During Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Samuel Ferrer Municipal Pavilion in Cuenca, it was held, after the year 2020 without being able to celebrate due to the pandemic situation and the year 2021 a little decaffeinated for being held outside its natural habitat, in June, the Samuel Ferrer Badminton Memorial, in its twenty-fifth edition.
The XXV Memorial Samuel Ferrer of Badminton, has been held in the individual modality, both male and female, and in the categories Sub11 (mini badminton), Sub13, Sub15, as well as Absolute non-federated and Absolute federated, starting at 9:00 a.m. , with more than 10 hours of development of the tournament, until 7:30 p.m., with a total of 193 matches being played, 177 badminton and 16 mini-badminton.
To highlight the participation of the different players, which on this occasion has been the largest in the entire history of the Samuel Ferrer Memorial, with a total of 111 registrations, which, after some last-minute drop-outs, had 106 real participants, who came from Toledo, Guadalajara, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, of course also from Cuenca capital and towns in the province such as Cañete, El Provencio or Valera de Abajo.
The first in each category have been:
SUB11 FEMALE (6 participants):
1st.- Daniela Rodríguez (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
2nd.- Nour Aharbi (CEIP Enchanted City Cuenca)
3rd.- Manar Aharbi (CEIP Enchanted City Cuenca)
4th.- Raquel Lozano (Badminton Albatros Cuenca
MEN’S U11 (2 participants):
1º.- Mateo Algarra (CEIP Ciudad Encantada Cuenca)
2nd.- Héctor de la Mata (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
SUB13 FEMALE (7 participants):
1st.- Ariadna Fabra (Drop Valencia)
2nd.- Marina Simarro (Badminton Albarena Albacete)
3rd.- Sofía Maestre (El Provencio)
4th.- Sara Villena (Badminton Albarena Albacete)
MEN’S U13 (4 participants):
1st.- Jorge González (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
2nd.- Luis Tárraga (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
3rd.- Óscar Fernández (IN Badminton Cuenca)
4th.- Jorge de la Mata (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
SUB15 FEMALE (12 participants):
1st.- Diana Dulia (Badminton Moral de Calatrava)
2nd.- Edurne Rubio (Drop Valencia)
3rd.- Lucía Marqueño (Badminton Albarena Albacete)
4th.- Candi López (Badminton Moral de Calatrava)
MALE SUB15 (10 participants):
1st.- Ángel Flores (Badminton Moral de Calatrava)
2nd.- Samuel Rodriguez (Albatross Badminton)
3º.- Rafael Arroyo (Badminton Moral de Calatrava)
4º.- Rodrigo Maestre (El Provencio)
ABSOLUTE NON-FEDERATED FEMALE (9 participants):
1st.- María Mera (IN Badminton Cuenca)
2nd.- Irene Ruiz (Cañete)
3rd.- Sara Torres (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
4th.- Vanesa Castellanos (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
ABSOLUTE NON-FEDERATED MALE (23 participants):
1º.- Joaquín de la Cruz (EM Badminton Basin)
2º.- Francisco José Caballero (Old Glories Cuenca)
3rd.- Mario González (EM Badminton Cuenca)
4th.- Ricardo Arroyo (IN Badminton Cuenca)
ABSOLUTE WOMEN’S FEDERATED (8 participants):
1st.- Jimena Alonso (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
2nd.- María Guirado (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
3rd.- Natalie Santamaría (Badminton GooseWings Guadalajara)
4th.- Sara Checa (Badminton Albatros Cuenca)
ABSOLUTE FEDERATED MEN (25 participants):
1º.- Jorge Jérez (Drop Toledo)
2º.- Álvaro Hernández (Drop Toledo)
3rd.- Sergio Nieto (Badminton El Campello)
4th.- Raúl Fernández (Badminton GooseWings Guadalajara)
From the Albatros Badminton Sports Club, it only remains to thank the different entities that, during these difficult times, have not stopped supporting the practice of badminton in Cuenca, such as the Globalcaja Cuenca Foundation, the Cuenca City Council, the Cuenca Provincial Council and the Board of Communities of Castilla-La Mancha, through its Sports Service in Cuenca, in addition to other entities and companies that are always there when needed, such as the Barrio de Casablanca Neighborhood Association, Cervezas Tormo and the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
Finally, thank all the participants for their contribution of non-perishable food as a registration “fee”, which was delivered to the Food Bank of Cuenca, because any little help for those most in need is a lot; In addition, the trophies given to the winners have been acquired in the ASPADEC Association, with which the emotional and supportive end of this XXV Samuel Ferrer Badminton Memorial has been complete.
