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The Rivas Badminton Club shuttlers continue to plan very wisely on the Madrid courts since the entity decided in 2021 to make the leap to official competition. The 2025 senior regional circuit, where players over 30 years of age compete, has closed with an individual bronze medal for Ruth García, a silver in men’s doubles (Juan Luis Ibáñez and Juan Carlos Molina) and a bronze in mixed doubles (Rocío Martín and Juan Luis Ibáñez). The regional circuit is made up of five days, which are held throughout the season in different Madrid municipalities.
Furthermore, in this year’s Madrid Senior Championship [no confundir campeonato con circuito]the club won three individual silvers (Rocío Martín, Laura Jiménez and Ruth García), two silvers in doubles (Laura Jiménez and Beatriz Jiménez; Juan Luis Ibáñez and Juan Carlos Molina) and two bronzes in doubles (Diego Izquierdo and Suman Majula; Rocío Martín and Juan Luis Ibáñez, in mixed).
70%, FROM RIVAS
This year, the club, which was created in 2010, has 17 federated players: seven women and ten men. 70% of its members live in the city, according to data provided by the entity. And 18 girls and 16 boys are trained at the municipal badminton sports school, with an agreement signed with the Department of Sports.
The training and classes are taught at the sports facilities of the El Olivar public school, the Hipatia municipal educational city and the Cerro del Telégrafo sports center.
According to Gonzalo Castañeda Condado, president of the club, these are “very important results that require a lot of background work. But we must not settle. We must continue to improve and strengthen our youth team.”
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