The Xàtiva Badminton Club played last weekend the first Under-13/Under-17 Master of this season, held in Alfajarín (Zaragoza), in which Andrea Orquín competed. The Setabense, despite the fact that she could not overcome the group phase neither in the singles nor in the doubles, He closed his participation with good feelingsdue to the game played, “of a high quality, and due to the adaptation process with her female doubles partner, Claudia Gallego”, have highlighted from the Xàtiva club, which emphasize that “they are on a very good path, since the matches that they played escaped by very little difference and reaching the third set ”.
Individually, Andrea lost, precisely, against Claudia Gallego by 21-19, 13-21 and 21-14. In the second game, the Setabense lost to Noelia López 21-13 and 21-15. In doubles, Andrea and Claudia lost to Daniela Corchón and Ainhoa Larraya 21-11, 16-21 and 22-20. In the second match they lost to Mariña González and Beatriz López by 21-14, 20-22 and 21-11.
On the other hand, Badminton Xàtiva also attended last Saturday at the third day of the School Games in the cadet category, which took place in Campello. Five athletes from CB Xàtiva participated, due to the casualties of Selenia Pla, who traveled to Vitoria for the Spanish International Parabadminton, Andrea Orquín who was in the Alfajarín Master, as well as those of Ximo Torres and Sergio Miguel due to illness. Despite this, the Setabenses managed to 80% victories in doubles events, while in individual they achieved 20% of wins, due in part to the fact that there were some direct confrontations between athletes from Seta.
The Xàtiva Badminton Club also played the first day of the Autonomous Circuit of the absolute and senior categories of the Valencian Community, held in Teulada, with five athletes: the senior Daniel Meseguer, José Luis Llopis, Santiago Villanueva and Carlos Martínez, and Edu Beltrán, of absolute category. The Setabenses got a 40% win rate in singles and 45% in doubles.
upcoming competitions
Next weekend, Xàtiva Badminton will play the third day of the School Games in the junior category, which will take place on Saturday in Manises. 12 athletes will attend, accompanied by coach Javier Alcázar. CB Xàtiva will also play in the second round of the National League of Clubs – 2nd division of the Valencian Community, which will be held on Sunday at the Campello, where they will defend the lead achieved in the first round. The team from Seta will face CB Drop Valencia and CB Las Torres de Murcia on this second day.
