The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Sports, Diana Box, the president of the Real Club Náutico Torrevieja (RCNT), Carlos Carmona, joined the president of the Valencian Sailing Federation, Carlos Torrado, to congratulate the crew of the boat FALA POUCO, proclaimed absolute champion of the 42nd MAFRE Sailing King’s Cup recently, in the waters of the Bay of Palma.
This is one of the important and prestigious competitions in country with Eduardo Dolón showing his pride that once again the name of Torrevieja is at the top of the Spanish sports elite.
The regatta was held from July 27 to August 3, with the boat from Torrevieja competing in the BALEARIA ORC 3 class. There were17 participants from three countries, Spain, Italy and Germany, who all participated in this category.
King Felipe VI presented the trophy to the winners in the Bay of Palma, on August 3.
The FALA POUCO Crew comprised of: Jorge San Simón Hernández, Enrique Mena Jiménez, Daniel Cánovas Colón, Andrés Manresa Trigueros (ARMADOR), José Ballester Hernández (PATRÓN), Francisco Ruiz Espinosa, Juan López Santa Cruz, José Vicente Gutiérrez and Francisco Garre Martínez.
In the race series the boat finished in 2nd place on 4 occasions and in third place, twice.
