Before Christmas, school players know that they have an important appointment on their calendar if they have trained well all year and in the case of the U15s they have done their homework, going to different Masters on the peninsula and some TTR in the Balearic Islands to score and qualify. among the best, for the Spanish Championship. Nobody gives anything away and the efforts of clubs, families and fighting to get help do the rest. This year the Menorca clubs have managed to participate in the U11, U13 and U15 Nationals and next year I’m sure it will be even more.
The first event was in Oviedo and the Menorca BC player attended Daniel Illie At ten years old and with enthusiasm that shone in his eyes, with his coach Carlos Daroca. Illie won one match and lost the second, which prevented him from qualifying for the final phase. He also played the men’s doubles with Bruno Mir from CIDE but they did not win.
Sub15 and Sub13
Then, sub15 turn, in Las Torres de Cotillas (Murcia), with Irene Felipe from CB Ciutadella, Gimena Cardenas of Menorca BC, Lucia Armendariz y Gemma Capella both from CB Maó. Presence with more value if possible for having classified among the 48 best singles or the best 20 doubles couples. Those from Maó managed to pass two rounds and fall in the round of 16 against the seeds Sandra Arenas and Sandra Pastor by a double 21-11, in their first national match.
To finish last week eight players from Menorca traveled to Granollers, this time an easy trip for the Menorcans, and it was the championship where there were the best island results.
Arnau Riveiro (CB Maó) and Francesc Gomila (CB Alaior) fell in the quarterfinals in men’s doubles against those who would be runners-up in Spain, Pablo Lloreda and Fernando Pérez of CB Rute. Gimena Cárdenas also had a great championship losing in the round of 16 in singles and mixed doubles with Eric Ingelmo (CB Maó). The others were Daniel Illie, Jan Mendoza (Menorca BC), Alba Pérez (CB Ciutadella) and Sabino Sánchez (CB Maó).
The note
An “exciting” end of the year
