Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto officially presents its 75th anniversary

This evening, from 19:00, the official presentation of Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto’s 75th anniversary took place in the Gonzalo Montiel room at the town’s Industrial Museum.

The event filled the room to capacity and was attended by all the town’s mayors since the club returned to the highest level of Spanish handball in 2010. Representatives of the club’s founding members from 1970, the red-and-white tide, former players, current players, directors, former directors and representatives of the youth system were also present.

From the business community, Felipe Saz attended on behalf of the club’s main sponsor (Fertiberia), along with representatives of the legitimate heirs of the town’s steelmaking past and the blast furnaces that founded the club together with Arcelor, led by Héctor López. Various companies from the Camp de Morvedre region also attended, represented by the president of the business association, Cristina Plumed.

The event began with an introduction and presentation of the Organising Committee (made up of ten people, with the president acting as adviser), led by Pepa Conesa. Afterwards, the committee president, Rafael García Marín, delivered a speech. The president of the Honorary Committee, whose prominent members include Francisco Blázquez, president of the RFEBM, addressed the event via video, as he is currently in Denmark accompanying the Hispanos’ campaign at the European Championship, which begins tomorrow.

Later, members of the Organising Committee presented the programme of events for the anniversary, comprising four categories and a total of sixteen activities. The club president, Carlos Argente, also addressed the attendees through an emotional story, before the mayor of Sagunto, Darío Moreno, brought the event to a close.

Jesús Galíndez, the club’s vice-president, addressed matters related to the legacy section of the planned events. Afterwards, Rubén Ruiz Casanova spoke. Born in the city, he has made the most appearances for the club in ASOBAL, and is a former captain and Espartano de Leyenda; he detailed the sporting aspect of the programme. All these contributions were accompanied by audiovisual content produced by the club’s communications department.

The event also saw the presentation of various commemorative elements: the official 75th-anniversary logo; the creation of the Red-and-White Wall and the Legends Wall, as part of the legacy and sense-of-belonging section; an exhibition; a documentary; two tournaments (Siderúrgico and Fundadores); a legends match; a podcast; conferences; a public event; competitions (photography and Fallas drawing); and the limited-edition commemorative shirt, among others.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.