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The Municipal Court of Athletics Cartagena will host next April 12, Holy Wednesday, the XXXI edition of the traditional Athletics Trophy City of Cartagena 'Memorial Jesus Sanchís Trobat' held every year in Holy Week.
A day organized by the City Council together with the athletic clubs 'Cartagena' and 'Elcano' and which has the collaboration of UCAM and the General Directorate of Sports of CARM.
Councilor for Sports, Ricardo Segado, presented this Wednesday with Alonso Gómez López, general director of Sports of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the director of the event, Patricia Paz.
Between 16:30 and 19:00 hours on Holy Wednesday, a total of 28 disciplinary events will be held such as discus throwing, javelin throwing, weight throwing, high and long jump, and hurdles and speed races at Female and male categories.
The entrance for the public that wishes to attend to witness the Tournament is free.
The event will be attended by athletes from all over Spain, and especially the athletes from Cartagena who are located in a high place in the national athletics ranking, such as the medalists in Spanish championships in combined tests Vicente Guardiola, Sergio Jornet and Pablo Diaz. Athletes highlighted in speed tests Marta Meroño and Blanca Peñuelas.
Also, apart from the outstanding local athletes and the Region, athletes from Barcelona and the area of ​​Alicante will also arrive.
Ricardo Segado has pointed out that once again this championship, whose name pays tribute to the "great master of athletics in Cartagena" of the 1980s and half of the '90s who performed an important work to promote athletics "in the city, Will be "as a competitive event of excellent level".
In addition, the mayor of Sports has stated that "it is a guarantee" that is involved the Athletics Club Cartagena, which has recently been awarded at the Gala Sport as the best national club in 2016.
Alonso Gómez López, Director General of Sports of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, commented that this championship, which is already a "classic", is "the ideal sports complement for Holy Week".
"The athletes who visit us know that it is a must," said Gómez.
"Cartagena will be the benchmark of athletics at the regional level next Wednesday Holy and I am convinced that it will be a success," he has advanced.
Patricia Paz explained that "Holy Wednesday is synonymous with athletics in Cartagena and many people are traveling to the city to live the Trophy and then stay and spend a great day of Holy Week."
"One of the things that make this trophy beautiful is that it is a short-lived competition in which the junior athletes, the future of athletics, co-exist with the older ones," said the test director, who also emphasized "that they can live together In such a short space of time the future and the present of athletics ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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