- The general director of Demographic Challenge, Marcos Niño, has received several members of the Barciaecus Gold Batters Association, from Navelgas, who will be part of the Asturian delegation representing Spain in the World Goldpanning Championship to be held in the Czech Republic from August 19 to 24.
- The Spanish delegation, made up of fifty Asturians, in addition to participating in the competition, will present to the more than 400 batsmen who will take part in the competition, the next World Gold Panning Championship to be held in Navelgas, from August 3 to 9, 2025.
More than fifty members of the Barciaecus Goldhitters Association, from Navelgas, leave in the next few days. on the road to the World Goldpanning Championshipwhich will take place in Zlate Hory (Czech Republic), from August 19 to 24.
Yesterday afternoon, they have been received in Oviedo, by the Director General of Demographic Challenge, Marcos Niño, together with the Deputy Mayor of Tineo, Sergio Martínez, and the manager of the Regional Commission of the Land Bank, José Ramón Feito.At the meeting, the flags of Asturias and Tineo were presented to the vice-president of the Association and recent champion of Spain, Alicia Menéndez.
In addition to competing in the different categories of the championship, the Navelgas hitters have the task of carrying out a important promotional work for the upcoming World Goldpanning Championship, which will be held in the town of Tineo, from August 3 to 9, 2025. For this, the Association is sponsored by the Government of the Principality of Asturias and the City Council of Tineo, and will offer an espicha based on Asturian products, to more than 400 batters who will meet in the competition in the Czech Republic, from more than twenty countries around the world, will enable an information point throughout the competition and a promotional video will be projected.
In addition to the national championship that takes place annually in Navelgas, the association has already organized an European championship in 2005 and two World championships, one in 2008 and the other in 2015..
Very excited, they are leaving for the Czech Republic, with the intention of winning a medal and above all, to announce all the details of next year's event, which is expected to exceed the participation of previous editions.
In the Czech Republic, the championship will begin on August 19 with the inaugural parade of all delegations, to continue the rest of the week with the competition in the different elimination rounds and will end on Saturday, August 24 with the awards ceremony. The presentation ceremony and the espicha, organized by the Navelgas hitters, will take place on Thursday 22, starting at 18.00 hours.
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