A total of 11 teams are participating from today until Sunday in the 23rd edition of the Vila de Martorell Cadet Basketball Tournament, at the Municipal Sports Hall. From this morning until tomorrow, Saturday evening, the matches corresponding to the league to access the semi-finals on Sunday morning will be held. The men’s final will be the same Sunday at 4:30 p.m., and the women’s will start at 6:00 p.m.
Xamba Subirats, Joventut Les Corts, Sant Jordi de Rubí, Molins de Rei and CB Martorell will take part in the women’s tournament, while in the men’s category Montpedrós, Olesa and CB Martorell (Group 1) and Masquefa, UE Sant Andreu, Sant Sadurní in Group 2.
The men’s competition is contested with a tie system where “the first two of each group will be classified, and they will cross with the first two of the other”, as explained by the president of the Martorell Bàsquet Club, Óscar Royo. In the women’s competition, all the teams will face each other and the top four in the table will enter the semi-finals.
Óscar Royo, president del CB Martorell
After the first matches this morning and noon, Xamba-CB Martorell (4.30pm) and Olesa-CB Martorell (6.15pm) will be played in the afternoon. Tomorrow, Saturday, you can watch the Montpedrós-Olesa matches (10.30am); UE Sant Andreu-Masquefa (12.15); Xamba-Molins de Rei (15.00); Sant Jordi Rubí-Joventut Les Corts (4.30pm) and Sant Sadurní-UE Sant Andreu (6.15pm).
Sunday morning will see the semi-finals, with the matches between the first men’s Group 1 and the second men’s Group 2 (09.00h); the first against the fourth in the women’s single group (10.30am); the first of Group 2 against the second of Group 1 men (12:00) and the second against the third women (1:30 p.m.). The finals – the men’s at 4.30pm and the women’s at 6.00pm – will be immediately followed by the award ceremony, in each case.
Royo emphasizes that “we are very excited about the organization of the Tournament, which has been held for many years and is fully consolidated. There are even clubs that ask and ask us to invite them every year.”
Óscar Royo, president del CB Martorell
The president of Club Bàsquet Martorell believes that the meeting “allows us to enjoy basketball and this atmosphere beyond the regular phase”. This allows teams and coaches “a different setting, but without ever renouncing the competition”, and emphasizes that the main objective of the tournament is to weave association with other clubs and strengthen the network and the bond between all the clubs and the people in who likes this sport”.
Óscar Royo, president del CB Martorell
In last year’s edition, AE Minguella emerged victorious in the women’s category and La Salle Manresa in the men’s category.
Source: martorelldigital.cat
