The Roman legion Indiketes Warriors delivered their traditional prizes last Saturday night.
In an emotional and busy event, which left the camp they shared with Legio IV small, the Indiketes awarded Francisco Belmonte, President of FC Cartagena SAD, with the Guerrero Indikete award for the courage, determination and good management carried out in the main club of soccer of our municipality.
The festeros Julio Moreno Legio Vernácula and Domingo Ruiz Guerreros de Uxama received, ex aequo, the Indikete Prize of Honor, which is awarded to an extensive and remarkable festera trajectory.
He also received a well-deserved recognition, the Goddess Ambara Award, David Yerai López who, despite his young age, only 15 years old, has been bringing culture, theater and music to children and adults for the last four years, in an altruistic and supportive way .
The event ended with the traditional photo with the winners and the solemn toast Indikete with everyone present.
Francisco Belmonte a soccer warrior
Finishing the 2014-2015 season, he took over FC Cartagena, with the team in promotion of descent and assuming a debt of more than 5 million euros.
Getting to finish the season saving the category.
The following season the team underwent an important improvement, finishing in fifth position, which allowed all fans to breathe a little more calm and hopeful.
In all the following seasons, the ascent play off was accessed, leaving one of them as Group IV champions, which does not seem bad number, considering that we are in Legion IV.
But we must not only highlight the sporting results, but also the enormous work of reorganization, to provide it with a solid structure, more typical of a professional club than we have always known as 2nd Division.
Other actions include the creation of the FC Cartagena Foundation, aimed at social, educational and, as an example, against harassment and violence in sport.
The creation of appropriate structures for the promotion of grassroots football is another of the great initiatives that have culminated successfully, currently having more than 600 children in the quarry.
In economic terms, the good management of Paco Belmonte and his team have made that debt of more than 5 million euros has disappeared;
also having a great support of the Cartagena business fabric, which has gone from € 48,000 annually when he took over the club, to the current € 600,000.
For all this, for its value in undertaking a company for which few bet, knowing that being Murcia would not facilitate things, at least in the beginning;
for his perseverance even though the ball has been cruel and has not wanted to enter the decisive moments;
and for returning the illusion to the fans of Cartagena, the Indiketes Legion decided to distinguish him with this award.
Source: Legión Indiketes