This weekend has been one of the most intense in recent seasons with three high-level competitions, on the one hand the Iberdrola Cup, a competition for women in which only the best Spanish clubs participate and in which the Club Badminton Soria participated. -CS24, the absolute championship of Castilla y León with the presence of five Sorianos and finally the championship of Spain sub13.
Palencia was the seat of the absolute Castilla y León championship, which meant the return to badminton competition in our community. With the presence of five Sorianos and two Burgos, the balance was very positive with two bronze medals.
The medals came in doubles modalities. Marina Rodríguez, from the Soria-CS24 Badminton Club, along with Sara Redondo from Valladolid, and who despite not usually playing together, climbed to the third drawer of the podium. In the semifinals they were beaten 21-15 and 21-13 by the future champions.
The other bronze was obtained by the Soria couple composed by Víctor Ortega and Marcos Fernández who completed an excellent competition. They passed the initial group stage with ease and reached the semifinals where they were defeated in two sets. Both, in the individual modality, also developed a very serious competition, seeing themselves dropped from the competition in the quarterfinals.
Marcos Fernández and Victor Ortega
In another latitude of the Spanish geography, in Benalmádena, Daniela Corchón and Adrián Diez represented the Soria-CS24 Badminton Club in the Spanish sub13 championship.
The high expectations placed on the participation of the young Sorians were only partially fulfilled. Daniela and Adrián, in mixed doubles, were one of the couples that opted to fight for the medals. Framed in group C, they played the pass to the box stage against a couple from Burgos. After a set won with great tactical rigor, unforced errors in the end of the other two sets brought the Sorians down from the knockout phase.
Daniela Corchón, in her participation in the individual modality, achieved an excellent fifth place. Passing the group stage comfortably and several phases of the elimination table, she was defeated in the quarterfinals against Rocio Martin from Malaga, who would be proclaimed champion of Spain.
With this championship, both players say goodbye to the U13 category in which they have achieved medals and triumphs at the territorial and national level.
Finally, the third appointment of the Soria-CS24 Badminton Club was the Iberdrola Cup in which the female teams from the honor and first division clubs participated.
The Sorianas were aware of the high level since the competition had the presence of the best female rackets. In the previous phase, and placed in group B they faced CB Arjonilla and CB Paracuellos. After defeats by four games to one, the best of the Sorianas came out in the consolation phase where, after beating CB Estella by three to zero, they reached the ninth place.
Iberdrola Cup women’s team
The performance of the Sorianas was very outstanding and they proved to be at the height of the best teams.
At the closing of the tournament, the pleasant surprise arrived for the Soria Badminton Club. At that time, it was announced that the award for Iberdrola values would go to the player, coach and team delegate Ana Sanz. Although the sporting level may seem the most relevant in a competition of this level and excellence, the effort, sacrifice, camaraderie and respect for the rival led the organization of the Cup to designate Ana Sanz with this award, as the visible head of the group.
Ana Sanz collecting Iberdrola values award
Go therefore, this recognition for Ana Sanz herself and Beatriz Hernández, Nora Martínez, Ana Peñaranda and Natalia Sanz who in addition to their level of badminton were recognized for their sportsmanship.
