HUELVA, 21 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Huelva hosts this weekend the final of the National League of Badminton Clubs, the ‘TOP 10 Division of Honor’. A “first level” sporting event that will be held at the Andrés Estrada Municipal Sports Center, where the Recreativo IES La Orden will face the Rinconada Badminton Club starting at 5:30 p.m., as indicated by the Consistory in a press release.
The Councilor for Citizen Participation and Sports, María Teresa Flores, stressed that “it is a great satisfaction to present an event in which Huelva will once again be the capital of sport, in this case with national projection and with the aspiration of reaching the top of the ranking a club as emblematic as the Recreativo IES La Orden, of which the Consistory is the main sponsor, and which is a sign of the capital’s deep bond with badminton, a bond that last year led us to be the world capital of this sport.”
In this way, he pointed out that the capital is going to become a “true benchmark” for badminton sports this weekend, since it will host a competition that will pit two clubs that are among the elite of this modality against each other and where the team from Huelva , “which has become the best badminton team of the last decade, will be fighting for gold.”
Thus, as the vice president and coach of IES La Orden pointed out, “after two very hard years, uphill, the Top 10 is going to be a really exciting day for the team, because if it defends the scoreboard as it has been doing in the last games played, they will be able to lift another important league title and thus once again conquer the deserved position of the best team in Spain”.
For her part, the president of the Club, María Eugenia Lorenzo, stressed that it is “an important game”, in which they aspire to win the title of league champion for the seventh time, for which she thanked “all the support received during this time by the City Council and the fans”, since she has been convinced that she “will be with the team this Saturday”.
In this context, the president of the Andalusian Badminton Federation, Juan Carlos Longo, pointed out that “it will be an exciting and vibrant event, in which IES La Orden starts as the favorite after a magnificent season, although the most important thing is that the league title is going to stay in Andalusia”.
For all these reasons, the City Council hopes to count on “the support of the Huelva people” in the final, so that they “come from the stands to cheer on” this La Orden team that “is carrying the name of Huelva as its flag inside and outside our borders.” “A great pride for the people of Huelva who undoubtedly deserve the support of their city in such a decisive event,” said the mayor.
“A competition that is also presented as a new opportunity to continue placing Huelva at the epicenter of the national sports map, which will also be a great claim to live and enjoy our city,” added Flores.
In this official presentation, the “support” of the Andalusian Badminton Federation and of all the people who work to “make it possible for the Andrés Estrada Sports Center to be the scene of a great badminton final next Saturday.”
The competition that will take place this Saturday corresponds to the return of the National League of Badminton Clubs. Thus, fifteen days ago the first leg took place in La Rinconada and in said competition the club from Huelva managed to channel the achievement of the title with a result of 2-5.
