The jury of the XXVIII Annual Awards of Sport Cartagenero met Monday under the chairmanship of Councillor for Sports, Alonso Gómez, to choose the best athletes, organizations, clubs and most important sporting events of the past 2007.
Thus, the player Leoncio Gomez Celdran, 'Leo', and swimmer Margarita Dominguez Cabezas, ran away with the awards for Best Male and Female Athlete, respected.
Leoncio Gomez started in the Sports Club teams Naval base, later moving to FC Cartagena in youth and Cartagonova CF.
Later he played for three seasons at Villarreal CF.
He is currently playing at FC Cartagena in Second Division B.
He has participated in all calls of the absolute self-selection and Cartagena.
For its part, Margarita Dominguez of Spain has been a champion in all categories of juvenile, infant and junior in the 400 and 800 meter dash.
It has been 42 times for different categories, won 28 medals in competitions in Spain and 6 medals in international competitions.
Last year was Absolute Champion of Spain at 1,500 meters and 10 km.
Is qualified for the World Championships in Seville and the pre-Olympic Beijing.
Spanish was rated the best swimmer in the World Cup in Seville (9 º), Sao Paolo (6 º) and Dubai (8 th) and bronze medal at the European Cup 5 km.
The Best Sponsor Award went to Tuco Muebles, important and vital for their economic contribution to football in a very difficult time in the history of the sport and was instrumental in the team's stay in the Division of Honour.
The award for Best National Category Club took it this year Algar South-Minor.
Cartagena This club has achieved in recent years a considerable structure, promoting women's volleyball throughout its area of influence and getting major sporting achievements.
Currently the first team plays in the Liga FEV and on behalf of Cartagena walks across the country.
The football match between teams from Cartagena and the Faroe Islands was for the jury, the best sporting event of the year, a historic event that brought together at the Municipal Stadium Cartagonova eleven thousand people.
Noelia Hernandez Zaplana, a young sharpshooter Cartagena, was in 2007 first in the junior championship in Spain in the Olympic Arms Pistol mode, first in the Junior Regional Championship in Air Pistol Standard, first in the junior regional championship in the form Sport Pistol and ranked third in the junior championship of Spain Sporting Arms in Air Pistol Standard.
This has earned him win the award for Best Athlete Revelation.
This same year was included as Regional High Performance Athlete in Olympic Promise Plan of the Region of Murcia.
In addition, the Martial Arts Club has been awarded the Best Club of Base.
Scored a total of 381 federal licenses last year, of which 297 are children under 14 years.
In 2007 he organized the Regional Championship Tournament and Child Cadet Combat Technique Regional Championship Tournament Adult and Child Technical Technical Regional Championship and Exhibition Children and reviews of black belts from 1 st to 5 th Dan.
Best Teaching Center, the jury decided that the IES Mediterranean was deserving of this award for his work in promoting and encouraging sports.
It is the only center of the region where the cycle is implemented Physical Activity and Sports, which this year celebrates its eighth promotion.
In the center, take a large number of complementary activities are a major effort for the teachers: Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis, Athletics, Indoor Football, Basketball, Handball, Volleyball, Water sports, Cross School or Half Marathon.
Students also have worked at conferences and courses organized in the city, participated in Training Fairs have taken part in ski courses in domestic championship in outdoor activities and lectures in various sports.
The award for Best Neighborhood Association went to Willow Neighborhood Association.
It is one of the most active of the entire city, with emphasis in the section dedicated to the sport.
Currently there are ten organizing activities: Aerobics, Chess, Dance, Salsa, Dance, Water Fitness, gymnastics, Taekwondo, Tai Chi, Archery and Yoga-Relax.
And finally, the award for Best Defender PlayFair it took the IV International Soccer Campus Edition.
An event held in Cartagena from 27 June to 2 July with the participation of 110 students from different nationalities, Israel, Poland, USA, Palestine, England and Spain, where raw integration, solidarity, fair play and respect for others.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena