Laura Avilés, full of pride in Jujuy hockey. The referee, originally from La Mendieta, directed the final of the Under 19 National Team Championship held in the province of Tucumán between the Buenos Aires and Litoral teams.
From the outset, the referee had a “spicy” debut, since “we started refereeing on Thursday, the first game is the most complicated, the nerves are always there, you see the level of the matches and you say what am I doing here, at one point I said “I can’t believe I’m refereeing this tournament,” he commented.
And it was no wonder, since the match was between the representatives of Tucumán and Buenos Aires “it was a spectacular game, a high level, with players who are part of the Leoncitas, youth of the Argentine Hockey Team, so From that moment on I felt happy.”
On the second day “we had a good performance on Friday, on Saturday the semifinal was Litoral against Mendoza, which are teams that always reach decisive moments, it was a very lively, very nice game and thank God everything went well,” Laura explained. Aviles.
The referee from Jujuy recalled that on Saturday night she was waiting for the appointments for the last day “we began to say goodbye, thank the referees for their work, on Sunday when everything is over everyone returns to their respective points of origin and there is no time for goodbyes, it was then that when they were naming the referees, at first I didn’t hear my name, and when they said Laura Avilés for the final I cried a lot, I was super excited, the effort that took me here was very great, it is a source of pride and I still enjoy it,” she said very excitedly.
For this reason, from the Jujeña Amateur Hockey Association, last weekend the outstanding judge was recognized “we did not want to miss the opportunity to recognize Laura Avilés for her good performance in the contest, it was undoubtedly something that filled all Jujuy hockey with pride,” said Fabiana Menacho, president of the entity.
