Last Saturday, before the start of the match between Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero and Lujisa Guadalajara Basket of the EBA League, the Lanzarote team took the opportunity to present all its teams and players for the 2016/2017 season. The different categories of CB Conejero are starting up, with competitions starting in the federated categories and the first matches of the Island Games for Sports Promotion being played.
This season the "orange" team will have a total of 38 teams, adding up to 430 athletes who will be playing basketball throughout the campaign. It is worth noting the work that is carried out in six schools in Arrecife (Zerolo, Capellanía, Nieves Toledo, Argana Alta, Titerroy and Los Geranios) and one in Playa Honda. An activity with which basketball is promoted and created on the island of Lanzarote from an early age and are part of the Biosfera Express Conejero Basketball Schools.
The seven basketball schools are joined by 3 pre-beginners teams, 8 beginners, 10 minibasket, 2 pre-youth, 2 youth, 3 cadets, 3 juniors and 3 seniors. Two of the teams in the junior category participate in the Autonomous League under the name of Beauty Center Conejero for the women's team and Promociones Marabo Conejero for the men's team. In addition, two of the senior teams participate in the inter-island competition of the LanzaroteDeportiva Men's League, one of them under the name of Pizzeria Capricho Conejero.
The players of all the club's teams were greeted with applause as they took to the court of the Lanzarote Sports City. The biggest ovation was for the EBA League team, which the club's young players are beginning to see as sports idols, making them a corridor and shaking hands with each and every one of them, including the coaching staff.
The presentation of CB Conejeo concluded with a family photo, in which the more than 400 players who are part of the Club Baloncesto Conejero family this season were present.