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The Monte Real Club de Yates hosted tonight in Bayonne the National Sailing Awards gala, awards that the historic club has given for 28 years to the most outstanding athletes and teams on the Spanish nautical scene.
The event began, as tradition marks, with the welcome speech by the president of Monte Real, José Luis Álvarez, who highlighted the importance of the event for promoting sailing. “We want and need to continue betting on sport and sailing, for the benefits and joys that it brings to all of us, not only to those who compete, but to those who work and enjoy it, especially in this year that we have had to to live”, he assured. “It is,” he continued, “to highlight the work of sailors and teams that are an example of effort and improvement for all.”
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, sponsor of the event, succeeded the microphone. “It is an honor for a Galician and a man of the sea like me to come to deliver these awards,” said José María Fonseca Moretón, who assured that “it is impossible to reward all the best, since many more would deserve it, but of course those who are here they deserve it without a doubt “.
After the welcoming speeches, the awards ceremony began. The commander director of the Naval Military School, Ignacio Cuartero, was in charge of presenting the first prize to Armando Gutiérrez, president of the J80 class, who collected it on behalf of the Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, national sailing award for the patron of the year.
The Tanit IV Medilevel crew, represented on stage by their skipper Nacho Campos, received the Boat of the Year award from the mayor of Bayonne, Carlos Gómez; and the sports deputy of Pontevedra, Gorka Gómez.
The gala continued with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, which Pilar de Sas presented to the Mallorcan photographer Nico Martínez, for his contribution to the dissemination and promotion of nautical sports through his photographs. It was the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that this award went to a photographer.
The next award to be presented was received by Luis Pérez Canal from Ourense, patron of the Abril Verde, recognized as the best monotype of the year for his title of Corinthian European champion. It was handed over to him by the general secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete Lasa.
The commercial director of Abanca, Gabriel González, did the same with Fernando Rodríguez, who collected the award that distinguishes him and Conrad Konitzer as the best youth team of the year.
The last of the six awards this year was collected by Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez from the president of the Monte Real Club de Yates, José Luis Álvarez; and the president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón. They won the award that recognizes them as Olympic team of the year for their outstanding performance in 2019, when they managed to be world and European champions in the 470 class.
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