The Villa Faro Sports and Cultural Club team defeated the Villa Carmen Sports Club team in the final game, crowning themselves undefeated champion.
By: Sobeyda Echavarria
Santo Domingo Este, RD.- The Villa Faro Sports and Cultural Club was crowned champion of the U-25 Municipal Basketball Tournament dedicated in posthumous recognition to the former president and athlete of the Luis Sabat Aguilera Brito Club.
The Villa Faro Club defeated the Villa Carmen team by 3 points, thus winning the first undefeated place in this important tournament, the latter being in second place, while the Lucerna Sports and Cultural Club reached third place according to the data provided by the Lic. Roberto Carlos Javier, General Director of the event.
Jean Nicolas Jimenez was voted the Most Valuable Player, in addition to making up the All-Star Team.
Recognition ceremony
An emotional posthumous recognition ceremony for the former president of the Villa Faro Club Luis Sabat Aguilera Brito paused, giving the teams a rest for the final game, Prof. Israel Marcelo, former president of the Villa Faro Club, read the recognition plaque, making his delivery to the Prof. Milagros Ureña Peña Viuda Aguilera, who together with her children and sister unveiled a banner with the image of Luis Sabat Aguilera “El Inmenso” and the logo of the 50th Anniversary of the Villa Faro Sports and Cultural Club.
Prof. Luis Pimentel (daddy) President of the Santo Domingo Province Basketball Association, presented the Cup and the 24 award medals to the members of the Organizing Committee of the Tournament Prof. Israel Marcelo, Prof. Juan Carlos Saro and Lic. Roberto Carlos Javier and urged the players present to maintain the level of the tournament, praising the display of their publicity, organization and good level of the participating teams.
The president of the Club Villa Faro
The president of the Villa Faro Club Prof. Juan Carlos Saro Cuevas, congratulated the champions of Villa Faro, and the runners-up of Villa Carmen and Lucerna, as well as the technical team of referees, scorers, timekeepers and the order body who intervened at all Throughout the event, he thanked the members of the Organizing Committee, the sponsors and all the participating clubs for maintaining the competitive level of the tournament, which ensures that we surpass it in time and participating teams next year.
Director of operations
Sucre Julian Barrera, Director of Operations of the Organizing Committee, expressed complaints about the lack of sponsorships in this type of event for children and youth, “the sponsors are abandoning socio-cultural and sports clubs to their fate, wherever they want The organizers are shouting, because only the arbitration constitutes 35% of the cost of the events and to this we must add more than 15 organizational lines, which makes any quality tournament in this U-25 category exceed more than $ 180,000 pesos ”He indicated.
He explained that the lack of sporting, recreational and cultural events that positively direct the leisure time of children and young people in the popular neighborhoods of Santo Domingo Este, constitute a breeding ground for juvenile delinquency, drug use and gangs. criminals, before this advance of the antisocials in our neighborhoods.
“Today we find ourselves with debts of more than 60,000 pesos from this single event, for which we ask our service providers for patience and a little time,” he added.
He requested the President of the Republic, the country’s authorities and the business community to implement public policies of real support for the strengthening and promotion of Sports and Cultural Clubs.
“Today those of us who do sports in Santo Domingo Este, we have to be ashamed, because those who committed themselves to sponsor and support these sporting events, and not even pick up the phone, or leave the messages in sight, we are going towards the 50th Anniversary of our fierce organization, but we see an uncertain panorama and without light at the end of the tunnel “, said Sucre Julian Barrera,
