The twenty-ninth edition of the LA NUEVA ESPAÑA golf tournament, which begins today, brings together more than half a thousand players at the La Llorea municipal course in Gijón. The first ones will have to get up early today because the first start time is at 8.30 in the morning and the competition will last until 14.30. As in previous editions and for many years now, this is the only four-day tournament and the one with the highest participation of all those held throughout the year.
This was recalled yesterday at the tournament presentation by the course manager, Arturo Zarauza: “We are facing the mythical event in the municipal golf calendar. Registration is not closed for every day, but there will be around 550 players with all that this implies in the organization: departure times, competition committee taking the players’ times, care of the field. It is a complicated organization but we have experience.”
The first game of the day, with Elena Arias and Javier Neira on one team and Daniel Granda and Diego Rendueles on the other
Zarauza is happy with the state of the field. “He is spectacular, better than ever,” he says. According to him, “the players are going to find greens with a quality that they have never seen in the month of August on this course. August is a very difficult month because there are a lot of players and the greens are not in perfect condition, but this year is going to be the best”. Based on the experience of previous years, Zarauza estimates that “between 30 and 35 percent of the players will be from outside Asturias, there are even people who schedule their vacations to be able to participate.” If the percentage of previous years is maintained, “80 percent of the participants are men and the rest are women.
Registration closes at 10 a.m. the day before. That is, at 10 today registrations to play tomorrow Wednesday close, and so on. As usual, on the first day the highest handicaps will come out first, up to 30, and then the lowest, but on the following day the order will be reversed, which will happen on two more occasions. The weather will be favorable to the participants, although, according to Arturo Zarauza, “many people are very attentive to the forecasts when registering.”
The tournament was officially presented yesterday at a ceremony attended by the Councilor for Sports, Jorge Pañeda; the director of the Private Banking office of Unicaja Banco, Enrique Álvarez, and the director of business development of LA NUEVA ESPAÑA, Francisco Costales. Pañeda assured that “it is the quintessential summer tournament in Gijón in the best place there is to play, the influx is guaranteed and it is also a tournament in pairs, which is also attractive because there are not many of these characteristics.” The councilor highlighted: «We are in a month of August with many incentives for people to enjoy, there is the Trade Fair, the horse riding and the LA NUEVA ESPAÑA tournament is another of the attractions of the Gijón summer».
The XXIX edition of the tournament starts today at eight thirty in the morning from the “tee” of hole one of La Llorea, following a new match every ten minutes until completing the first 148 players grouped into 74 teams.
Today’s first game is played by Elena Arias Quirós and Javier Neira García on one team, and Diego Rendueles Meana and Daniel Granda González on the other. Elena and Javier already played last year and were the winners of the First Category with a result of 43 stableford points, despite playing with a -3 handicap. It will be their second participation together in the tournament and they hope to repeat the result. Javier studies in the United States and Elena, who also studied, finished her degree and has now joined the Spanish job market. Both have the experience of playing on their college teams. His teammates Diego and Daniel, from Gijón and Avilés respectively, play with a 0 handicap and it will be the first time they form a team in the summer tournament. Both teams know the route of La Llorea well and it is expected that they sign a good result. Two elite teams to open the competition of the XXIX LA NUEVA ESPAÑA Golf Tournament.
The second game of the day is made up of the juniors Mario Estévez González and Álvaro Rodríguez Avello on the one hand, and the seniors Diego Rubio Solís and Jorge Suárez Burgos, who play with a handicap of 3 and 4 respectively and who, due to their curriculum, are favorites to occupy positions of honor. , the first in sub-21 and the second in the first category.
In the third game, the seniors Rafael Joglar San Miguel and Alberto Vigil Cepa participate, who have already lost count of the number of times they have played the tournament and who have won their categories on several occasions. They are local players who are very knowledgeable about the Gijón tour, and therefore favorites to win again in their category.
The first game of the day, with Elena Arias and Javier Neira on one team and Daniel Granda and Diego Rendueles on the other
Among the 74 teams participating today there are many who have options to the relevant spots for first division, such as Daniel Villaverde Garrido and Eduardo González Palacios; Oscar Sanchez Miranda and Javier de Valdes Cavanilles; Luis Garcia-Count Urquijo and Javier Larrinaga of Luis; Jairo Sandoval Rojas and Angel Suarez Rodriguez; Victor Luis Martin Llera and Manuel Churches Santirso; Juan de Faes Alvarez and Carlos Garcia-Ochoa; Borja Diez Sanz and Pedro Alonso Martinez, and Jaime Solís Martinez and Saturnino Sanchez Iglesias, among others who are sure to surprise with their play and results. To opt for the second category awards a good number of teams emerge as favourites: Gonzalo Martinez Lopez and Pedro Rodriguez Valdés; Jose Lover Camin Suarez and Manuel Pastor Rodriguez; Maria Teresa Diaz Rodriguez and Ruben Battilana Lecumberri; Henry Hevia Sanchez and Gloria Gimenez Antoja; Adela Garcia Garden and Maximina Alonso Gonzalez, and Jose Manuel Sevilla Martinez and Begoña Canal Rodriguez. All of them have possibilities, but surely other teams not mentioned will stand out in the final result of the tournament and be taken into account for other editions.
Today, the 148 participating players will try to hit the best shot of their lives and with the greatest fortune from the “tee” of holes 8 and 16 of La Llorea, to hole the ball in the hole with just one shot and opt for one. of the special prizes of the LA NUEVA ESPAÑA Tournament, Unicaja Banco Trophy, of an MG ZS 1.5 Luxury car, from Cyasa and an Agility S 125 ABS motorcycle, from Motorbox Gijón.
For the overall result of the game of each team in the tournament, the prizes will be awarded in this order: first absolute champion couple of the tournament, first scratch couple, first couples of the First and Second category, second couples of the First and Second category, first couple senior, third couples of First and Second category, first male super senior couple (both players aged 70 or over and non-mixed) and female senior master (both players aged 60 or over non-mixed), first under-21 couple; In addition, the first couple with the best result of each of the four days of play will be rewarded.
The Competition Committee requests the collaboration of all the participants and recommends complying with the rules of golf and courtesy: replace chops, fix the pitch marks and, above all, comply with the Pace of Play Policy, which sets the time in which each game must finish each hole of the course. The schedule table can be consulted at the course facilities and on the Gijón municipal golf website.
The XXIX Golf Tournament of LA NUEVA ESPAÑA, Unicaja Banco Trophy, is sponsored by Unicaja Banco, Cyasa MG, Carl’s Jr., Masymas Supermarkets, Motorbox Gijón, Coral Golf, Fuensanta, Milar, Las Caldas Villa Termal, Martín Muebles, Embutidos Vallina , Los Nogales Restaurant, Editorial Prensa Ibérica, the City Council of Gijón and the Government of the Principality of Asturias.
2023-08-08 02:15:00
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