thirty are the candidates who aspire to Huelva Awards of the Yeara contest organized by Huelva Information sponsored by CaixaBank, which reaches its thirty-fourth edition. The jury has selected five candidates for each of the six established categories. The modalities are Economy and Business, Education, Popular Traditions, Sports, Art and Culture, and Solidarity and Human Values. Readers have until 12:00 on July 21 to choose, through their votes, the winners in their respective sections.
In the category of Art and culture the candidates are those of the filmmaker Paco Ortiz, the singer Marta Soto, the Roman city Arucci Turóbriga, the urban artist Víctor Romero ‘Konestilo’ and the musician David Garrido Guil.
The director from Huelva Paco Ortiz was awarded the Prize for the Best Filmmaker of Andalusia, a distinction granted by Radio and Television of Andalusia (RTVA), within the framework of the 47th edition of the Ibero-American Film Festival, whose Andalusian Talent section was inaugurated with the documentary feature film Something wild. the baby story directed by the filmmaker from Huelva and produced by José Carlos de la Isla.
Martha Soto is considered the new promise of music in Spanish, the young artist from Puntaumbria rose to fame thanks to the song Want to see you. His first studio album, look at uswas the best-selling album in Spain in its first week of release.
The Roman City Arucci Turóbriga, founded in the time of Augustus, at the end of the 1st century BC (15-10 BC), is the only Roman settlement in the Sierra de Huelva that can be classified as an urban nucleus. It was equipped with a wall, which separated the city from the countryside. The Field of Mars was located outside the wall, where sports activities and gladiator fights were practiced. The farmhouse is dispersed throughout the enclosure, locating several stately homes and in the central area is the Forum. The Diana Festival is linked to this archaeological site.
The works of Constable They spread through the city. The urban art artist tries that, apart from social criticism, his works, which are highly demanded, convey some kind of feeling
The musician from Huelva David Garrido has won the award for best instrumental album at the Akademia Music Awards, held in the United States, for his work sequences by representing “an important contribution towards the diversity and advancement of the global musical community”.
In section sportsthe candidates are the coach Antonio Toledo, the goalkeeper Francisco Peralta posthumously, the Colombino Rhythm Club, Hugo Millán, posthumously, and the Sports Service of the University of Huelva.
Anthony Toledo is the coach of Sporting Huelva, Copa de la Reina finalist. He has the Ramón Cobo award for the best women’s football coach 2015 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Andalusian Football Federation.
Francis Peralta He was the first athlete from Huelva to be an Olympian. He participated in archery at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where he placed 33rd in the individual recurve bow. He passed away in 2020 and with his candidacy for the Huelva People of the Year they want to pay tribute to him for his contribution to Huelva sport.
Columbian Rhythmic Club It has nearly forty years of experience promoting the practice of rhythmic gymnastics and achieving success in different tournaments.
Hugo Millanposthumously, in July it will be a year since the death of the young driver, aged 14, in a serious accident during a MotorLand race in Aragon
The University Sports Service. More than 1,400 students participate in sports activities at Huelva.
In the mode of Company the candidates are Hudisa, Seabery Augmented Technology, GTO Transonuba Group, Spanish Institute and Watchtower Mining.
Hudisa It is currently the leading company in southern Europe in terms of processed red fruits with a production potential of more than 20 million kilos/year. It began its activity in 2002 and arises from 19 red fruit producing cooperatives.
The company from Huelva Seabery Augmented Technology This year, it won the SME of the Year in Spain award, organized by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Banco Santander, which recognizes the performance of small and medium-sized Spanish companies, whose activity is essential for the creation of employment and wealth at the local level.
GTO Transonuba Group is a Huelva-based company dedicated to temperature-controlled transport that currently operates from the entire Iberian Peninsula and Morocco to distribute fruit and vegetable products throughout Europe, complying with the highest sanitary requirements, in the shortest possible transit time.
Spanish Institutethe Hinojos company dedicated to the manufacture of perfumery and cosmetics, has more than a century of experience to its credit, which has positioned it in the market with high turnover figures that continue to rise.
Atalaya Mining is the operator of the historic Riotinto mine, a new mining project that incorporates the latest technological innovations in the sector, as well as the concepts of safety and environmental sustainability typical of 21st century mining.
In Education they opt for the Huelva of the Year, Francisco Martínez, the schools Safa Funcadiawhich has been training children for more than 75 years, and National Internship, which is fifty years old this year; the IES Saltés, of Punta Umbría, which prioritizes the individual development of its students, and the MotoEtsiUhu Team.
Francis Martinez directs the Mathematics Department of the El Sur Secondary Education Institute in Lepe. For the past six years, he has been developing an educational project on mathematics and space tourism, and has taken fourth-year ESO students to the United States to learn about NASA’s main advances.
MotoEtsiUhu is a group of students from various engineering fields at the University of Huelva, especially Mechanics, and also from other Huelva degrees, who are dedicated to making a 2.5 cc motorcycle prototype.
In the category of Solidarity and Human Valuesthe candidates are the writer Manuel Jesús Soriano Pinzón, the doctor María Luisa Fajardo Rivas, ACCEM Huelva, Patricia Mauri Fábregas and the Food Bank of Huelva.
The writer from Huelva Manuel Jesus Soriano For health reasons, he takes a parenthesis in his literary creation, a decision that also entails the transfer of the bookstore La dama culta, which opened six years ago in the capital of Huelva.
Mary Louise Fajardo He has stood out as a Public Health and Epidemiology professional and in the Huelva coordination of the Andalusian Cancer Registry in Huelva until his retirement in 2021. Under his coordination, the best data on the cancer situation in the province has been compiled.
Patricia Mauri this year won the award Alma Mater to the Social Work of the Social Council of the UHU in the category of trajectory. She graduated from the first promotion of Nursing at the University of Huelva, she has been a Red Cross volunteer in Huelva since 1994.
ACCEM Huelvathe Spanish Catholic Migration Commission Association, is an NGO that works to improve the quality of life of refugees and migrants or the most vulnerable groups.
The Food Bank does a great job in the province of Huelva in which serves more than 15,000 people in need.
In the popular traditions modality, the candidatures are The sandal festival of Tharsis and the of the Virgin of the Sea from Isla Cristina, The sack of the mares, The Pilgrimage of the Rocío y The 1900 Moguer Fairwhich are part of the festive calendar of the province.
Voting can be done through https://contenidos.huelvainformacion.es/onubensesdelaño or by sending the original coupon, duly completed, to the address of the newspaper, which will be published daily in Huelva Information paper format. One coupon is equivalent to ten votes cast through the web. On July 22, the jury will meet to determine the winners of each category based on the number of votes received by each candidate.
