The Club Marítimo Mahón, Champion of the Balearic Young Promises

This past weekend, the Balearic Sprint Championship for Young Promises took place at Lago Esperanza (Alcúdia), characterized by two hot days with a thermal wind, known as "embat," hitting the regatta field during the peak hours of the day.

The paddlers of Club Marítimo Mahón claimed the overall victory, historically establishing themselves as the best kayaking academy in the Balearic Islands, ahead of the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the Club Nàutic Sant Antoni.

On the first day of competition, Saturday, the cadets and juniors competed in K-1 and K-2 over a distance of 500 meters, except for the Men's Junior K-1 category, which was 1,000 meters. The day was marked by strong winds and back waves. After a magnificent performance by the paddlers, by the end of the day, RCN Palma was in first place, followed by Es Nàutic and Club Marítimo Mahón.

The most notable results for the juniors and cadets from Marítimo under the guidance of Dion López were Sienna Hall with a silver medal, Djamila López with a bronze medal, Marcos Pons with an individual bronze medal and silver in K2 along with Bruno Pons.

The paddlers from Club Nàutic Sant Antoni returned with an excellent result from this competition, winning 17 medals (7 gold, 9 silver, and 1 bronze). The gold medals went to Valentina Rodríguez (Women's Cadet A K-1), María Gallego-Valentina Rodríguez (Women's Cadet K-2), Lara Ribas (Women's Junior B K-1), Odalis Posado-Gabriela Mendes and Laura Rubio-Lara Ribas, “ex aequo” (Women's Junior K-2), Júlia Roselló (Women's Alevin A K-1) and Lucía Ramón (Women's Benjamin B K-1).

On Sunday, the alevins and benjamins also competed in K-1 and K-2 over a distance of 1,000 meters, with a turn at 500 meters. The regatta field, this time, recorded good conditions. The young Mahon team did not miss the opportunity and, maintaining the best attitudes, managed the historic comeback for the club, leading to a suspenseful finish in the final race for the ultimate victory.

The participation of the benjamins and alevins, led by coach Isaac Cordero, shone particularly due to the extremely high level of all their paddlers, each surpassing the championship's quality standards and contributing to the final score. The medals went to: Pablo Cayarga, Jaime Montañés, Hannah Cook, Adriana González, Gabi Mora, Ibai Santos, Gimena Cárdenas, Olivia Laso, Leo Pons, Carla Llorca, Asia Roselló, and Milo Villeyra.

The medal-winning sailors from Es Nàutic included Facundo González (Men's Cadet A K-1), María Gallego (Women's Cadet A K-1), Facundo González-Sigifredo Felipe (Men's Cadet K-2), Iciar Solé-Carla Costa (Women's Cadet K-2), Roy Kikozashvili-Candela Madrigal (Mixed Cadet K-2), Atay Kikozashvili (Men's Benjamin A K-1), Julen Velasco-Atay Kikozashvili (Men's Benjamin K-2), Zoe Álvarez (Women's Prebenjamin K-1) and Zoe Álvarez-Aina Roselló (Women's Benjamin K-2). Bronze was won by Mael Monteagudo (Men's Benjamin A K-1).

This event marked the last competition of the season for the alevins and benjamins. Besides competing for regional titles, it served as the final test to define the boats that will represent CNSA in the Spanish Sprint Championship for Young Promises Cadet and Junior, to be held at the Pontillón de Castro reservoir (Pontevedra) from July 19 to 21.