PHOTOS: Sergio Betancort
The municipal courts of Arrecife hosted this past weekend a new edition of the San Ginés 2016 Canarian Ball Tournament, of which Club Zonzamas was proclaimed the winner twice. The appointment with this classic sports modality is reissued every year during the festivities of the island's capital and, in this edition, it brought together a good number of male and female teams. Club Zonzamas was the big winner of the weekend, being proclaimed champion in both the male and female categories.
The San Ginés 2016 Canarian Ball Tournament had the participation of 25 teams; 14 from the men's category, 8 from the women's category and three mixed teams made up of children and youth players. The activity started on Friday night at the municipal courts of Arrecife, continued the following day and the finals were played well into Saturday night. Many fans closely followed the development of each of the games.
Zonzamas and Tinajo A, in the grand men's final
In the men's category, Zonzamas and Tinajo "A" were the teams that accessed the grand final of the San Ginés 2016 Canarian Ball Tournament. Tinajo "A" won 12-8 against Arrecife "A" and Zonzamas won 12-7 against Los Valles.
The final played by the two teams was very even, but Club Zonzamas won 12-10 against Tinajo "A". In the fight for third and fourth place, Los Valles won 12-6 against Arrecife "A".
Club Zonzamas, the winning team in the men's category, was made up of Isidro Guadalupe, Manuel de León, Ricardo Rodríguez and Miguel de León in this tournament. For its part, Tinajo "A" had the participation of Alonso Hernández, Ramiro Fernández, Domingo Betancor and Juan Manuel Fernández.
Grand women's final between Zonzamas and Las Palenkas
In the women's category, Club Zonzamas repeated the triumph, winning 12-7 against Las Palenkas in the final played on Saturday night. Zonzamas "A" accessed the final by winning 12-6 against Zonzamas "B". And the other semi-final was tighter, with Las Palenkas winning 10-9 against Timanfaya, starring in the comeback in the last hand of the game. In the consolation final, Zonzamas "B" took third place by winning 12-9 against Timanfaya.
Salomé Hernández, Teresa Saavedra, Laura Betancort and María Saavedra were the members of Zonzamas "A" in the San Ginés 2016 Canarian Ball Tournament. Las Palenkas was made up on this occasion by Saray Borges, Sabrina Borges, Montse Cabrera and María Isabel Romero.
The San Ginés 2016 Canarian Ball Tournament has been organized by the Insular Federation of Lanzarote of Canarian Ball and Petanque and the Department of Sports of the Arrecife City Council, which is directed by Jacobo Lemes. The Canarian ball will give way to the San Ginés 2016 Petanque Tournament, which will be held at the municipal courts of Arrecife.