The Auria Badminton Club split its weekend across regional competitions in Tenerife and Fuerteventura, fielding players in both the Máster N6 and TOP TTR La Laguna alongside the concurrent TOP TTR Las Playitas tournament.
Tenerife Expedition at La Laguna
Six players from the Lanzarote-based club traveled to Tenerife early Saturday morning for the Máster N6 and TOP TTR La Laguna, held at the Central Pavilion of the University of La Laguna lanzarotedeportiva.com. The contingent included Guillermo Padrón, Isaac Rincón, Gemma Eiriz, Juan Arranz, Zeneida Ortiz, and Samuel Tarife, with Alejandro Rijo traveling as the head of the expedition lanzarotedeportiva.com. The squad returned to Lanzarote on the 19:30 flight following the conclusion of the tournament lanzarotedeportiva.com.
In the under-11 category of the Máster N6 La Laguna, Isaac Rincón entered the draw as the tournament’s number one seed lanzarotedeportiva.com. He was joined in the youth division by clubmates Guillermo Padrón, Gemma Eiriz, and Juan Arranz lanzarotedeportiva.com. Meanwhile, Zeneida Ortiz and Samuel Tarife contested the senior divisions of the TOP TTR La Laguna, with Tarife earning the number two seeding in his bracket lanzarotedeportiva.com.
Doubles Pairings Across Divisions
The club’s entries extended into regional doubles draws across multiple age brackets. Guillermo Padrón and Isaac Rincón teamed up for the under-11 boys’ doubles, while Gemma Eiriz and Juan Arranz partnered in the under-11 mixed doubles lanzarotedeportiva.com. In the senior and absolute categories, Zeneida Ortiz and Samuel Tarife paired together for the mixed doubles competition lanzarotedeportiva.com.
Six Medals Secured at Las Playitas
While the La Laguna squad competed in Tenerife, a separate eleven-player delegation from the Auria Badminton Club traveled to Fuerteventura for the TOP TTR Las Playitas cadenaser.com. That tournament featured roughly one hundred players in the region’s opening event of the season cadenaser.com. The Lanzarote club collected six medals at Las Playitas, finishing with two gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal cadenaser.com.
Eduardo Curbelo led the club’s performance in Fuerteventura by claiming two gold medals cadenaser.com. Seeded first in the under-17 boys’ singles, Curbelo advanced through group play with wins against Juan Diego Sánchez (21-2, 21-1) and Leo Bailey (21-5, 21-3) cadenaser.com. He defeated teammate Jorge Betancort (21-16, 21-13) in the semifinals before overcoming Gerard Hernández (21-14, 21-10) in the final cadenaser.com.
Curbelo secured his second gold in the under-17 boys’ doubles alongside partner Gerard Hernández of Tenzul El Rosario cadenaser.com. After winning their group matches against Antonio Jesús Fumero and Yael Saavedra (21-7, 21-6) as well as Leo Bailey and Lucas Pérez (21-4, 21-6), the pair dropped the first set of the final before rallying past Javier Peña and Oliver Sánchez (21-23, 21-16, 21-13) cadenaser.com.
Podium Finishes for Betancort, López, and Rincón
Jorge Betancort earned the bronze medal in the under-17 boys’ singles at Las Playitas cadenaser.com. Seeded sixth, Betancort won his group matches against Diego Ramírez, Antonio Jesús Fumero, and Aarón Mayor, then defeated Bruno Lionel Peralta in the quarterfinals before falling to Curbelo in the semifinals cadenaser.com.
In the under-13 boys’ singles, Jacob López claimed a silver medal after winning his group matches against Mario Padilla and Gabriel Antonio Bautista and advancing directly to the final, where he fell to Francisco José González (11-21, 6-21) cadenaser.com. López added a second silver medal in the under-13 boys’ doubles alongside Isaac Rincón, recovering from an opening defeat against Eduardo Jesús González and Francisco José González to secure wins over Padilla and Raúl Peña (21-13, 21-10) and Bautista and Axel Andrés Karlsson (21-2, 21-3) cadenaser.com.
The club’s medal count concluded with a silver in the under-17 mixed doubles from Jorge Betancort and Patricia Vargas cadenaser.com. The pair won three group matches before dropping a tight final 7-21, 23-25 to Bruno Lionel Peralta and Elizabeth Caicedo cadenaser.com.
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