The university pavilion of the Universitat de València hosts this weekend, on 10 and 11 June, the 13th Spanish Championship of Electric Wheelchair Hockey. This championship is co-organised by the UV, Levante UD and its Foundation, together with the Spanish Sports Federation of Disabled People, FESA Valencia and Divina Pastora Chair.
The championship has been introduced this morning in a press conference at the Cultural Cultural Centre La Nau with the participation of Miguel Ángel Torregrosa, responsible of the adapted sport of the Universitat de València; Gabriel Melis, technical director of the Spanish Sports Federation of Disabled People; and Vicente Herrero, from Levante Foundation.
The unique Valencian hockey team in a wheelchair, Levante UD Masclets, will participate in the competition. The other participants are two Catalan teams, Club HSRE- Maguerit and ADB Barberá- and Club Patín Alcobendas from Madrid. These will be the four teams that compete for the maximum national trophy in a championship that will pay homage to the recent death of the player from Levante UD, Edu Valverde. The organisers have announced the timetable of the free entry competition on the weekend.
HSRE Maguerit and ADB Barberá will open the competition at 10:00h on Saturday, and after this hockey game, the Levante UD Masclets will play against CP Alcobendas at 11:45h.
In the evening, HSRE Maguerit and Levante Masclets will play at 16:00h and then, it will be turn of ADB Barberá and CP Alcobendas at 17:45h.
On Sunday 11 June, the competition will start at 9:30h with a hockey game between the team form Madrid and HSRE Maguerit. And, finally, the last game will be played by ADB Barberá and the host, Levante Masclets (11:15h).
During the press conference, all the organisers have emphasised that this is the second time that they gather to carry out this competition. This shows the involvement with the adapted sport promoted by the insitutions involved.
In this sense, Vicente Herrero, from the Levante UD, has stated that “we are the unique professional Spanish team that bets on the adapted sport and we have several areas such as football or hockey. And the particularity that we are the unique hockey team in wheelchair of the Region of Valencia”.
On the other hand, Miguel Ángel Torregrosa has encouraged the participation of disabled students of the Universitat de València in this and other adapted sports. This institution bets on the physical activity and the adapted sport through the agreement with FESA and the Divina Pastora Chair for Adapted Sports.
Finally, Gabriel Melis has remembered that FESA, the Universitat de València and Levante UD co-organised this championship in 2014. So, this reveals the objective of this three entities of making easier the sport practice and competition.
Last update: 10 de june de 2017 08:00.
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