The Trinidad Alfonso Foundation is committed to strengthening the Community’s sports network and has closed the third call for the Community of Teams program. Aim Promote the clubs of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón with militant teams main national categories related sports. A total of 40 different clubs are participating in this edition of the program, one more than last year. Approximately 1.4 million euros in total Juan Roig It will contribute from its personal assets by following these two aims:
► Provide clubs with tools that enable them to obtain more resources to be economically sustainable over time and to have stability in the future.
► Get representation of teams from the Valencian Community in the main national leagues.
The final aid assigned to each club was determined by the total budget of each and a number of variable parameters, such as the level of the League they joined, the number of rank and file players. have teams of both sexes, the presence of Valencians or the capture of private sponsorships, among others. Ten of the teams participating in this third edition will play in the highest category of their sport this season, with three of them; Moreover, Atticgo Elche, TM Benidorm, both handball, and PAS Alcoi Roller Hockeywill attend european competition.
The sports to which these teams belong are eight: basketball, handball, volleyball, rugby, water polo and three types of hockey: field, inline and roller hockey. “The program was born two years ago with a very specific intention and goal: to mitigate the impact of the severe economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19 and therefore avoid losing the competitive potential of the Community’s teams playing in the first two national leagues. From then on, we are clear from the Foundation and especially from its president, Juan Roig, that Couldn’t be a punctual helpbut we were faced with the opportunity to go further and help all these clubs in the Valencian Community strengthen their structure and strengthen them sportingly by preventing the escape of talent or attracting them”, Explain Juan Miguel GomezDirector of the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation.
Andres HernandezCoinciding with the first of these grants, promoted two years ago and will play in Europe this year, the president of Rink Hockey PAS Alcoi, for his club, “This hotline has been an important support to be able to face some tough seasons, with its help made it possible to return to the highest national wheel hockey category and rejoin the European competition after many seasons. highest level”.
Guillem Carrionhead La Vila Rugby Club“this drive has helped us to create and build a stable project that is more sustainable every day and is a reference point in the province of Alicante. The help of the Foundation has helped us, in different ways, to be where we are and create. It is natural to be close to the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation and elite sports. A professional management system that gives us credibility in the family and business environment due to the image, responsibility and power it draws as a company”.
paco estela The president of the recently promoted Valencia Xaloc Hockey Club highlighted what these aids entail. “For the Valencian sports fabric, to support clubs and families in such complex times so that many years of sport and social service are not lost. With the introduction of our senior women’s team, we have received new support from the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation that will allow us to have more opportunities and resources to professionalize our structure and make it a more resilient club. We are firmly convinced that we have good examples of young Valencians through sports and by giving them the opportunity to become national and international personalities.”