Loiola Indautxu was playing the Spanish Championship in its junior category when their coach died suddenly. The pain was immense among the members of his team but they understood that they had to keep playing that Championship in his honor. His team wanted to play for him because they had perfectly understood the legacy of his manager.
Confused faces, plays marked by anguish and a knot in the heart and a final dance celebrating a victory dedicated to Álex, “the best possible tribute”.
This women’s basketball team proves that their team is actually a family:
Biscayan basketball received a tremendous blow on Monday night with the death of Alex Aurre Eguskizaga, 62, coach of the Junior women’s team of Loiola Indautxu, who was in Huelva playing the Spanish Championship.
He was a former Patronato player and coach for many years in Euskadi teams. He was a member of the coaching staff of the Irlandesas de LF2 and since 2009 he directed the Primera Nacional and the junior team of Loiola Indautxu. The Biscayan team faced and won 82-35 against CEI Toledo.
Immediately, the Spanish Basketball Federation showed its dismay at Aurrey’s death and conveyed its pain to family, team and friends. The Federation stressed that “this mournful loss overshadows the development of the championship and is a moment of sadness that will mark the state of mind of both the organization and the participating teams.”
The desolation in the club of the deceased was more than palpable: “A great coach, a magnificent person and a reference for all of us who are part of this Club are leaving us”.
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His team has played the match corresponding to the Spanish Championship, and they have won. His victory has been closed with an emotional tribute and dedication to Alex. In the official social networks of the club, photos have been shared after the match where the players can be seen in tears.
A death that the club published like this on its website: “Alex Aurre passed away today. It is impossible to put into words what Alex has been for us, just as it is impossible to assimilate his sudden disappearance. A great coach is leaving us, a magnificent person and a reference for all of us who are part of this Club. Banner of basketball in general and women’s in particular, always with its unmistakable hallmark”, explained Loiola. ADVERTISING “From the Club we want to express our deepest condolences to his family and friends and especially to his wife Maite, his daughters Naiara, Jone and Nerea and his grandchildren Paule and Iker. Rest in peace COACH / Goian Bego ”, he concluded, remembering his family and emphasizing in capital letters the word ‘coach’.
Aurre was in Huelva disputing the Spanish Junior Women’s Championship and the FEB He has put all the means at the disposal of the club and family. There will be a minute of silence in all the matches of the third day of the tournament that will be played this Tuesday, and in the second legs of the LF Endesa semifinals.
This is how their players say goodbye:
Alex, thank you very much for your time, for teaching me and for helping me get there ??? pic.twitter.com/YjPlpdAAXO
– Itziar Ariztimuño López (@itziarizti) May 4, 2022
Alex’s legacy continues.
