This morning it was presented at the Puerto Deportivo y Turístico Marina Dénia, the 4th edition of the "100 Suma Solidarity League Against Breast Cancer", which will be held on Sunday, September 11. The director of Marina de Dénia, Gabriel Martínez, the general secretary of the Rowing Federation of the Valencian Community, Tania Pérez, the doctor and rower of the Rem Marina Dénia Club, María José Santana and the vice president of the Amunt Association Against Cancer, Vicenta Bixquert.
The first part of this challenge, sponsored by the Rowing Federation of the Valencian Community and SUMA Tax Management, will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., with the aim of promoting the event so that the associations that currently exist to fight cancer of mom in the Valencian Community, family, friends and anyone interested can try rowing for free, for 30 and 50 minutes, in the different boats such as felucca, llaüt, paddle surf board, etc.
The second part of the challenge will take place at 11 a.m. and registration from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., in the tent set up in Marina Dénia. In this challenge, athletes who have overcome breast cancer or who have suffered from a related disease will row. The tasks of each challenge will have a distance of between 350 and 400 meters (100 strokes) without tacking, more affordable for participants who row recreationally and can enjoy said challenge without it being a very high level of demand. The regatta field will be installed in the Marineta Beach Cassian. Registration is now open through this link.
The challenge will have two categories, Brave, made up of eight athletes who have overcome breast cancer. And the Equal category, made up of a minimum of one athlete who has overcome breast cancer, the rest of the team will be made up of athletes from rowing health groups who have a non-competitive card.
This year there are four venues, Alicante, Benidorm, Dénia and Jávea and the league has more participants, "not only in the Valientes part, but also in the Iguales part and we are delighted to return to this Marina Dénia venue", Tania Pérez pointed out.
For her part, María José Santana, commented that "we are the pioneers in this initiative, together with the Federation, and this year we have managed to consolidate a team with the Equals category, thanks to the efforts of the coach, the t-shirts and the support of Marina Dénia with its facilities”.
“In this test we see many stories of overcoming and fighting, which is essentially what sport is. Here it is reflected how after overcoming it you can do a sport like rowing, so practiced in our area”, said Gabriel Martínez.
Vicenta Bixquert has assured that “from our association we help people who have cancer to improve their quality of life. And, as the doctor has commented, this sport has been shown to improve your well-being and prevent side effects. It's gratifying to see women who have overcome cancer play this sport."
“It is a meeting in which we want to promote rowing as a benefit for the treatment of breast cancer. In the treatment, the lymphatic fluid stays in the arm and causes lymphedema, any exercise that causes a pump in the arm will be beneficial”, commented María José Santana.
Why is this man always dressed as a sailor? If he is the director of La Marina, does he not have an adult suit? He is not a sailor, he is not a ship's crew member, he is the director of the Navy.