Four Huesca La Magia Badminton players dispute from this Thursday the Oliver International Tournament of Sub 17 category, which is held in the Czech town of Cesky Krumlov and belongs to the European Circuit.
Alejandro Gállego, Alejandro Yagües, Gonzalo Isabal and Raúl Bergua participate in this tournament with the main objective of add points in the international ranking and thus have a better ranking. On Wednesday they traveled together with Roberto González as coach and have already trained on the tournament stage.
It is the first stone of ‘The Magic of Huesca for Europe’, an ambitious project of the Badminton Huesca club thate seeks “new sporting challenges, with the illusion that soon, more players of the club can be added”.
It is a beautiful challenge, but also complicated, since the four from Huesca are going to meet rivals of the highest level. The objective, as we say, is to add points in this European Tour that allows them to attend more international events.
The experience is going to be wonderful and it is going to suppose the start of a new journey that Badminton Huesca had never undertaken.
At individual table will play Gállego, Yagües and Isabal, while Bergua, by ranking, he remained as a reserve and finally has not been included in the playoffs.
The three who do play will debut this Thursday in the round of thirty-second finals. isabal will face the Czech Kerpl from 2:00 p.m., Yagües will do so an hour later against the Austrian Yaszczynski and Galician will play at 4:00 p.m. against the Czech Solar. If they win, the next round match will be played on Friday.
and in the men’s doubles draw yes, the four players from Huesca come into action. Gallego and Yagües will play their first round match, corresponding to round of 16, before the Austrian couple formed by Wesian and Zhan from 6:30 p.m. Bergua and Isabal They will start half an hour later against the Germans Eckert and Maschauer.
Ricardo Constant, on behalf of the club, explained that “It is a new path that excites us and it is mainly due to the level of these players. We do not want it to be a single trip, but a journey that goes far. The level that they are going to find will make them advance much more. They go without fear, to live the experience”.
This challenge also It supposes an important economic effort assumed by the club, the families and the small help they have from the Spanish Federation these players for being among the top eight in the national ranking. Constante thanked his sponsors, especially Huesca La Magia, for their support in being able to embark on an adventure of this level.