Es Nàutic team winner of the 1st Sea Balearic Kayak Cup

This weekend it was celebrated in the waters of the bay of Portamany the 1st Sea Balearic Kayak Cup of the season 2023-2024, by the organization of the Club Nàutic Sant Antoni (CNSA) and the Federación Balear de Piragüismo. The CNSA has achieved a magnificent result, by leading the club classification and winning a total of 19 medals (6 gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze).

A hundred paddlers from different nautical clubs of the Balearic Islands have gathered this weekend at the Club Sant Antoni to compete in the 1st Sea Balearic Kayak Cup of the season.

The paddlers of the categories, cadet, junior and senior, have done 10 kilometers, which linked the breakwater of the port of Sant Antoni with the islet of Cala Salada and back. It was quite a tough crossing, due to the swell that was recorded during the race and which came from different directions, varying in sections. The route for the children was three kilometers, between the dyke and the Aquarium de es Cap Blanc, returning to the starting point.

Raúl Prendes and Ilhan Velasco (SS2 Junior Men) did an extraordinary race, leading the competition from start to finish, and the victory of Daniel Sánchez (SS1 Senior Men), on his return to Es Nàutic. There was also an impressive duel in SS1 Junior Men between Noel López and Álvaro Rubio, both from the Sant Antoni team, and there were other brilliant victories, such as those of Facundo González (Cadet A Men), Valentina Rodríguez (Cadet A Women) and Laura Rubio (Infantil B Women).

The total medals obtained by the CNSA paddlers were as follows: Raúl Prendes and Ilhan Velasco gold in SS2 Junior Men and silver for Marc Boned and Tristán García Arzberger in the same category. Lázaro Noel López gold in SS1 Junior Men and silver for Álvaro Rubio. Gold for Daniel Sánchez in SS1 Senior Men, bronze for Toni Prats. Facundo González gold in SS1 Men Cadet A and bronze for Roy Kikozashvili. Laura Rubio won in SS1 Women Infantil B, being second Lara Ribas. Valentina Rodríguez also took gold in SS1 Women Cadet A, followed by María Gallego (silver) and Icíar Solé (bronze). In addition, Carla Costa took silver in SS1 Women Cadet B, followed by Candela Madrigal (bronze). In addition, bronze medals were won by Toni Llorens (SS1 Cadet Men), Andrea Barrionuevo (SS1 Junior Women), José Luis González (Veteran 50-54) and Neus Mateu (Veteran 50-54).

Medals that have allowed the CNSA to win the club classification, with a total of 727 points, followed by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, with 672, and the Club de Mar, with 348. "In this victory for clubs, the individual contribution and commitment to the team of all the representatives of the CNSA has been extremely important. It is the merit of each and every one of them", explained their coach, Eduardo Prendes.