The Canary Islands team played Catalonia in the final of the Spanish Beach Tennis Championships for Autonomous Communities this Sunday on the court installed this year on Poniente Beach in Benidorm. Ultimately, the Canary Islanders emerged victorious, taking home the trophy for the first time in this national tournament. More than 130 players from 17 teams across Spain participated in this fourth Spanish Beach Tennis Championships, organized by the Lope de Vega International School and the Spanish Tennis Federation, with the collaboration of the Benidorm City Council.
Three more editions
Benidorm's Councillor for Sports, José Javier Jordá, along with the head of the Lope de Vega International School, Vicente Fuster, and the spokesperson for the Benidorm government, Lourdes Caselles, presented the trophies to the winners of the tournament this Sunday. This was the fourth tournament of its kind held in Benidorm, "thanks to the dedication of the school and the support of the City Council." Following the final, a new agreement was signed between the head of the Lope de Vega International School, Vicente Fuster, and the Coordinator of the Sports Department of the Spanish Tennis Federation and head of Beach Tennis in Spain, Carles Vicent. This agreement ensures that Benidorm and the Lope de Vega School will host this important sporting event for another three years.
According to Carles Vicent, Coordinator of the Sports Department of the Spanish Tennis Federation and head of Beach Tennis in Spain, “this fourth edition has once again been a great experience. The organization has been improved, and some new features have been implemented. We want this Spanish National Beach Tennis Championship to remain in Benidorm and at the Lope de Vega International School because, once again, the organization has been superb.” The awards ceremony took place after the Canary Islands team's victory in the final. Catalonia took second place.
The headmaster of the Lope de Vega International School, Vicente Fuster, congratulated the winners and thanked all the teams for their participation, highlighting that “this year we have managed to consolidate and improve the tournament. Our commitment to the Spanish Tennis Federation has been renewed for another three years, which confirms our unwavering support for this sport . The Lope de Vega International School hosted all the participating teams during their stay at this championship.”
In the words of Alfonso Bacaicoa, coordinator of this Championship and manager of Costa Tennis, it is worth highlighting "not only the high level of participation, which we can describe as a resounding success, but also the large number of fans who have attended the various matches during these days." Bacaicoa pointed out that "this tournament has an agreement with the RFET (Royal Spanish Tennis Federation) for the coming years with the Lope de Vega International School, with the aim of consolidating it and creating a strong point of tourist and sporting interest on the beaches of Benidorm and at the facilities of the Educational Center , for all lovers of racquet sports."
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For these summer months, the facilities of the Lope de Vega International School are already prepared to host a good number of high-level sporting competitions.
Vicente Fuster explained that “this year we will have as a novelty this coming weekend (from June 27 to 29) the Mapfre Spanish Beach Tennis Championship 2024 for Juniors and Veterans.
Next up is the Carmen Pérez González 8-a-side Football Tournament, in which teams from across the region participate. A week later, we'll have the Juan Fuster Zaragoza Memorial Tournament , a long-standing tradition now in its 25th edition. In August, we'll host an ITF tournament , and we'll finish the summer with the Juan Fuster Zaragoza European Tennis Tour . In total, we'll have six tournaments with the aim, as always at this school, of promoting sport in our city, ” Fuster concluded.
