The National Center for High Performance Sports hosted one of the most important tournaments on the Argentine circuit on Thursday and Sunday.
More than 750 registeredincluding athletes from Uruguay, Chile and Paraguaythe Open of the Republic will be made up of categories of Minors (from U9), Seniors and Seniors (up to +75), both in its male and female branches and in individual and double modalities.
Santa Cruz It was present through two schools: Ulloa Table Tennis School in Río Gallegos and Ernesto Perico Maldonado Municipal School in Río Turbio. The team from the Santa Cruz capital was made up of six players: Benjamín Ulloa (Under 9 and Under 11), Diego Esparza (Under 13 and Under 15), José Hernández (Under 15 and Under 17), Leandro Ulloa (Under 17 and Under 19), Franco Esparza (Under 15 and Under 17), Leonel Bórquez (Under 19 and Under 23) accompanied by the technical director, Diego Ulloa. For their part, the representatives of the Carboniferous Basin were: Zoé Alanis (Under 13), Luana Paredes (Under 15), Álamo Valentina (Under 15), Joaquín Maldonado (Under 15), Benjamín Maldonado (Under 17) and Ernesto Maldonado (Max 65) led by Walter Riquelme, Mauricio Paredes and Yésica Nemek.
Although the Santa Cruz team had a great performance with their schools, Zoe Alanis was the one who got a Sub 13 championship in Key B and a third place in the Sub 11 Master, thus remaining on the podium and among the four best in the country. C.Regarding the performance of the 11-year-old girl, The Southern Opinionspoke with his teacher Walter Riquelme: “Satisfaction and peace of knowing that the path traveled is the correct one, learning day by day and that table tennis in Santa Cruz is growing“.
Likewise, he emphasized his way of working with the children and young people of the Municipal School: “We train three times a week where we work the coordination, sensory, motor and affective partner”.
Regarding the selective of Río Gallegos, The Southern Opinion He also spoke with the coach, Diego Ulloa: “After 8 years that we stopped competing in these tournaments, today we are back in this circuit”. Finally, he already set a goal for next year: “Now prepare for the next year, you already know what the level of this type of tournament is like.“, hill.
