July 2023 IC Spain Champions of the Abdesselam Trophy Madrid, July 2023 During the 5th and 9th of July, our veteran teams +50 and +60 were crowned champions of the Robert Abdesselam Trophy Tournament held at the facilities of the Club de Tenis Chamartín in Madrid, under excellent hospitality and organization. The competition, organized this time by IC Spain, pays tribute to the figure of Robert Abdesselam, junior champion of France, vice president of the French Tennis Federation and the International Federation, as well as a member of the Davis Cup team. Additionally, he was a founder of NATO, served as a volunteer during World War II, and created the Robert Abdesselam Foundation to support French tennis and promote competition for retired players from the professional circuit. The competition format is a "round-robin" in doubles mode: 1 women's doubles, 1 men's doubles, and 2 mixed doubles (50/55 and 55/60). Each match won earns one point, so the winning team is the one with the most points after the three days of competition. For this edition, the IC Spain team was formed by Rosa Bielsa, Carmen Chillida, Carmen Mendaro, Ángel Arbelo, Juan Avendaño, Javier Linares (Captain-player), and Javier Molina, who competed against the International IC teams of Belgium, France, and the invited IC team for this occasion, Norway. Spain emerged victorious in a hard-fought final against France. The awards ceremony was attended by Nicolás Ramos (President of Club de Tenis Chamartín), Javier Linares (Sports Vice President of CTCH, Captain, and IC Spain executive), and Chema Iñigo (Sports Director of the club and competition supervisor). It was a heartfelt tournament where, once again, we enjoyed good tennis among friends and had the additional privilege, through the Higher Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes), of witnessing the presentation of the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit to Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza. Previous Article Columbus Trophy & La Carreta
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July 2023 Columbus Trophy & La Carreta Belgium, June 2023 During the 26th to 30th of June, the IC Belgium organized two competitions that are held annually during the "IC Week" at the magnificent facilities of the Royal Leopold Club in Brussels: the Columbus Trophy (men's) and La Carreta (women's). These events were developed in the framework of celebrating the 75th anniversary of IC Belgium. IC Spain wanted to be present at this important event and managed to gather a representation of participants who enjoyed the "IC camaraderie spirit" in a fantastic week of high-level tennis. The representation consisted of Javier Linares, Santiago Tintoré, Carlos Homedes, Javier Molina, Angel Arbelo, and Fernando Gómez de Segura (Columbus Trophy), along with Carmen Chillida and Icíar Eraña (La Carreta). The participating teams in the men's competition were the United States, Luxembourg, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Mexico, Canada, and Spain. Our representatives finished in second place, contesting a closely matched final against the United States. In the women's category, Germany, Canada, the United States, Belgium, South Africa, Luxembourg, Great Britain, and Spain took part. South Africa claimed the trophy in a hard-fought final against Germany. We take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt gratitude for the hospitality received from IC Belgium and the fantastic organization of both tournaments. For more information about the event, please visit this link.
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