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From the celebration of this day the juries will be able to have a more direct knowledge with the applicants to be the first representatives of the Torrevieja festivities. His election and coronation, as has been customary for a few years, will occur at the dawn of the celebration of new patron saint festivities in honor of La Purísima Concepción.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, together with the Councilor for Sports, Diana Box and the manager of the Valencian Handball Federation, Miguel Ángel Valero, have presented this morning the day of "Handbol al carrer" that will be held this Sunday, November 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Paseo Vista Alegre. An activity that is part of the actions that are being developed on the occasion of the celebration in Torrevieja of the XXV Women's Handball World Cup, the first to be held in Spain.

The Torrevieja carnival, which was declared of Autonomous Tourist Interest last May, will return to the streets of Torrevieja next year after a stoppage during this 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayor of Fiestas has wanted to encourage all the comparsas and carnivals to be part of this multi-colored festival that runs through the streets of Torrevieja during the month of February. In the words of the president of the association "this is the starting gun for carnival 2022, which we hope we can do with all normality, since everything is already prepared for its celebration."

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Tickets for the Women's Handball World Championship that will be held from December 1 to 19 in Torrevieja, Granollers, Castelló and Llíria can be obtained, starting today, Thursday, through the Marcaentradas portal.

The Torrevieja City Council Party Department has prepared a special program for the celebrations in honor of the patron saint of Torrelamata, the Virgen del Rosario, which will begin on September 28.

The Councilor for Sports of the Torrevieja City Council, Diana Box Alonso, reports that on July 2 the bases of the Scholarships for Local Athletes were approved, annuity 2021, for an amount of 73,000 euros, which represents an increase compared to the season 22% pass.

The Councilor for Sports of the Torrevieja City Council, Diana Box Alonso, reports on the work that is being carried out for the improvement and conditioning of the facilities of the Sports City. This is the outdoor track popularly known as "La Mosquitera", in which a comprehensive repair has been carried out that has consisted of a new paving, expansion of walls for balconies of the funds, repair of railings of the stands and metal meshes of the rear parts, renovation of basketball baskets and handball / futsal goals and new painting of the stands and the marking of the track.

Torrevieja will host this next Saturday, August 28, at midnight, a great pyrotechnic show within the “Torna la llum” program of the Alicante Provincial Council, in support of this traditional and deep-rooted productive sector of festivals throughout the city. Valencian Community. The Torrevieja City Council Party Department has managed the firing of this important fireworks display, which will contain some very eye-catching water sections. As a whole, the show will also be a festive attraction for all citizens and, especially, for all those who spend their vacations these days in Torrevieja.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, together with the Councilor for Sports, Diana Box, have received this morning, August 19, the athletes from Torrevieja who participated in the Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Luis Manuel Corchete (athletic march ) and Daniel Cánovas (sailing coach).

The Councilor for Sports, Diana Box, reports that more than 300 boys and girls, aged between 2 to 16 years, have attended the municipal swimming courses offered by the Department of Sports of the Torrevieja City Council for the months of July and August.

The Department of Festivities of the Torrevieja City Council has presented the bases with which the process for the election of the new Queen of Salt and her Ladies of Honor begins. It does so after having extended, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for one year the current Queen and Samas 2019/2020, Raquel Tévar, María Cases and Cristy Guamán, respectively.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, has issued a municipal statement in which he informs that on Saturday, August 21, the 8th stage of the Cycling Tour of Spain will take place, whose itinerary runs through the main streets and avenues of the Torrevieja municipal term. For all these reasons, the roads and streets indicated in this Side will be cut off between 12:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. and between 1:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., traffic and circulation being totally prohibited. parking on these streets and avenues in this period of time. The withdrawal of vehicles from the route will be carried out from 04:00 hours on August 21 and, given the importance that this sporting event has for Torrevieja, the maximum collaboration of all citizens is requested.

The mayor of Fiestas has highlighted that "after the Torrevieja carnival has celebrated the recent declaration of a festival of Autonomous Tourist Interest of the Valencian Community, it is intended to offer a sample of our parties in summer for Torrevieja residents and for all visitors who are days they share their vacations in our city ”.

It will be next Sunday, August 1, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organization has been forced to suppress the programming of all events that favored the largest concentration of the public, such as dances, gift raffles and the procession through the streets of the Plaza del Calvario area.

The Councilor for Sports of the Torrevieja City Council, Diana Box, together with the president of the Torrevieja Tennis Club, Igor Vinokurov, the director of the tournament, Humberto Zuleta, and the judge-referee of the tournament, David Pérez, have presented this morning the 43 edition of the “Ciudad de Torrevieja” Tennis Open, which will take place from July 31 to August 8 at the club's facilities in Los Balcones.

A sailing regatta that was born with the intention of remembering the figure of Gil Rebollo, a former councilman of the Torrevieja City Council and a person closely linked to the Marina Internacional Sports Port through sailing and sport fishing, two of his great passions. Eduardo Gil died in August 2020 and from this year it is intended to honor him with this regatta that will continue throughout the years.