Cadet Spanish Cup Brings the Best Balearic Paddlers to Pontevedra

This weekend, around 500 young athletes from over 80 clubs across Spain gathered to compete in the Cadet Spanish Cup, held at the Pontillón de Castro reservoir in Verducido, Pontevedra.

Throughout the weekend, sunny skies and warm temperatures provided favorable conditions for the young paddlers, although they had to contend with winds that picked up on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.

In the team events of K2, C2, K4, and C4, Club de Vela Puerto de Andratx paddlers Alba Fernández and Margalida Alemany took gold in the K2 500 meters final C. In the K4 500 meters final A, Es Nàutic de Sant Antoni paddlers María Gallego, Iciar Solé, Carla Costa, and Valentina Rodríguez secured bronze, finishing behind teams from Club Kayak Tudense and Club de Piragüismo CP Portonovo.

Noteworthy performances also came from Es Nàutic paddlers Toni Llorens, Roy Kikozashvili, Facundo González, and Sigifredo Felipe, who placed sixth in the K-4 500 meters men's final B; Roy Kikozashvili and Candela Madrigal, who finished eighth in the K-2 mixed 500 meters final B; María Gallego and Valentina Rodríguez, who took ninth in the K-2 women's 500 meters final B; and Iciar Solé and Carla Costa, who finished ninth in the K-2 women's 500 meters final C.

From Club de Vela Puerto de Andratx, cadets Maximilian Flaska, Jorge Garrido, and Victor Sobzak competed in the K1 and K2 men's qualifying heats but did not advance to the finals.

The next event for these promising young athletes will be the Spanish Sprint Championship, to be held at the same Pontillón de Castro reservoir track on the third weekend of July.