The presentation ceremony for the Spanish Wheelchair Rugby Championship was held

The Director of UVsports meets representatives of the other organising bodies in an event held at La Nau.

23 de may de 2024

From left to right: Ana Mª Gómez, Cristina García Redondo and Gabriel Melis Sánchez.
From left to right: Ana Mª Gómez, Cristina García Redondo and Gabriel Melis Sánchez.

On Tuesday, 22 May, the presentation ceremony for the Spanish Wheelchair Rugby Championship by autonomous communities was held at LaNau building of the Universitat de València.

UVsports is one of the organisers of the championship,which will be held on 1 and 2 June 2024 at the Sports Centre of the Universitat de València (Avenida Menéndez y Pelayo, 19).

Director ofUVsports, Ana Mª Gómez Tafalla, met representatives of some of the co-organising entities at the event. Among them wereCristina García Redondo, player of theLobos Quad RugbyClub, andGabriel Melis Sánchez, president and technical director of theFederació d'Esports Adaptats de la Comunitat Valenciana (FESA: Parasports Federation). Other collaborating entities are theConsejo superior de Deportes (Superior Council of Sports), theComisión Nacional Rugby en silla de Ruedas (National Wheelchair Rugby Commission), theFederación Española de Deportes de Personas con Discapacidad Física (FEDDF: Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Physical Disabilities)and theONCE Foundation.

Five autonomous communities will participate in this 2024 edition of the Spanish Wheelchair Rugby Championship: Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, Aragon and the Valencian Community.

Admission to the UV Sports Centre isfree on both days of the competition.

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