To speak of the Valladolid Inline Skating Club is to speak of a club with winning DNA. From an entity founded in 1995 and which holds 14 Leagues (7 men’s and 7 women’s), 12 Cups, three Super Cups as well as four European titles (two for men and two others for women). And that’s not counting the many titles in the database.

Because national roller hockey could not be understood without the CPLV, Caja Rural and Munia Panteras for their sponsorships. The sport, one of the modalities within the Skating Federation, has developed hand in hand with the Valladolid club, which this season will have nine teams in national competitions, from juniors to elite, with matches and trips outside the Community every weekend.

The Caja Rural CPLV is its main representative in the men’s category. After winning the League two years ago and losing in the semi-finals last year, the team has been reshaped after suffering several losses, those of Javier Tordera from Valladolid, Dani Díez, Mario Díez and Miguel de Saja; plus packages from Adel Saber and Olmo Ercilla. The latter meant a change on the bench, with the arrival of experienced Brazilian manager Pablo Gomes Navarro, who will lead the club’s main teams.

Munia Panthers team. – Photo: CPLVTo make up for the rest of the losses, goalkeeper Tommy Soeder, plus Edu Requena, Guille Jiménez (who is going home), Frenchman Max Langlois, Englishman Louie Newell and Canadian David Hammond have joined, the latter two under the direction of of the coach.

The Munia Panteras will look to repeat the success of last year, when they managed to win the league title, which had eluded them since 2016. The only addition this season has also come from new coach, Germany’s Corina Weimann, now the block. who took control of the League.

Precisely, the women of Valladolid will once again play in the European League, the highest continental competition for clubs, which they have already managed to win twice (2018 and 2019).

“The club has a structure well above most European clubs and can be compared to North Americans,” said the coach, Canada manager and with a lot of experience behind him a week ago.

The entity also has a new president since the end of 2021, when Ángel Ruiz became technical director and national coach. Precisely, the competitions of the roller hockey league will stop from this weekend for a month due to the dispute of the World Cups during the World Skate Games in Argentina. At the international event, there will be many CPLV players: Ana Sierra, Anna Domenech and Olivia Monjas, from Munia Panteras; plus Tommy Martín Soeder, Carlos Cabrera, Eduard Requena, Guillermo Jiménez and Marcos Pérez, from Caja Rural.

With a budget of around 400,000 euros for the entire structure, the objective set by the club for its campaign, which is still open, is to exceed 500 subscribers and reach 600, in figures similar to the others. seasons.