A First Division reserve side is born: Nules Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto, Handbol Nules and Nules Town Council sign a collaboration agreement

 Last Friday morning, a collaboration agreement was signed at Nules Town Council, laying the foundations for two growing projects with converging working philosophies. María Jesus Gabaldón, Councillor for Sport at Nules Town Council, Handbol Nules president, Héctor Garcia, and Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto vice-president, Carlos Argente were responsible for signing the agreements ratified yesterday by the Plenary of Nules Town Council after several months of joint work.

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto will implement, together with Handbol Nules, a plan to promote handball in the town of Nules, a young club superbly managed by Hector Garcia and Carlos Plá which already brings together around 70 boys and girls from the town in several youth teams. In doing so, Fertiberia is fulfilling a long-standing ambition of the club: for its first reserve side to compete in the Primera Nacional category under the name Nules Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto B. This red-and-white reserve side will play its matches and hold some of its training sessions at Nules Municipal Pavilion. The idea is for it to serve a dual purpose: on the one hand, as a flagship for Handbol Nules’ young athletes, who will have a high-level role model to look up to; and on the other, to complete the development of the red-and-white young prospects in an environment closer to the top Asobal division, namely the Bronze Division of Spanish Handball.

The agreement also provides free access to Asobal matches at the Ovni for the Handbol Nules academy, working sessions with Fertiberia’s high-level coaches, and a range of other benefits included in this project to promote handball in Nules and the nearby towns of Plana Baixa.

In purely sporting terms, Nules Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto will be managed by the Fertiberia Academy’s Sporting Director, Antonio Sarió and will consist of very young players, some of whom have already made their Asobal debuts, such as Chueca and Piró, who will be joined by most of the current reserve side , some of the reigning Regional Youth Champions, and four highly promising young players who will join Nules and Puerto Sagunto to test their ability to reach the best league in Spain. Iñigo Celorrio, centre-back for the Aragon youth team, the player arriving from Torrevieja, Oscar Bergantiño, and two promising internationals with the Spanish national team: Seville-born wing-back Mario Dorado and Alicante-born former Agustinos player Iván Montoya.

The project will now move on to planning pre-season from a sporting perspective, with one date already confirmed: 19 September, when Nules Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto B will play its presentation match from 12.00, against an opponent yet to be determined. The league debut will be at home, in Nules, on Sunday 25 at 12.00, against a high-level opponent such as Maristas de Algemesí.

Carlos Argente, the red-and-white vice-president, stated “We needed a travelling partner to take the team into the First Division. The reserve side’s budget has doubled, and it is now time for Nules’ private sponsors, whom we are already working with, to step up. It is an excellent opportunity, as it will be the only Nules team in a national category, enhancing the value of the Nules brand and that of its companies. We need financial stability to ensure continuity for this project to promote handball in Nules and its surrounding area. We are confident of achieving this.”

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.