Álvaro Navarro Serra
Encyclopedia
Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....
professional players. He is one of the most reputed dauers due to his strong left hand and his professionality, and has got to be a member of the Valencian Pilota Squad
Valencian Pilota Squad
The Valencian Pilota Squad are the Valencian pilota professional or amateur players chosen to take part in the Handball International Championships representing Spain, even though all of them are Valencians and they use the Valencian flag, ....
. Now he is one of the stars of the ValNet
ValNet
ValNet is the company gathering all Valencian pilota professional players.In 2005 the retired pilotaris Alfred Hernando , Daniel Ribera and the trinquet owner Emili Peris, joined to create a brand new company that professionalized this old sport's environment: Assured minimal fees for the players,...
company.
Álvaro began playing Galotxa
Galotxa
Galotxa is a variety of pilota that is always played in the street, whether artificial or natural, practiced mostly in the northern counties of the Xúquer river....
variant, but he is mostly known by his Escala i corda
Escala i corda
Escala i corda is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one, with Raspall, that have professional players.- History :...
career, where he is the absolute ruler, both in Circuit Bancaixa
Circuit Bancaixa
The Circuit Bancaixa , officially Lliga Professional d'Escala i Corda, is the Escala i corda league for this Valencian pilota modality professional players...
teams and in Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
The Trofeu Individual Bancaixa "Bancaixa one-on-one trophy") is the Escala i corda singles league played by Valencian pilota professionals and promoted by the Bancaixa bank.- Statistics :- Relevant facts about the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa :...
one-on-one matches.
On 2001 Álvaro led the Valencian Pilota Squad
Valencian Pilota Squad
The Valencian Pilota Squad are the Valencian pilota professional or amateur players chosen to take part in the Handball International Championships representing Spain, even though all of them are Valencians and they use the Valencian flag, ....
in the European Championship hold in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, where the Valencians won the frontó
Valencian frontó
Frontó is a modified Valencian pilota version of the original Basque Pelota game. The name frontó refers both to the game and the playing area...
and International game
International game
The International game is a ball game modality that joins up many sports allegedly derived from the Jeu de paume. It's played in the Handball International Championships by teams from America and Europe.- History :...
. He has also tripped to the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
to play against renowned Basque pilotaris such as Agirre.
On October 9, 2005, Álvaro was awarded with the Golden Medal for Sports efforts by Francesc Camps, the president of the Generalitat Valenciana
Generalitat Valenciana
The Generalitat Valenciana is the generic name covering the different self government institutions under which the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia is politically organised....
.
Trophies
- Winner of the Trofeu el Corte Inglés 1992
- Winner of the Circuit BancaixaCircuit BancaixaThe Circuit Bancaixa , officially Lliga Professional d'Escala i Corda, is the Escala i corda league for this Valencian pilota modality professional players...
1997, 2001 and 2002 - Runner-up of the Circuit Bancaixa 1996, 2000, 2003 and 2006Circuit Bancaixa 05/06The Escala and Corda XV Professional League 05-06 of the Circuit Bancaixa is the top-level championship of the Valencian pilota, organized by the firm ValNet, on the Escala i corda variant....
- Winner of the Trofeu Individual BancaixaTrofeu Individual BancaixaThe Trofeu Individual Bancaixa "Bancaixa one-on-one trophy") is the Escala i corda singles league played by Valencian pilota professionals and promoted by the Bancaixa bank.- Statistics :- Relevant facts about the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa :...
1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 2007The Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 2007 is the 22nd season of the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa, the one-on-one trophy of Escala i corda, a variant of Valencian pilota.- Since Previous round :* Colau of La Pobla de Vallbona* Pedro of València... - Runner-up of the Individual Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 1995 and 2000
Handball International Championships
Handball International Championships
The Handball International Championships are yearly held competitions where many countries and regions play the handball sports derived from the Jeu de paume....
- Winner of the European FrontóValencian frontóFrontó is a modified Valencian pilota version of the original Basque Pelota game. The name frontó refers both to the game and the playing area...
and International gameInternational gameThe International game is a ball game modality that joins up many sports allegedly derived from the Jeu de paume. It's played in the Handball International Championships by teams from America and Europe.- History :...
Championship, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
2001 - Runner-up of LlarguesLlarguesLlargues is the oldest Valencian pilota modality. It's played on the streets, where two teams formed by 3, 4 or 5 players throw each other the ball with the hand try to surpass an imaginary line which changes every game....
, Netherlands 2001 - Winner of the World Frontó, International game and Llargues Championship, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
2002 - Winner of the World Llargues Championship, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
2004 - Runner-up of Frontó and International game, Italy 2004
External links
- Alvaro at ValNetValNetValNet is the company gathering all Valencian pilota professional players.In 2005 the retired pilotaris Alfred Hernando , Daniel Ribera and the trinquet owner Emili Peris, joined to create a brand new company that professionalized this old sport's environment: Assured minimal fees for the players,...
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