More than 500 athletes will be competing in beach volleyball, softball, billiards and dominoes at the Hato Mayor/Vicentillo Sports Festival, whose top event, the ball and the high net, starts on Good Friday on the sandy courts of Rancho Doña Callita .
The stage is set to receive 45 teams in both branches and three categories, which will compete for more than 21,000 dollars from April 7 to 9, in a tournament dedicated to Amaury Martínez, former senior national team and captain of the Dominican team.
It is the same place where the North American, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (Norceca) celebrates one of its qualifying stops for the Olympic Games, for which the mayor of Hato Mayor del Rey, Amado de la Cruz, has been repetitive when point out that “this is a Hato Mayor event, where we are all committed to its success.”
Mayor De la Cruz stated that the city is preparing to receive thousands of people who do sports tourism “and choose our province as their space for recreation and fun, enjoying the tournaments that motivate us to be on the Norceca map.”
Rubén Darío Cruz Ubiera, president of the organizing committee, appreciated the speech of the mayor of Hato Mayor Rey and likewise thanked the government of the Hato Mayor province, in the person of Professor Julia Mery Vásquez and the municipality of San Francisco Vicentillo for their support. and its mayor the architect José M. Ortega.
“In the same way, I want to recognize the support of the business community of the province, in the person of Ricardo Rondón, who lends 3 million pesos without interest for each event, so that in the end, each athlete and staff who receive some payment, have the money promised for his prize and his work”.
The Semana Santa Hato Mayor/Vicentillo 2023 beach volleyball event, which is dedicated to Martínez and also pays tribute of special recognition to Angelita Brayan, Zeinada Núñez and Marialuz Cruz, three of the first Queens of the Caribbean, “who raised the name of the Republic Dominican”.
What Amaury Martinez says
The fact that “athletes with merits are recognized” with the dedication of the beach volleyball tournament of the Semana Santa Hato Mayor/Vicentillo Sports Festival, was appreciated by Martínez, while he asked the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame to set its sights on the performance of those who are part of the sports past.
Martínez spoke at the press conference where he received a plaque of recognition for his dedication where he thanked the organizing committee and “personally Rubén Darío Cruz, for organizing a quality tournament and the recognition that I humbly receive today and that I dedicate, first to God. , my family and Professor Julio Frías (Miyuli)”.
“I feel very flattered by such a distinction and I receive it with great humility, getting here has been a path of ups and downs, you don’t get there alone and for that I dedicate myself and thank you,” said Martínez.
In the same terms, he referred “to my friend, brother, compadre and teammate Cristian Cruz, who together have won 14 Championships out of the 15 that we have played at a higher level and several in the master category in the beach tournament that today recognizes me”. .
He highlighted the best of the Holy Week event in Hato Mayor, “regardless of the place, organization, responsibility and level of competitors, it cultivates enthusiasm, the desire to return the following year, to the number one beach event in the Dominican Republic”.