Meira returns to ACT with an eye on permanence

Samertolame de Meira come back tomorrow to ACT League. He does it with a strengthened team, with a goal keep category, with a debut David Coast as a coach and without a clear reference to the rivals, that is why the double regatta of the weekend in A Coruña He will serve as a thermometer to measure the potential of the A third among the greats.

GOALS

No references compared to rivals, but focused on durability

Samertolameu returns to the ACT without rival endorsements. «We are blind, here we are not afraid to compete with any team like them. Not winter, we do descents, but they have nothing to do with that», says David Costa, the coach who arrives at the beginning of the season«I am happy, because the team reacts well, or the boat does both trainings, but we are a little blind, for sensations, for the data you gave the speed of the previous year. Talk about «fight as best you know how, because you don’t know how it is for others”.

However, the coach is clear about the goal: “The only important thing here is that Meira wins as many points as possible in every regatta, that she always leaves two or three behind».

PREMIERE

The regatta in A Coruña must be a thermometer

In order to know at what level the competition is in the 2023 season, tomorrow’s premiere in A Coruña will be a thermometer. Costa believes that all rivals are equally orphan data, “because they are sure that even they do not know how the two Galician teams are doing». Cabo da Cruz, which has been strengthened compared to last season, should be in the second round, and Meira is focused on always putting two teams below. Costa assures that he likes to start in A Coruña and defines the scenario as “complicated race track. It’s not an easy wave, because it’s complicated, dirty and broken, and they haven’t liked it for years».

PRE-SEASON

markings of the rowing ergometer

The preseason didn’t shed much light either. «It is difficult to draw conclusions, you can only trust the tests you do on land at the level of ergometer marks, at the level of preparation, lactate tests.», analyzes the coach, hoping for the team’s performance in the boats and on the trainers.

TEAM

«Our team is block and rowing»

David Costa is clear about Samertolameu’s strong point: «Meira é bloque e remada. It goes well in watt/kilo, but our team can go 72 kilos more or less on average; we are more limited in watts compared to other equipment». The coach, who will continue rowing, believes that the team has improved favorably compared to last year, because kept eI’m blocking «even if there was some unexpected drop» with someone amplifier and I think they are «slightly more than last year». The question is whether it will be enough to live in peace. His idea is to bet on rotations and make three or four changes every weekend “if the team answers me”.

MOVEMENTS

Half a dozen new faces on the bench

Compared to last season, Meira was left without a captain who went to Orio (Martín Leborán), Dani Folgada signed for Bermeo, Macey stopped due to illness, and there is no Fran Abreu either. On the contrary, they signed Sergio Rodríguez, who rowed at Ares last year, just like Miguel Piñeiro, while Fran Rodríguez moves from the branch. Chiqui Parada, José Patiño and Álex Patiño, his son, also joined, while Jacobo Gayo returned as captain, alternating the first team with directing the second. David Arosa will be the second helmsman. Lucas Freire, another young team, will be the third sponsor in question.

coach

Costa makes his debut but continues to be a rower

David Costa will work as a coach for the first time without getting off the boat, as he continues as a rower. «They are never like a coach. More than a challenge for me is the responsibility, because I still row and I have to train for a coach, and that is complicated, because it is a double job and a double responsibility.“, he says.