Fertiberia’s academy begins pre-season with an anti-COVID-19 protocol

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto’s academy began pre-season yesterday at the Ovni with talks for parents and players given by the red-and-white organisation’s president, Juanjo Bataller, members of the club board and the medical staff. The ball will start being put into play over the coming days on the blue court of the Pabellón Internúcleos, just as the city’s schools and secondary schools have done, and if everything goes as planned, the youth leagues will probably begin from October. The doctor, José Ignacio García, and the red-and-white club’s sporting director, José María Gabaldón, have drawn up a specific protocol for the club’s academy, which players and parents already know about.

During the meetings held at the pavilion on Monday and Tuesday, ‘they were told about the Protocol, drawn up by the doctor and the sporting director, and about the parents’ responsibility for monitoring the players, especially if they show any indication of possible infection or symptoms, which they must quickly report to the club or delegates’, explains Vicente Galán, the coordinator responsible for managing the academy.

‘The role of COVID-19 Delegate has been created within each team and will be centralised under Vice-President Juan Ramírez, so that any incident can be channelled through them. Each COVID Delegate is also responsible for receiving the players and taking their temperature, as well as ensuring that they follow the recommendations of the Protocol’, adds Galán.

Other aspects they will have to follow under the protocol include wearing a mask until entering the court to train, changing footwear in the stands and disinfecting themselves when entering the court. Their sports equipment will also be checked. Another noteworthy measure is the creation of a circuit, included in the protocol, inside the OVNI to prevent players from different teams crossing paths and to reduce social contact as much as possible.

The first team tests negative for COVID-19

The first-team squad of Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto has tested negative for coronavirus in tests carried out at the club’s partner clinic, ‘Instituto de Salud y Deporte’. As stipulated in the ASOBAL anti-COVID-19 protocol, Vicent Nogués’s players, the coaching staff and anyone sitting on the bench during the match must test negative for the fixture to be played safely for everyone. With the entire coaching staff also testing negative, the Sacyr ASOBAL league season will begin tomorrow, Wednesday 9 September, at 8.15 pm against Recoletas Atlético Valladolid at the Ovni.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.