The Auria Badminton Club's competition team had a new appointment this past weekend, taking part in the Canary Islands Under 11, Under 13 and Under 19 Championship, which took place at the IES Blas Cabrera Felipe facilities in Arrecife. Great performance in general terms by the 14 players from the club who took part in the regional competition, in which they won a total of six medals, and where the performance of Adrián Carabali stood out, who climbed to the top of the podium in the individual modality and in the mixed doubles of the under 19 category.
Guillermo Padrón, Isaac Rincón, Kaiwen Shi, Álvaro Guadalupe, Hugo De La Paz Paradas and Jacob López, participated in the under 11 category. Nerea Padrón and Yraya García took part in the under 13 category. In the under 19 category, Martina Negrín, Graciela Müggler, Adrián Carabali, Zhi Tao Li, Rubén Jorge and Rachel Beltre, represented the Auria Badminton Club in the Canary Islands Championship. All of them were accompanied during the weekend by the coaches Miguel Barbado, Jorge Oliverio Pérez and Oliver Gausmann.
Adrián Carabali completed a great tournament in the under 19 category, which was developed under the direct elimination modality. The Auria Badminton Club player advanced to the semifinals by defeating Saúl Fuentes (21-7, 21-9), Yeremi Inlago (21-4, 21-5) and César Mateo Camejo (21-9, 17-21, 21-15) in the first rounds. In the semifinals he got rid of Pablo Pineda (21-12, 11-21, 21-16), second seed of the tournament. And in the final, he won against Mateo de Luis (12-21, 21-16, 22-20), number one seed, to win the gold medal.
The under 11 category was developed under the group stage and main draw system, with Álvaro Guadalupe winning the silver medal. In the group stage, he defeated Cristian Miguel Barrera (15-6, 15-12) and Raúl Peña (15-6, 15-7). He won in the quarterfinals against Pedro Hernández (15-9, 15-9) and got into the final by defeating Aitor González (15-11, 15-13). And in the grand final, he fell in a very tight match against Manuel Cabrera (15-10, 20-21, 14-16).
The third medal at the individual level was won by Graciela Müggler in the under 19 category. The Auria Badminton Club player got into the semifinals by defeating Daniela Rodríguez (21-9, 21-4), Paula Cubas (21-12, 21-8) and Judith García (21-16, 21-13), third seed of the tournament. And in the semifinal she could not against Sulimar Cabrera (20-22, 10-21), settling for the bronze medal.
In the mixed doubles, the couple formed by Adrián Carabali and Judith García won the gold medal in the under 19 category. They got into the final by winning against Ryan Max Torreblanca and Amanay Gómez (21-3, 21-5), and José Alejandro Ruiz and Miriam Cabrera (21-5, 21-11). And they won the gold by defeating Ezequiel Arnaiz and María del Carmen Curbelo (21-18, 21-5).
The couple formed by Graciela Müggler and Martina Negrín won the bronze medal in the women's doubles of the under 19 category. They won in the quarterfinals against Paula Cubas and Julia Gopar (21-8, 21-19), and fell in the semifinals against Sulimar Cabrera and Laura De León (10-21, 8-21).
The Auria Badminton Club's medal count was completed with the bronze medal won by Hugo de La Paz Paradas and Isaac Rincón in the men's doubles of the under 11 category. In the group stage they won against Guayre Hernández and Gerald Santana (13-15, 19-17, 15-3), and Gorka Luján and Raúl Peña (15-5, 15-10). And in the semifinals, they fell against Cristian Miguel Barrera and Leiner Leonel Inlago (8-15, 2-15).
