The Department of Sports congratulates the totanero Pablo Costa, sportsman and former president of the Orientation Club of Totana, to receive last night the prize in the Sports Gala of the Region of Murcia, awarded by the Sports Press Association of the Region, to The promotion of sport of school age.
The gala was celebrated in the Auditorium "Víctor Villegas" and counted on the presence of the totaneros councilors of Depotes, Isabel Maria Molino, and Urbanism, Carlos Ballester, respectively.
The sportsman Pablo Costa collected the prize for the school with the largest participation in the Sports School program, the IES "Miguel Hernández" Alhama de Murcia, where he teaches, to promote school-age sports.
In addition, he also highlighted the merit of the totanero fisherman, Diego Pérez, who was among the three finalists and who has great merit for the level of sports and professional quality of the winners and finalists in this gala.
The basketball player, Laura Gil, runner-up of the Olympic Games in Rio with the Spanish women's team;
And soccer player Ãlex Yepes, champion of the Reye Cup and Super Cup with ElPozo Murcia, were crowned yesterday as the best athletes of the Region.
In the same way, UCAM CB, seventh in the ACB Endesa League and a participant for the first time in its history in international competition, as the best team, were awarded by decision of the jury formed by the journalists belonging to this association.
In addition, the winners were the Sevilla-born soccer player Eva Navarro, runner-up in Europe and third in the U17 Women's World Championship with the Spanish national team, as the best athlete of up to 18 years;
Also Juan Carlos Guillamón, a Molins coach from the Romero Cartagena, with whom he ascended to the Primera, as best coach, among others.
