The match between UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto and Movistar Estudiantes, special for two reasons. The president of the Club, Alejandro García Pellitero, has appeared at a press conference to talk about the presentation of the lower blanquivioleta categories, which will take place during the meeting on Sunday at 6:00 p.m., and also to explain the additional access measures that will be taken for that match.
Presentation of the lower categories. “Sunday’s game is special because we present our grassroots teams. From the babies to the EBA League team, Clínica Sur-Aspasia RV Basketball, we offer a complete project to the players from the moment they start to dribble the ball. We have a total of 240 children and 39 technicians that make up 18 teams. The autonomic ones always opt for the titles in Castilla y León to later be able to access the Spanish Championships. All the teams carry out three to four sessions per week and also have physical preparation, in addition to technique. Even the little ones train twice a week. I want to send a message of gratitude to the families for betting on our Club, school and teams, for the economic effort they make and that allows us to attend tournaments attended by the best teams in the world. Also my maximum gratitude to the technicians, for their work on a day-to-day basis, and the results; and to the sponsors, with Grupo Aspasia and Clínica Sur in the subsidiary, the EBA League team, and to IVECO, which gives its name to the IVECO Academy and to our Frontón. They are essential to go to the Spanish Championships, which is the prize”.
Full in Pisuerga. “Yesterday we put up the ‘no tickets’ sign again for the second time this season, which I don’t know if it has ever happened. And with paid tickets. We do promotions with children so that they attend for free because we believe that they are the fans of the future and we want young people to have other leisure options and to enjoy it. Now we remember the loss of capacity in the pavilion due to the elimination of a row and the first-rate situation, which is not used due to the low visibility it offers. We remember those more than 300 seats, they have already gone twice and there are at least 600 tickets that we have not sold. The promotion with football season ticket holders has been a success with more than 400 tickets sold. We are happy because the soccer fan joins basketball. Regarding organizational issues, we remind you that the doors will open from 5:00 p.m. and Door 4 is enabled, adding a total of three accesses. In the derby against Palencia there were no queues thanks to that forecast. The square will be closed to traffic.
Possible signing of reinforcement. “It’s not that we don’t ask Real Valladolid CF, it’s that we do things with common sense so as not to generate inopportune expenses. A reinforcement is being sought, but we want him to contribute and add, not someone to fill. If that opportunity appears with the conditions we have right now, with its determining factors, we will speak with the Club to see how it can be complemented. We have other financing channels open to achieve this”.
Agreement with the Real Valladolid Football Club. “It ends on June 30, the renewal is already underway. We are looking at how we can strengthen ourselves even more thanks to your resources. Not only financially, but that they help us generate that income independently, like right now. They make the contribution that they consider opportune and if it is necessary to increase it, it would be increased. The necessary steps are being taken for this renewal and to see how we can grow together. They have made their entire structure available to us and now we have to go department by department to see how we can continue to professionalize our Club”.
Movistar Students fans. “Practically no fans come. We had reserved the Fondo Norte Alto area and on Tuesday they told us that their supporters’ clubs were not organizing a trip. We decided to open that area to the public. Those who come will do so on a private level. That is to say, Pisuerga is full of people from home, from our fans, who have more merit”.
