It won’t be easy, but both the Atlético San Sebastián women’s team and the Real Sociedad men’s team will have serious chances of winning their league matches today, if all goes well. The two teams from San Sebastián will play in Pamplona and Soria, respectively, the first day of the División de Honor club league, the highest category of athletics in Spain. Interesting battles for victory are expected.
The one that will have a more difficult time is the women’s team of the Super Amara BAT. Paired in the same home run as Atlético, the Bidasotarra club will fight for third place, although, a priori, and as the team managers point out, Grupompleo Pamplona Atlético, Alcampo Scorpio 71 from Zaragoza and Atlético San Sebastián are superiors. The challenge for BAT is to avoid fourth place in order to reach the third and final round with more points, in which the two clubs with the lowest scores are relegated to the silver category.
A priori, in this match that takes place in Pamplona, Atlético is the favourite, although the leaders of the San Sebastian team believe that the host team will be in the ointment. Lorea Ibarzabal (1,500) and Maialen Axpe (pole) are two of Atlético’s two great athletes, who will not be able to count on, among others, Irati Mitxelena. In the BAT, the partition of the triple player Naroa Furundarena and the absence of Teresa Errandonea stand out.
A very even home run is also expected in Soria. According to the statistics, Numantino is a favorite against Real, which starts with an advantage over SG Pontevedra and CAPEX from Extremadura. Despite the many casualties for the Gipuzkoans, achieving victory does not seem like an impossible mission. Ibai Serrano (400), John Cabang (110 meter hurdles) or Ander Martínez de Rituerto (pole vault) are some of the athletes that the txuri-urdin club will line up.
The Division of Honor league consists of three days. The first two are home runs in which the first team scores four points, the second three, the third two and the fourth one. Those achieved in the first and second days are added up and two groups are established: that of the teams fighting for the title and that of the clubs (eight) that are fighting not to be relegated (another eight).