The referee from the #ComunitatDelEsport, collectively together with his Asturian colleague, Chus Álvarez, have been nominated by the IHF for the Junior Girls’s World Cup held in Skopje, Macedonia.
On April 24, Miguel Soria (Mislata, 1990) and his companion Chus Álvarez (Gijón, 1991) obtained their first nomination by the IHF for the U-20 Girls’s Junior World Championship held in Skopje, Macedonia. They take over from their predecessors, within the case of the Valencian, the pair shaped by Juan Benet and Paco Cots till 1978, and for the Gijón native, the pair shaped by Ramón Gallego and Pedro Lamas till 2001.
To the identical, with the diploma of continental arbitrators and as candidates for the worldwide diploma (highest rank that may be awarded to a handball referee), since June 15, have been centered on the aim of turning into the third Spanish couple with this distinction, together with the Catalans Ignacio García and Andreu Marín, and the Basque-Navarrese, Javier Álvarez Mata and Yon Bustamante. Through the course, along with refereeing matches, they’ve needed to move the checks of guidelines of the sport, video evaluation and bodily checks.
From there, the competitors started the place Miguel Soria, along with having acted as a reserve referee, has officiated matches with Slovenian referees Zan Puksic and Miha Satler, as a result of a severe harm suffered by the referee from Gijón through the championship.
Within the phrases of Miguel Soria: “As all the time, a part of that is all the time to be thanked to the RFEBM Technical Committee of Referees for his or her assist and encouragement, in addition to the individuals who have believed in us. Receiving this nomination on the time was already an amazing pleasure and concerned plenty of bodily, psychological and theoretical work to reach in the most effective circumstances for the course and the competitors as a way to arrive on the optimum level the place few issues can shock you. This, surely, is due to being a piece staff with the very best instructor who doesn’t permit you to chill out. As well as, these experiences give you new data and replace the bases that you simply already had so as to have the ability to transmit them each in Spain and to the younger referees with whom we work every day within the #ComunitatDelEsport. Carrying the IHF shirt for the primary time is a novel sensation and a duty of picture and honesty.”
However, Chus Álvarez, who will likely be on hiatus from sports activities exercise (however not from idea) for a couple of months, tells us about his situation and emotions: “It’s a bittersweet feeling. After being nominated for the championship, passing the theoretical checks and video checks, with two ranges of the bodily take a look at left, at degree 9.9 you critically break down. Ultimately, the identical line of labor that has introduced us right here, sustaining the extent and never enjoyable, will certainly give us one other alternative and a nomination in the identical type.”
Concerning the brand new state of affairs that arose through the championship, Miguel tells us: “Chus’ harm was a tough blow to the pinnacle. Above all, we have now to thank María (IHF physiotherapist) and the whole FitGoodPRO staff for paying attention from the very starting and through the follow-up. From that second on, a brand new situation was put earlier than us, the place the pinnacle of the IHF referees, Per Morten Sodal, proposed the potential of each of us returning to Spain or staying to referee matches, be a reserve and acquire expertise. With these choices, Chus and I made the choice collectively, being 200% positive of it and we determined that I might keep. The remaining from that second on: work even tougher through the occasion and expertise the chance to referee with totally different referees from different nations and continents in a world championship.”
Lastly, Chus tells us: “In these troublesome moments, I wish to thank the help and recommendation we obtained from our households, mates, the staff and each the Technical Committee of Referees and the president of the RFEBM. If I’ve to all the time bear in mind one thing, it is going to be the primary audio message I heard of encouragement, wanting ahead and above all, the one who despatched it to me two hours after the harm; these particulars are what clearly make the distinction, and if attainable, returning with extra motivation. I can not complain about something after I arrived in Spain, I’ve felt supported and supported always, each by the individuals of my Gijón and Valencia, Barcelona, the Territorial Federation, the Spanish Federation… I can say that I’m privileged!
To any extent further, Chus must bear a couple of months of rehabilitation after present process surgical procedure earlier than returning to the observe, whereas Miguel plans a calmer first return however with out shedding the thread of every day and fixed work.