Rooms at the Hotel Alfonso XIII Cartagena welcome from today until Sunday, June 26, the celebration of XVI Billiards Championship in Spain for self-selection, specializing in three bands.
The opening this morning, attended by the Councillor for Sports, Jose Cabezas and sporting director of the Royal Spanish Federation of Billiards and championship director, Emilio Perez Mingorance, and numerous fans.
The councilman of Deportes, José Cabezas, has welcomed the more than fifty players of all ages and levels of eleven self-selection, including Murcia, who gather in our city four days.
Cabezos recalled that Cartagena has a long tradition of billiard
and that this is an opportunity for fans to enjoy a sport as nice as difficult as it requires much skill and concentration.
The three party discipline is not only a more complicated patterns, but also one of the most colorful and spectacular as it allows the fan blows millimeter and see plays almost impossible.
The eleven teams will contest the first round of qualifying in three groups, two of four teams and one of three, the winner of each group and the second best will compete in the semifinals and the winners play the final on Sunday.
Virtually all in days intensive, from 10 to 12 hours of the morning and 16 to 20 hours in the afternoon, said the director of the championship, Emilio Mingorance.
The closure will be at 17.00 hours on Sunday 26 with the proclamation of winners, prizes and a farewell wine honor.
This sporting event is organized by the Billiards Club Casino de Cartagena, Spain recently proclaimed runner-up team, and celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding.
They also organize the Federation of Billiards in the Region of Murcia, the Spanish Federation of Billiards, with the special collaboration of the Directorate General of Sports and the city of Cartagena.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena