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Silvia Tomás, Joaquín Sánchez and Paco Bermejo were honored on Friday night February 3 as "Towers of the Year 2016" at a gala organized by the municipal radio station "Onda 92-Radio Cotillas" in the House of Culture " Pedro Serna "from Las Torres de Cotillas.
In the evening - which was attended by Mayor Torreño, Domingo Coronado - also posthumous honorable mentions were given to Juan Madrid, former president of the ethnographic group "Vergel de Murcia", and Joaquin Fernandez, who was the first president of the peña Huertana "L 'Oil press".
An evening presented by Mariano Guerrero and María Ángeles Moragues, announcers of the local radio station Torrena and in which the local groups "Brodgüay", "Kimera", "Tejuba", the Torreño musician Antonio F. Morell ("the lefty") performed. , Fernando Abad and his "Magicuentos" and the popular Murcia singer Salva Ortega.
Three categories
Canoe player Silvia Tomás received her prize in the sports category thanks to her achievements, including her entry in the Guinness Book of Records, having managed to cover with her team "Dragonboat Pinatar" the longest distance (263 kilometers By relays) covered in dragonboat in 24 hours.
In addition he participated last July in the Roma European of his discipline, where he won a bronze medal in the mixed category in the distance of 500 meters and was fourth in the women's 500 meters and fifth in the women's 200 meters.
In the form of partnership, the prize was for the priest Joaquín Sánchez, popular for his solidarity with the most disadvantaged and his tireless struggle to improve the living conditions of people in serious situations of social and labor precariousness.
Known as the "antidesahucios cure", as a member of the "Platform of Mortgage Affected", he has paralyzed a multitude of evictions, some of which have led him to appear before Justice.
Finally, the recognition of a whole life trajectory was for Paco Bermejo, affectionately known in the municipality as "Paco el Sastre" or "the voice of the people".
His great voice and intonation encouraged him to start up the ambulance service in the municipality.
His great interpretive skills have made him one of the outstanding actors of the group "Tejuba", interpreting characters as different as San Pedro in "El Prendimiento", Pablo in "The Third Word" or the abbot of "The Revenge of Don Mendo" .
Awards born in 1993
The history of the award dates back to 1993, when the members of the torreño group "Rey de Negras" were rewarded, winners of the contest "Murcia Joven" of that year.
Since then, the work developed by different people, groups and companies of the municipality has been recognized: Civil Protection (1994), teacher and poet Salvador Sandoval (1995), missionary Joaquina Sánchez Vicente "Quini" (1996), "Laboratorios Grifols "(1997), football player and coach Luis Franco (1998), doctor Pedro Fernández López (2003), theater group" Tejuba "(2006), doctor and artist Manuel Sánchez Baena" MAN "(2007), Singer Ruth Lorenzo (2014) and athlete Sergio Jornet, dancer Cinthya Cano and motocross driver Carlos Fernández Macanás (2015).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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