On Wednesday morning, March's 15, the City Council of Pilar de la Horadada became the headquarters of the Presentation of which will be the first Challenger of the Circuit season World Paddle Tour. The appointment will take place from April 09 to 15.
Padel World Press .- Present at this event were Pilar María Samper, first Deputy Mayor of the city; Antonio Escudero, Councilor for Sports; José Martínez Miralles, CEO of Grupo Caliche; Luis Torres, Director of National Expansion of the World Paddle Tour; Juan Méndez, representative of Madison; as well as the player Víctor Ruiz.
As explained during the event, the tournament will live its first duels at the facilities of the Pádel Place Club while, from the last sixteen, the activity will move to the Municipal Sports Pavilion, an area with capacity for more than 1.000 spectators
In addition to the men's tournament, a Women's Exhibition will take place at the Central Court, in which Alejandra Salazar-Marta Marrero and Mapi-Majo Sánchez Alayeto will participate.
Who was José Martínez?
A great lover of the paddle world, José Antonio Martínez Meroño only had 38 years old when he died on 28 day in July of 2009 after suffering a serious illness. Passionate about this sport, he did everything possible to meet some of his idols: Juani Mieres.
Ambitious, restless, active ... The idea of getting his city, Pilar de la Horadada, became the seat of one of the Padel Professional Circuit tournaments was always around his head.
Therefore, after his death, his best friends decided that the best way to pay homage was organizing the José Martínez Memorial, an international championship that season after season does not stop growing in number of participants and categories.
The show does not stop and we can only say ... Enjoy the Game !!! Source e
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