Ciego de Avila had a busy weekend of sporting activity with several national events, including a visit by a delegation from the presidency of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder).

The tour, chaired by Osvaldo Pérez Vento, president of Inder, was essentially an exchange with directors, officials and workers of the Avila sports sector about the fulfilment of the objectives for the presentation of the Cuban Sports System to the National Assembly of People’s Power, in the coming month of July.

The provincial capital hosted the National Baseball Championship 5, youth category, in which the local representation reached the first place and together with Sancti Spíritus will be in the grand final that will start on the coming 24th and which is also hosted by Ciego de Ávila.

Three other competitions were held here. The second phase of the National Beach Volleyball Circuit, which was won by the pairs of Kailín Garrido and Maikelín Drik, and Kawami López and Jimmi Martínez, and the Tomás Creo in Memoriam Slowball Softball Cup, which brought together 18 teams.

The Giraldo Córdova Cardín Hall was also the venue for the Eighth Edition of the Danny Pelegrín Judo Cup, in which the Avileños won seven titles, in a competition in which 250 athletes from 13 provinces took part.

In addition, the Tigers made their debut in the Third Elite League, with a split of honours against Las Tunas. They lost the first game 4×8, but recovered on Sunday, winning 8×1, with superb work by José Grandales.

The Avileño football team Los Tiburones were also active, but lost 1-2 in their second game to Las Tunas and now have one success and one failure in the Cuban league of this discipline.