The Martínez Valls Básquet Club of Ontinyent celebratesas is traditional for Christmas dates, a charity match in favor of some social cause. This year, the charity event will raise funds for the El Somni de Laia association, an entity created to help a Ontinyentina girl with Angelman syndrome. Laia Nadal Martínez is a 4-year-old girl who suffers from it and with the aim of making this condition visible and responding to the needs that it entails, El Somni de Laia was born. And this year the Club Martínez Valls Bàsquet has decided to collaborate with this entity in the already traditional charity match that it organizes every year for Christmas.
Thus, the event will be held in the next match of the club’s first men’s team, Eset Ontinet, who will play at home. will be next December 18 th, when Eset will face Servigroup Benidorm on matchday 12 of the EBA League in which they play. A great duel between two teams from the Valencian Community in the Spanish basketball category.
The festive, supportive and sports day will begin at five in the afternoon with the celebration of the presentation of all the teams that make up the Martínez Valls Basketball Club for the 2022-2023 season. Teams from training categories to senior, both female and male. At 7:00 p.m. the match between Eset and Benidorm will beginwhich will be the last meeting before the break for the Christmas holidays. The entrance will consist of a donation of 2 euros, which will go entirely to the El Somni de Laia association. With each entry, in addition, a participation will be obtained for a raffle, which will take place during the break of the meeting and which will raffle various details offered by various establishments such as Foto Flash, Casa Vicent and Salva Peluqueros. In addition, the raffle will also include other surprises, as explained by the Ontinyent basketball club, which will be revealed through the club’s social networks in the coming days, as they have advanced. The group of “cheerleaders” of the Center de Dansa Ópera. Tickets for the charity match can be obtained through the club’s coaches, or by writing a private message on the Facebook or Instagram profile of Club Martínez Valls Bàsquet, or in the Fernando Rubio pavilion itself the day of the meeting.
angelman syndrome
The Angelman syndrome is a neurological disorder of genetic origin caused by the loss of function of a single gene, UBE3A. This gene is located on chromosome 15 and is silenced. Their activity is essential for the control of speech, movement and learning. In her daily life, Laia, the girl from Ontinyent with this syndrome, needs to go to physiotherapy, speech therapy, functional therapy or therapeutic pedagogy, among others. The El Somni de Laia association was created with the aim of giving visibility to Angelman syndrome, raising funds for research into its care through donations to FAST (Foundation Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics) and being able to improve Laia’s quality of life by financing multi-therapies private ones you go to.
