Five people from Alto Aragon compete in the Spanish U-17 Badminton Championshipwhich is celebrated in Granollers. These are Jorge Royo, Hugo Gállego, Iván Rubio and Erik Castañeda, from Huesca La Magia, and Nerea Marco, from Binéfar.
The best chances of reaching the last rounds are Jorge Royo has and, above all, in the mixed doubles that plays with the Navarrese Blanca Cantónand also Hugo Gállego.
In singles Jorge Royo is measured in the first round from a frame of 64 to Martín Fenoll from Madrid and if he advances he will face Magno Salas, from Granollers.
Iván Rubio faces off in the first round against Iker Bartolomé from Valladolid and if he wins he will face Miao Ruifeng, from Paracuellos.
Hugo Gállego is exempt from the first round and awaits in second place the winner of the duel between Barcelona’s Nil Leiva and Granada’s Pedro Torre.
Erik Castañeda faces Pablo Gámez from Madrid and if he wins he will meet Jiaxi Zuo, from Alicante. From this match Hugo Gállego’s rival will come out in the third round if he reaches it.
Nerea Marco begins the individual competition against the Almerian Rosana García and if she wins she will face the Valencian Sara Llopis (3/4).
In men’s doubles Erik Castañeda plays with the canary Darío Perera and they will meet the Alicante natives Lucas Valles and Jiaxi Zuo.
In mixed doubles Jorge Royo and Blanca Cantón start as seeds number 2 of the painting. They start against Gorka Fernández and Patricia PeñaCanary Islands and Navarre, already in the second round.
Hugo Gállego plays with the Galician Lucía Cid and they start in the first round against Isaac Martín and África Cimas from Valladolid. In case of victory They will meet Iván Rubiowhich together with the Castilian-Leonese África Gazo They start as 5/8 seeds.
This competition opens the Spanish championships by categories that will occur in the coming weeks.
Jorge Royo and Hugo Gállego, called up with Spain
On the other hand, within the Team España Futuro program, at the end of the year there will be a concentration at the CAR in Madrid from December 18 to 21 for Under 15 and Under 17 athletes. And in this concentration there will be two Badminton players Huesca La Magiaboth in the Under 17 category. These are Jorge Royo and Hugo Gállego. On the horizon is the European Championship held in Lanzarote.
The program will feature the presence of Lennart Englerinternational technical expert in talent training