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The already established as the leading yachting event the regional calendar, the Regata Solidarity Carbide Plata, will turn the port city of Cartagena at a meeting of sports enthusiasts sailing on 27, 28 and 29 May.
Climate, natural environment and maritime conditions Cartagena guarantee the success of a sports and solidarity proves that this year celebrates its eighth year with 80 boats that sail the waters of Cartagena and Portman, bringing together more than 800 participants between crew members and collaborators between land and sea.
The race has been presented this morning by the mayor, Jose Lopez, the mayor of La Union, Pedro Lopez, the CEO of Sports of the Autonomous Community, Alonso Gómez, President of the Yacht Club Porman, Blas Isaac Calventus, and president Multiple Sclerosis Association of Cartagena and Shire (EMACC), Ros Mari Angeles, an event that was also attended by Deputy Mayor, Ana Belén Castejon, and the Councillor for Sports, Ricardo Segado.
Organized by the Yacht Club of Portman, in collaboration with the City of Cartagena and La Union, laFederación Sailing Region, the Royal Yacht Club and Yacht Port of Cartagena, this race will also take place Trophy Carbide Plate, III Trophy Audi Huertas Motor and class II Spar Cup ORC Cruise, a system that guarantees equal opportunities between vessels making up the difference.
From the Puerto Yacht Cartagena, technical Management has prepared a series of tests that will begin on May 27 from 15:00 to windward leeward.
Saturday 28 from 11:30 am tour the coastal route Cartagena and Portman to end in the port city, a day that also have a musical event hand Kar P Diem.
On Sunday 29 May from 11:00 candles test the Windward - Leeward again going back to the awards ceremony.
Uniting sport to social causes, it is a race full of values ​​and feelings, as stated by the President of the Yacht Club of Portman, Blas Isaac Calventus, since this year the proceeds from the race will go to Multiple Sclerosis Association of Cartagena and Shire (EMACC), which gives information and advice to newly diagnosed with this degenerative disease that affects the functioning of neurons, and their families and provide psychological support and physiotherapy treatment.
Carbide Silver Trophy is a boost for nautical tourism in the Region of Murcia, since discloses amateurs and sailors, with more than half of participants are from outside the municipality, including boats Andalusia and the Valencian Community.
The Director General of Sports of the Autonomous Community, Alonso Gómez, has indicated that this event is an example of what sport can give him, seconded by the mayor of La Union, Pedro Lopez, who noted that this race exalts the work Portmán Yacht Club.
YACHT CLUB WITH A HISTORY
Portman Yacht Club was founded in 1992 with the aim of promoting nautical sports activities in the region and fight for the regeneration of the bay that still makes visible the ecological disaster that was for abuses of mining.
This situation means that this club does not have moorings or boating activity until regeneration takes place, which makes sporting events like this solidarity race that has attracted respect and collaboration so that it remains one of the sailing events of greater relevance in the cruise circuit of our country.
Since its first race, the sporting event, which brought together more than 400 participants boats, has shown its values ​​marking a clear solidarity goal donating more than 30,000 euros to associations nonprofit working for a more just society, all the collection of entries.
Furthermore, in this eighth edition will count for the first time with a charity auction of various works of art and objects.
With sights set towards future editions, the mayor of La Union, Pedro Lopez, has indicated his desire to be able to have this race out of Portman, what the CEO of Sports of the Autonomous Community, Alonso Gómez, has indicated you will do everything possible so that in the future this club may be in the condition it deserves as a club race.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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