The female youth closed the first part of the batel competitions (Photo Pedro Seoane)

In the waters of Marin, in the heart of Pontevedra, the Pyragüism and rowing competitions of the Abanca Week were held, which marked the closure of the Rías Baixas III version. In play the Copa Galicia Ence Villa de Marín, which were closed with victory of the School of Piragüismo City of Pontevedra in Piragüismo, and with Cabo de Cruz in rowing, after a historic day at the Pista Mayor Antonio Club de Marín, in which they competed about a thousand athletes of both Olympic sports, whose evolutions were followed by two thousand spectators.

It was a very long day, in which fans enjoyed the evolutions of palists and remers. The Abanca Week has only the J80 Sailing Series Finals, which with the rank of the Spanish Championship will face the 12 best crews in all of Spain in the second half of January of the hand of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña, and which had been postponed by the seasons of last November.

It began the strenuous day with victory in the Pyragüism of the City of Pontevedra, which was imposed on the Augas Dragon Boat of La Coruña by 3-1... the palists of Galicia Sur were imposed in the female, male and BSC categories; while Galicia Norte took the victory in mixed crews. To highlight the participation of two Sub23 world champions in both formations: the Mallorcan Alex Graneri with La Coruña and Claudia Couto with Pontevedra.

Dragons with the facilities of the Military Naval School in the background (Photo Pedro Seoane)

At two in the afternoon, the rowing began. The Concello de Marín together with the Social Plan Ence, the Samertolameu Sports Society, the Harbour Authority of Marin the Military Naval School, and the federations of Piragüismo and Vela... had worked hard to make nothing fail... because to the villa pontevedresa had arrived thousands of people between participants and spectators and the avalanche of both buses, as well as vehicles with trailers, as private individuals. The reality is that everything went perfectly and the mounted device was really spectacular facilitating the successful development of the competition.

With British punctuality they competed in tandas launched (they left in blocks don differences of a few minutes, in order to be able to meet the program of the more than 100 batels participating) starting with the youngest of the female categories and then doing the same with the men. In line of exit 46 female and 55 male batels, with final victory in the medallion for the Coruñés club of Cabo de Cruz, which managed to be imposed with 3 ores, 2 cans and 1 bronze. The second place was for the Club de Remo Puebla also from the province of La Coruña and the third for the dean... for the Samertolameu Sports Society based in Meira- Moaña in the heart of Vigo. They completed the list of the medallion: Sail of Chapela, Vila of Cangas, Mecos of O Grove, Cesantes and Rianxo. The Boiro club, the number one currently in the north-west, moved a super team to Marin, composed of 16 batels (8 male and 8 female). The second in number was Samertolameu.

One of the male cadet bands (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The joy was overflowing when the Mayor of Marín María Ramallo gave the captain of Cabo de Cruz his winning plate of the Galicia Cup. In the past, Carlos Casas de Ron de Ence had done the same with the subchampions, the Club de Remo Puebla and Francisco José Estevez concelleiro de Marín with the dean, with the Society of Sports Samertolameu, bronze of the Galicia Ence Villa de Marín Cup, which has put the end and end in 2023 to the Abanca Week, in which have been held from the first week of September, light sailing competitions, heavy sailing, monotypes sailing, nautical skiing, wakeboard, kayak of sea, rowing and dragon. Among the results the 3000 participants of all these sports, having hosted the Spanish Olympic Team of iQFoil in the Spanish Cup and achieving the record of participation in a traditional rowing race, with 101 batels.

The rowing podium, Cabo de Cruz- Puebla- Samertolameu (Photo Pedro Seoane)

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PIRAGÜISM AND REMO RESULTS

(FINAL)
Male category: 1 City of Pontevedra
Female category: 1 City of Pontevedra
Category BCS: 1 City of Pontevedra
Mixed category: 1st Dragon Boat of La Coruña

COPA GALICE REMO ENCE@-@ VILLA DE MARIN (FINAL PODIES)
Alevín Feminino: Puebla, Vila de Cangas, Chapela
Women's Children: Cabo de Cruz A, Puebla, Cabo de Cruz B
Women's Cadet: Cabo de Cruz, Mecos, Vila de Cangas
Young Women: Cabo de Cruz, Samertolameu, Rianxo
Male Alevin: Vila de Cangas, Chapela, Cesantes
Male Children: Samertolameu, Cabo de Cruz, Cesantes
Male Cadet: Chapela, Samertolameu, Cabo de Cruz
Young Male: Puebla, Cabo de Cruz, Mecos

2023-12-01: Abanca Week: Enceo Trophy - Villa of Marin of Piragüismo - rowing with record of Spain

Image of the latest edition held in Marín (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Historical day in the river of Pontevedra for the week Abanca Rías Baixas III, which disembarks on Saturday in Marín, with the Galicia Copas of Piragüismo in the morning and rowing in the afternoon that will have in play the Enceo Trofeos - Villa de Marín. The sleeves will be held in the Alcalde Antonio Blanco that will live a full historical, under the umbrella of the Social Plan Ence 2023.

These are two events that had been postponed by the unfavorable meteor, and so it was decided to take advantage of a date, for two Olympic sports that belonged to the same federation until the 1960s, return for one occasion to compete together on the same track. The fact is that the dean, the Samertolameu Sports Society of Meira, will not only mount the field of rowing races... but that of the dragons boat 12 that will compete in the morning from 11: 00.

It is important to highlight the great support in the organizational tasks of the clubs Piragüismo Olívico, Club de Piragüismo Tambo de Marín, the Auga Dragon Boat de La Coruña, the Cidade de Pontevedra, the Samertolameu de Meira-Moaña... as well as the Marin Military Naval School, the Marin Concello, the Marin Harbour Authority and the Federations of Remo and Piragüismo de Galicia.

In the dragons, the script will be of a Challenge between the north and the south of Galicia... in the north the Auga Dragon Boat of La Coruña and in the south the Cidade of Pontevedra. The sleeves in four categories: male, female, open and BCS... to highlight the presence of two champions of the Sub23 world: the mallorquín Alex Graneri (will strengthen Galicia Norte) and the pontevedresa Claudia Couto (will compete with the Cidade).

At two o'clock in the afternoon the meeting of delegates of the rowing, as half an hour later the Galicia Cup of Remo Ence Villa de Marín began... was seen coming in the last editions, in which first it reached the 50 batels... to reach last year's 80. The whole Galician rowing had the illusion of reaching 100, when in the race cancelled in November for bad weather about 90 batels were registered. And the success of the historical record at the national level was achieved on Tuesday afternoon, by confirming all the previously registered clubs that would be in Marin... and adding two new ones: total 55 male batels and 46 female... total 101.

Vila de Cangas, Tiran, Virxen da Guía de Vigo, Rianxo, Ares, Samertolameu, Meira, Puebla, A Pobra, Mecos, San Martiño, Chapela, Arealonga, Mugardos, Celeiro... and Cabo de Cruz who will participate with 16 batels! Of which half will be boys and the other half girls. Ence and the Concello de Marín, by the hand of the Abanca Week, generate a day of two of the most laureate and traditional Olympic sports, to be lived in Marín, a day that will be recorded in the history of nautical sports.