In the end, the long-awaited promotion to the First Division of Wheelchair Basketball has been achieved. BSR Puertollano can be proud of their role in the “final four” held this weekend at the Santiago Cañizares pavilion, with their victory in the final match against Cludemi Almería by 73 to 55 points.
Already on Saturday, BSR Puertollano had beaten CE Costa Dorada (Reus) by 62-69 points, after a great comeback, and Claudemia Almería beat Discasport Calviá (Mallorca) in the second semifinal by 47-39.
The mayor of Puertollano, Adolfo Muñiz, has valued the great season carried out by BSR Puertollano, which has led it to be one of the four best teams in the Second National Division of Spanish adapted basketball and reach the final in the competition held this weekend in Puertollano, a city that hosts a competition of these characteristics for the first time in its history. Muñiz has once again pointed out that Puertollano is an ideal city to organize and host this type of sporting event.
At the end of today’s match, the mayor praised the tenacity of the club’s components to achieve their goal “to be in the first national division, and that goal has been fulfilled today by each and every one of the Chair Basketball players of Puertollano Wheels. Congratulations to all: to the fans and to the city, which is positioned in the first category of wheelchair basketball».
For her part, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, Ana Muñoz, reiterated her congratulations on Saturday to Puertollano Wheelchair Basketball for having qualified this year for this ‘final four’, highlighting “the great moment that inclusive sport is experiencing of our region, in general, and that of wheelchair basketball, in particular”, with the achievement of the European Championship and the League by AMIAB Albacete and the good track record of BSR Puertollano, now culminating in promotion.
The club’s board of directors showed their pride at the celebration in the industrial city of this event, which coincides with its 15th anniversary, and they thanked the commitment and support of the Board, the Provincial Council and the City Council and the entire city of Puertollano, in addition to the trust that the Federation has placed in them, in addition to the great encouragement received from the fans.
“We have made history«
After the final victory, Angel Sedarrubias, on behalf of BSR Puertollano, expressed his pride at being proclaimed champions of the 2nd division and promotion to the first division, «against the two clubs ranked in the first two places in the regular league. A dream achieved by a humble club, with players from Castilla-La Mancha, who have made history for us, because it is something that had never been achieved.
Now, he says, it is time to plan the new and tough season that is coming, «a very complicated season, with clubs with foreign signings and a lot of money, but we are going to try to go out and fight so that Puertollano Wheelchair Basketball continues to be a reality. in which we can show our capabilities in the sports field.
The BSR Puertollano club, the only representative in the national wheelchair basketball league in the province of Ciudad Real, has worn t-shirts from the Calatrava Volcanoes Geopark project sent by the Ciudad Real Provincial Council in the promotion phase.
