The councilman of Sports, Juan Manuel García, has announced today the roster of winners of the tenth edition of the Sports Gala of Jumilla, after the jury's decision made by the staff of the Department of Sports of the City.
Footballer Sergi Guardiola will receive the Sportsman of the Year Award after his debut in the First Division with Getafe on August 31 and his spectacular season finale with Córdoba, whose goals served to keep the Andalusian team in Second Division A against the prognosis .
The Best Club of the Year will be the Fútbol Club Jumilla, which adds its fourth consecutive season in Second Division B, saving the category in a historic league final and with a promising future after the important collaboration agreement with the club of the Premier League, Wolverhampton.
The title of regional champion achieved by the male children's team of the School of Handball after starting the play-off with the worst figures of the four classified and its subsequent good role in the national sector of Almeria will make it worthy of the Sports Gesta Prize 2018
The Sports Event of the Year Award will be for the III Interclubs Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament Ciudad de Jumilla which, just a few years ago was an unpopular sport in Jumilla, got last June to fill the Carlos García Pavilion of gymnasts that managed to make the stand it will stay small.
The players of Futsal School, Francisco Javier Salar and Lorenzo González, will be recognized as Young Promise.
Salar was part of the Murcian children's team that was proclaimed runner-up in Spain in the National held in Catalonia last May.
On the other hand, Loren González obtained the bronze with the Murcian benjamín selection in the Championship of Spain disputed in Extremadura.
The Veteran Sports Prize will also be shared, which will fall into the hands of David González and José Luis Monreal, who this same month of December have been proclaimed regional champions of half marathon in the categories of Master 40 and Master 45 respectively.
The Adapted Modality Sports Award, a category that premiered last year, will be for Juan Antonio Artacho, a member of the Aspajunide staff and one of its most complete athletes.
They emphasize their qualities in swimming and athletics, although they also defend basketball, futsal and even petanque.
Bodegas Carchelo will receive in this edition the Collaborative Company Award, a historic firm from Jumilla that for years has been dedicated to supporting sports in different areas at a local and regional level and whose name is not lacking in the different sporting events held in the municipality .
Francisco Lozano 'Rasina' will receive posthumously the recognition Special Mention 2018 to a whole life dedicated to the sport and in particular to football through the 4th District, club of which he was founder and president, a reference in the quarry of local football for many years.
The awards ceremony will take place next Thursday, December 27 at 8:00 pm in the Auditorium of the Professional Conservatory of Music.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla