The "Sports Center Las Torres" in collaboration with the Department of Sport Towers Cotillas, is promoting the sport at the highest level in the town through a series of scholarships for high performance athletes.
The first to benefit from this initiative that allows grantees to use these free sports facilities and support in their physical training are two promising young local sport: athlete Sergio Jornet, belonging to FC Barcelona, ​​and Carlos Fernández Macanás pilot, motocross champion Spain.
"The center thus becomes a place regarding training first level, to support the preparation of these athletes," explains Torreño Sports, Ginés Pérez Iniesta, who notes that "these facilities also host numerous sporting events, such as eg swimming championships, triathlon or the latest evidence in the region of the opposition to the fire department. "
Great athletes
Sergio Jornet specializes in combined events and among his recent achievements include bronze reached last June at the national outdoor octathlón.
Also recently this 17 year-old signed by the division of athletics FC Barcelona and regularly see concentrations National Sports Modernization Program convened by the National Sports Council (CSD).
Meanwhile, Carlos Fernández Macanás proclaimed champion Spain in September motocross MX sub-category 18.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas