The Puerto Sagunto Handball Defence Platform is founded

 Last Wednesday, 28 March, the founding meeting of the Puerto Sagunto Handball Defence Platform took place at the Casino Viejo premises in Puerto de Sagunto. Around fifty people, called together by the club's board and its main sponsor, Julian Castellblanque of Alser, met to create this platform, which, as its membership manifesto states, seeks to “do everything possible so that BM Puerto Sagunto can remain in the Liga Asobal and prevent this project, which has taken us forty years to establish, from disappearing due to financial problems”.

 The platform's founding group is professionally and politically diverse, but its members have two things in common. Firstly, they want BM Puerto Sagunto to remain an elite club; secondly, they are convinced that this is good for the entire city and that the positive publicity generated by BM Puerto Sagunto directly contributes to attracting new investment and creating jobs.

 The list of people includes former politicians such as Sagunto's former mayor, José García Felipe, and Ximo Estal, former councillor for sport, as well as businesspeople who have maintained consistent and sustained sponsorship, such as Antonio Vidal and Julian Castellblanque of Alser himself. It also includes an extensive list of prominent members of civil society from both of the city's centres. The club's various bodies are likewise represented, including its Board, former players and coaches such as LLiso, Marzo and Miguel Ángel “Curro” Martínez, as well as former club directors such as Manolo Sanz, a member of the club's re-founding board in 1970, and more recent figures such as Felipe Noguera and José Aldasoro. The supporters are also represented by Florencio Serrano, leader of the Marea Rojiblanca supporters' club, as are the media, with Nacho Belzunces from the local newspaper Económico and Palmira Benajas, director of Onda Cero Sagunto.

The first two measures agreed are far-reaching. On the one hand, the collection of thousands of signatures in support of the manifesto has begun; any individual or organisation wishing to join may do so. On the other hand, the formation of a commission was approved to request a meeting with the Mayor, Alfredo Castelló, in order to present the platform and offer ideas to fulfil the plenary mandate to seek new sponsors for the club.

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