Just a few days ago, in the facilities of the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, ​​the eighteenth edition of a very popular charity event took place in Catalonia. With many well-known faces, he highlighted the 'debut' in these quotes of the former FC Barcelona captain who, armed with his StarVie, formed a partner with his friend Xavi Aguilar.

Padel World Press .- As they told us from Sports world, the tracks of one of the sport clubs with more tradition and prestige of the Ciudad Condal welcomed the dispute of a very special test, born of a charitable idea of ​​a group of journalists from Barcelona that publish every year, for the festival of Sant Jordi , a book of stories related to sports to help in research and quality of life for the most needy.

Although the rain threatened to become one of the protagonists of the day, in the end the time allowed the event could develop normally. Once again, as is usual in these tournaments that began to be disputed five years ago, the good atmosphere and the desire to contribute with a beautiful project were just some of the most outstanding notes.

It should be remembered that in this new edition, the participants were, in addition to the aforementioned Carles Puyol, Víctor Muñoz, Pichi Alonso, Roger Garcia, Albert Luque, Julio Salinas, Enric Masip, Jordi Arrese, Joan Verdú, Ángel Morales, Jesús Angoy, Enrico Mariotti, César Córdoba, as well as the professional players Lucía Sainz, Gemma Triay and Eva Gayoso.

As Oriol Domènech explained to us in his day, most of the income obtained by this initiative comes from the sale of books and the contributions of various sponsors, the most important Banc de Sabadell and El Corte Inglés ... However, paddle tennis also forms part of the recent history of 'Relatos Solidarios', with four tournaments a year that go further in every way: “In participation, in quality and, most importantly, in collection”.

Source: Sports world

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