Table tennis is restoring its strength in Abadio

It was a two-week hobby that spent the summer of 2019 on table tennis in Matiena’s schools, causingRecovery of the Abadio Table Tennis Club (CTM). Founded in 1988, the community had been inactive for 16 years and was Primi Arroyo along with his wife Susana Argul and three other fans, Kike Irineu, Txerra Rico and Rafa Plasencia, decided to restore the sports ensemble. “My son spent the whole summer playing with other friends. Looking at the existing fans, it seemed like the perfect moment to restore the Abadio Table Tennis Club. Basically, we wanted the kids to have one option to enjoy the city, ”admitted Primi, the current head of the Abadiarra unit.

Currently, the club is cooperatingn 43 players with tokens, between the federal government and schoolchildren. They are 8-9 years old, the youngest and oldest, 58 years old, and they all have a passion for sports practice that has always had fans in Durangaldea. Proof of this is that Primi played as a child on Alejandro Goikoetxea’s school team in Elorrio. – I remember that the youngest in the series, when I was nine, I registered and played different championships. I trained until I was 14 and now It is great that the young people of Abadio can also play table tennis at home. ”, esteemed welcomed the decision to restore the club.

This season they are four teams at CTM AbadioOne of them consisted entirely of girls contesting the Biscay School League event. In addition, one of the promoters of the Kike Irineu project will also compete in the first national division together with Javi Garca de Basauri and Casni, a Nigerian living in Pamplona. It is a very efficient class with frequent trips. In fact, in February, the team will have to travel to the Canary Islands to challenge their light commitment, and last September, Kike and Javi took part in the Spanish regional team championships, where the Basque team took third place.

Also worthy of special mention is the trio playing in the first division of the Basque Country, consisting of Markel Arroyo, son of Prim, Abadiarra Lier Arkarazo and Joki de Francisco, a resident of Getxo who still enjoys this sport. to a great extent. level. In addition, in the second division of the Basque Country, the Abadiarra team has three teams in the competition, one in the veteran class. – Most are former players from a club in the past. It’s nice for them to rehearse again after so many years, ”they proudly acknowledged Abadiarra.

Players Abadio, Berriz, Elorrio, Durango and even some Lekeitio, the club trains on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in front of Matiena. On schedule 17: 00-19: 00, children, young people and adults meet at the sports center to practice a minority style that is re-emerging in the area. “For those of us who like table tennis, we are proud that we have recovered from the company and that people are encouraged to participate. They are players who had left it years ago, and new generations who want to start this sport; Everyone has space here and the doors are open, ”they encouraged from the sports community.