After having achieved a “historic season”, remaining in 11th place in its first year in the queen category, the Torrelaveguense team will try to take a step forward in its project and will fight against the big teams in the league to reach fourth place in the classification, which entails access to European competitions. This was pointed out in the presentation of the project by the president of the club, Anthony Gomez; the manager of the Bathco company, Jose Lopez; the vice-president and councilor of Sport, Paul Zuloaga; the tourist adviser, Javier Lopez Marcano; and the mayor of Torrelavega, Javier López Estrada.
Gómez has praised the work of the previous season, not only for “reaching the top”, but for doing the “hardest”, staying. He has also focused the club’s sights on the coming season, where he considers permanence as something “mandatory”, as well as becoming a “strong” team in the category. He has also explained that the squad maintains the same block, adding four additions that can help them make that leap in quality they are looking for: Master Oswaldocoming from Ball Handball French; Daniel Ramosfrom Recoletas Atlético Valladolid; Adrian Fernandez, from Bidasoa Irun; Y Mikolaj Czaplinskifrom the Polish Wisla Plock.
The president of the club has estimated that they will also exceed the number of members of last season and the 1,000 members that were achieved last season will be surpassed “around September”. He has also announced that the club’s budget has risen and stands at 850,000 euros, but that “estimates indicate” that it will rise more in future seasons.
Finally, he has not forgotten the social part of the club, pointing out the development of the bases as something “essential” to take a leap in quality, and has informed of the union, together with the association to help drug addicts AMAT ‘Facing Addictions’in a campaign against online gambling and bookmakers called ‘Play it on the track’.
For his part, José López highlighted the work of the previous campaign, which began with “many unknowns, a very irregular start, but an objective achieved and many challenges ahead”. He has also thanked the entire board of directors for the work they do and has hoped that this sponsorship “will be extended” for a few more years. The manager of Bathco has clarified that the economic return of sponsorships of this caliber is not “essential” for his company to carry it out, he considers that they are a “prestigious” company with more than 40 years in the market and these projects they perform “regardless” of said return.
the mayor of Torrelavega He has also shown his pride in “the sporting merits, the reliability, the credibility, the human quality, the management and the care given to the bases” that the club’s board has. López Estrada has wished the players luck to be able to achieve all the goals they have and has valued “the ambitious goals” of an “important club” like Bathco. He has also thanked the sponsors for “betting” on Torrelavega as the “right” place to develop their sports projects.
Marcano for his part has been defined as “a domestic intruder” in the presentation of the Torrelaveguense club, of which he has said to be a “follower”, in his victories and in his defeats. In addition, he has stressed that entering Europe becomes a very attractive objective for his Ministry, since the Lebanese Jubilee Year and the European presence of a Cantabrian club can “enhance” said celebration.
Finally, Zuloaga thanked the work that Bathco does for the youngsters of Torrelavega, seeing the quarry as “dreamers who want to succeed at the club”. He has also recalled the European objective as an achievement that requires “work and effort”, but that will allow these young people to “give light” to become great athletes. The vice president also highlighted the club’s social work with AMAT in its fight against addictions and bookmakers and congratulated all the members of Bathco showing his desire to “celebrate many successes” this season.
