canido, and number 2 to three already in the area near the Cis Islands as originally planned.

This decision of the last few hours, has put in place the operation that is in charge of Emilio Méndez, director of the Club de Canido... which has decided that the Coruñés Carlos Sardina command Camp number 1 (closer to the area of the island of Toralla two miles from Canido), the Andalusian Javier Blanco (national secretary of the class ILCA) will do the same with the number 2, where the Olympic will sail... very close to the Cis Islands. The Jury will be president of the Andalusian Pedro Macías being the vice of the same, the Ferrolano Pedro Alarcón (who is the mandamas of the Galician College).

Aranzueque, Lamadrid, Baltasar and Tomas, standing the coaches Sanz and Fernandez, at the bottom of the Cis Islands (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The competition will begin at the edge of 12: 00 in the morning, with the tension that the Olympic team for Paris is not determined to a hundred percent... the great favorites a priori the Sevillana Pilar Lamadrid, and the Majorcan Nacho Baltasar... as well as the pre-Olympic Bernat Tomas of the Balearic Islands and the Sicantine Jorge Aranzueque.

Galicia presents the largest representation with a total of 17 athletes... 5 in iQFoil (Nicolás Blanco de Castrelo de Miño and four of the Náutico Rodeira de Cangas: Blanco, González, Roca and the Maceiras brothers), while the Andalusians that are also five, present a very close team, as amen de Pilar Lamadrid are in Vigo: Terry, de Andres Maetzu, Fernando Lamadrid and Arouz. Also very strong Catalonia with Segu, Costa, Martí and Gómez. Portugal will be one of its most prominent Riders: Yannick Letsch de Portimao.

In FWF Formula Foil Galicia has 8 regatists, representing the Coruñés club of Catro Vento, as well as Castrelo de Miño and Rodeira de Cangas. To highlight athletes from Aragón and Castilla La Mancha and six who come from Portugal. Finally in FWS Formula Windsurfing, the great favorite is the Gaduitano Roberto Ortiz, current champion of Spain who competes for the Naval Regatas Commission of Cadiz. In this very divided division those who will compete: Galicia (Limens and Castrelo), Andalucía (Valdelagrana and Puerto Sherry), Castilla La Mancha (Vicario Pantanicola), Madrid (Valmayor), Baleares (S'Arenal) and Portugal (Portimao and Cascais).

2023-09-26 Abanca Week: Pilar Lamadrid and Nacho Baltasar in the iQFoil Spanish Cup

Nacho Baltasar and Bernat Tomas of the team of Spain of iQFoil with the representatives of Abanca, Xunta, Federation and the Maritime of Canido and Vigo (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Rías Baixas II version of the Abanca Week was officially presented at the facilities of the Canido Maritime Club; it will take place in the middle of the Cis Islands' Regatta Field, in the Vigo Ria... and make up two events: the Spanish Windsurfing Championship and the iQFoil Olympic Class Spanish Cup.

The event was attended by the secretary of the Galician sport, José Ramón Lete, who was accompanied by the presidents of the Canido Club, Juan Pablo Cividanes, and that of the Marítimo de Vigo, Zulema Prado... in addition to the president of the Royal Galician Federation of Vela, Manuel Villaverde... and two of the top exponents of the Team of Spain of the Olympic Class iQFoil: the Mallorkines Nacho Bolívar and Bernat Tomás, respectively, who will be in Paris and the reserve of this category at the male level.

It will be the first time that the Marítimo de Canido has organized a Spanish Championship, and also a national cup of an Olympic class... as is the case with the iQFoil, and so does the Abanca Week, through the Marítimo de Vigo, chose to celebrate this historic event, as a prize for the work of the Vigués club in the very Week of which it is one of its pillars, and at its School of Vela, one of the best of the Atlantic.

In competition 51 specialists, including those who will be represented in the Paris Games 2024: the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid (number 2 of the world) the great favorite among girls for the Olympic Square... and the Majorcan Nacho Baltasar that is already confirmed. They are also in Canido Alicantino Jorge Aranzueque and the Bernat Tomas... which are among the strongest in the class.

The departure line will be athletes of: Galicia (17), Andalusia (9), Catalonia (4), Baleares (4), Castilla La Mancha (3), Madrid (2), Comunidad Valenciana (1) and Aragón (1)... amen of the windsurfers of mainland Portugal, Azores and Madeira that are nine... therefore on Monday last minute were confirmed a total of 51 participants.

In the different committees a total of 14 professionals will act in two fields of race, being the president of the Committee of Protests Pablo Macías (Andalusia), the Committee of Regatas Carlos Sardiña (Galicia), the Committee of Measurement Javier Blanco (Andalusia) and vocals Pedro F.Alcarcon and José Manuel Miranda, both of the Colegio Gallego.

The competition will take place from Friday to Sunday in viguese waters, with a total of 12 sleeves planned for Formula Windsurf and 15 for iQFoil... the closing ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 5: 00 in the afternoon in the Maritime of Canido. On Friday from 12: 00 in the morning, the great meeting of the Spanish windsurfing in the Regatas de los Islas Cíes, at the hand of the Marítimo de Canido Club, immersed in the Abanca Week, begins.

CAMPEONATE OF SPAIN OF WINDSURFING
IQFoil SPAIN COPA

THURSDAY 28 / SET
10 - 20.00 Registration of participants and control of equipment

FRIDAY 29 / SET
10 - 20.00 Registration of participants and control of equipment (iQFoil afternoon)
12.00 Windsurfing Formula Tests
21.00 Welcome Ceremony

SABADO 30 / SET
12.00 Windsurfing & iQFoil Formula Tests

DOMINGO 1 / OCT
10.00 Windsurfing & iQFoil Formula Tests
17.00 Closing Ceremony. Award delivery