In April 1974 youth basketball team of the Institute of Denia Chabás moved to Tarragona to dispute the previous intersector the Championship Finals School Provincial Champion after winning Spain in Alicante against the always powerful Montemar.
With a equipaciones bought in a hurry thanks to Don Pedro Perles and Rafael Salort recruited from the Yacht Club as a coach for this phase, they were able to give the big surprise proclaimed winners supplanting among others the favorite Marcol Valencia, then one of the best Capital quarries.
In this way they reached the final tournament in Spain School he was held a few weeks later in Cáceres and achieved a fifth place there to date was the best historical classification of a core team of our city in this sport.
That template was formed by Domingo Gavilá, Antonio Rivera, Juan Vicente Sancho, Jaime Ochoa, Gabriel Bofi, Paco Devesa, Vicente Costa and Juan Ronda.
Thirty-nine years later an heir of these pioneering team that continued after supporting the basketball as managers, entenadores, council members or parents of players from the current school, has reached the same level sports in balncesto is dificilísmo and more in a population medium like ours away from the capital.
A long journey in which basketball Dénia has lived an evolution that has been passed to prioritize efforts in the female and male senior teams that reached its splendor in the late nineties and early years of 2000 his way through the Liga EBA and LEB skimming at the current stage that is the quarry which focuses all efforts.
No doubt the great cycle experienced was due to appointees and others who joined during the first setentañero boost to environment Section Basketball Club Nautico Denia as José Ricardo Carrió, Pepa FontPepa Ferrer, Juan Serrano, Manolo Catalán and especially Rafael Salort.
Hopefully the sum of all current efforts persons of depth and importance of those able to dignify this sport in our city and perpetuate in time with the same quality and image arise.
Congratulations on the article about Basketball in Denia, but I want to clarify some points so that you can complete your information.- Basketball in Denia has existed since the 60s / 62s, perhaps before, but in local leagues without federation ... the OJE from the years 64/65 already with record…. And the first team really federated in Denia was the Senior Nautical Club, if I'm not mistaken in the 67/68 season that entered the provincial championship…. And the players you mention did represent the Chabás Institute, but they were all from the Club Nautico quarry…. I hope I have clarified some data since in Denia the Basketball more than 50 years of existence.-