July 2023 IC Spain Champions of the Abdesselam Trophy Madrid, July 2023 During the 5th and 9th of July, our veteran teams +50 and +60 were crowned champions of the Robert Abdesselam Trophy Tournament held at the facilities of the Club de Tenis Chamartín in Madrid, under excellent hospitality and organization. The competition, organized this time by IC Spain, pays tribute to the figure of Robert Abdesselam, junior champion of France, vice president of the French Tennis Federation and the International Federation, as well as a member of the Davis Cup team. Additionally, he was a founder of NATO, served as a volunteer during World War II, and created the Robert Abdesselam Foundation to support French tennis and promote competition for retired players from the professional circuit. The competition format is a "round-robin" in doubles mode: 1 women's doubles, 1 men's doubles, and 2 mixed doubles (50/55 and 55/60). Each match won earns one point, so the winning team is the one with the most points after the three days of competition. For this edition, the IC Spain team was formed by Rosa Bielsa, Carmen Chillida, Carmen Mendaro, Ángel Arbelo, Juan Avendaño, Javier Linares (Captain-player), and Javier Molina, who competed against the International IC teams of Belgium, France, and the invited IC team for this occasion, Norway. Spain emerged victorious in a hard-fought final against France. The awards ceremony was attended by Nicolás Ramos (President of Club de Tenis Chamartín), Javier Linares (Sports Vice President of CTCH, Captain, and IC Spain executive), and Chema Iñigo (Sports Director of the club and competition supervisor). It was a heartfelt tournament where, once again, we enjoyed good tennis among friends and had the additional privilege, through the Higher Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes), of witnessing the presentation of the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit to Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza. Previous Article Columbus Trophy & La Carreta
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April 2021 El IC España celebra su asamblea anual coinicidiendo con el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell El IC España ha celebrado hoy martes 20 de Abril su asamblea anual coincidiendo con el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. La Asamblea se ha celebrado de forma telemática lo que ha permitido la participación de socios de distintas áreas de España. Se ha anunciado a los socios la organización de la 48 Copa Potter, IV Two Presidents Cup del 21 al 24 de Octubre y también se ha desvelado el equipo del IC España que participará en la competición de dobles Robert Abdesselam. En esta ocasión representarán al IC España los jugadores Juan Carlos Andrade, Javier Molina, Ana Almansa y Beatriz Pellón. La competición tendrá lugar del 28 de Julio al 1 de Agosto en Liege, Bélgica.