This was adopted by the Plenary of the Corporation, in the month of September unanimously, at the proposal of the Councilor for Sports and Youth, taking place today as it is a very special day for the honoree with the celebration of the Regional Day of Petanque, in his 35 edition
From this morning, Rosario, the widow of Mr. Ramón Mayor, discovered the plaque that gives name to the petanque courts that are on Independencia Street, in the neighborhood of Las Tejeras, they receive the nomination of Petanque Tracks "Ramón Mayor Mayor", in posthumous tribute, to who was one of the main precursors of this sport not only in Alcantarilla, but throughout the Region of Murcia, founder of the Petanque Federation of the Region of Murcia and as many sporting events as the one that today was celebrated in these tracks and in all its surroundings, as it is already during thirty-five consecutive years, the XXXV Regional Day of the Petanque in Alcantarilla.
To begin the act the mayor of Alcantarilla, Joaquín Buendía, who was accompanied by the councilor of Sports and Youth, Antonio Martínez Griñán and the president of the Federation, Antonio Soriano, had words of remembrance of Ramón Mayor and recognition of his work, before all the family of the honoree, widow, children and brothers, indicating that in this way "the agreement adopted by the Plenary of the Municipal Corporation last September, on the proposal of the Councilor for Sports and Youth, Antonio Martínez Griñán, is fulfilled which indicated that given the need to name the different sports facilities existing in our municipality and that had not yet, for a greater location through their denominations and attending with their names the tributar a deserved recognition, or for the work developed in Alcantarilla through its sporting life, as well as to spread through the sport our city and to honor the
at the head of relevant associations and sports entities of our municipality, taking into account that the City of Sewer is the owner of the 6 petanque courts located in the neighborhood of Las Tejeras, which is why it is unanimously approved that the same Take his name. "
As we indicated, this tribute posthumously, has concentrated all the registered, before the dispute of the Regional Day of Petanque, having the opportunity to live some exciting moments to remember D. Ramón Mayor Mayor, who was born in January 1940 and died in November 2016 and who for many decades was linked to the local sport as a petanque player, member of the Murcian Petanque Federation since 1987, in 1990 he was appointed president of the Federation Disciplinary Committee, in 1991 he was appointed president of Murcia Federation of Petanque until 2001, collaborator with the Department of Sports in the celebration of May 1 with those already 35 Regional Day of the Petanque, honored in Sewer on September 17 by the Murcian Federation of Petanque and the Union of Federations Sports of the Region of Murcia in the first gala of sport, on September 28, 2017 and this time received recognition in
where he fought so hard to enhance the sport of petanque.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla