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Lanzabasket Wood Store is crowned champion of the San Sebastián de La Gomera Tournament

The Argana women's minibasket team defeats CB Tegueste in the final, with Yuneisa León as MVP and Gift Osagiede in the Ideal Five

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Lanzabasket Wood Store, female minibasket team of the Lanzabasket Argana Academy, has been proclaimed champion of Division A of the ‘San Sebastián de La Gomera’ Tournament. 

The Arrecife team has prevailed in its group ahead of CB Tegueste, of the Dominicas de Las Palmas and of CB Canarias Cajasiete.

Lanzabasket, which has shared tournament with about forty teams from all of Canaria, defeated CB Tegueste in the grand final.

In addition to the collective award, the Arrecife squad has seen how its teammate, Gift Osagiede, entered the Ideal Quintet of the championship and, furthermore, they celebrated the naming of Yuneisa León as MVP (best player) of the final.

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From the club's management, Oriol Viñoly, stated that “the victory in this tournament, for us, has been a great satisfaction, a great pride. The work that has been done here and the effort and commitment of the girls, the good work of the coach, Nacho, that of Javi as delegate, Diana, who also came as team delegate, and well, we worked as a team and faced increasingly complicated situations, but overcoming step by step and being aware of where we come from. We are very proud and very happy for the girls.” 

The champion expedition of Lanzabasket Wood Store has been composed of Emily Samantha Becerra, Osarere Gift Osagiede, Iraya Rodríguez, Yuneisa León, Uma Román, Lara Monsalve, Manuela Arena, Denise Gomes, Luisa Becerra and Leia Martín, accompanied by technicians Ignacio Barzola, Oriol Viñoly, Francisco Javier Barranquero and Diana Carolina Rodríguez.