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The ninth edition of the Sports Gala of Jumilla will have a dozen winners, as presented this morning at a press conference by the area councilor, Juan Manuel García.
The delivery will be made next Wednesday 27 at 20.00 at the Teatro Vico and the jury has been composed as in all previous editions by the staff of the Department of Sports.
The Sportsman of the Year award goes to Vicente Guardiola, Spain's champion of combined events this year, as well as being international with the Spanish team in the promotion to the European Super League.
The Coimbra Chess Club will be awarded the Club of the Year award for its tireless work in boosting this sport in the town, achieving this year a historic milestone.
Alejandro Castellanos was proclaimed absolute regional champion, unprecedented success in the town.
The athlete Ángela Carrión will pick up the Young Promise award for her bronze medal in the Spanish Junior Championship in the modality of road racing, which shows the good work and the excellent future prospects of the young Athletic Club athlete.
The Sports Event of the Year award will be for the Fit Kid Interregional Championship held in June in Jumilla and brought together almost 400 athletes, creating a unique atmosphere in the stands, which demonstrates the continued growth of this sport in the town.
This year also sees the premiere of the Event with the Greatest Projection, which has been awarded to the Barbudico Trail, which in just two editions has managed to transmit the passion for mountain races in the smallest of the town.
The company J. García Carrión will receive the Collaborative Company Award, a signature that is not lacking in the great events of the Jumillano sport forming part of the different products of the bags with which the participants are gratified.
The Sports Gesta of the Year Award goes to the Aspajunide futsal team in this edition, which was proclaimed second runner-up in Spain in its maximum category for the second consecutive year.
The throws from the penalty spot separated him from taking the maximum national win.
Precisely one of its components will receive another recognition at individual level, premiering the category Adapted Sportsman.
This is Antonio Ramos, captain and team leader, exceptional player who stands out above the rest in all regional and national events in which the team is present.
Another of the new categories is the Veteran Sportsman Award, which will be taken by Angel Lencina in recognition of his brilliant sporting achievements, which he has managed to increase this year with two new champions titles of Spain and Europe Duathlon-Cross and a runner-up in the European Duathlon Master-50.
The doctor in Psychology Juan González will be awarded the Special Mention 2017 for his excellent work in sports.
He has worked at Elche CF and is currently a professor at the University of Granada.
He is a sports psychologist of different individual athletes and high level teams, also promoting the sports practice of young people.
The councilman of Sports, Juan Manuel Garcia, has indicated that the change of date of delivery, originally scheduled for Thursday 21, is because "the increase in capacity required the need to use the Teatro Vico, which was not available for that day. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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