El Conxo, the champion of the third division with an average age of 37 years

When they see them on the field, many opponents are surprised. players like Vicario, David Pazo or Raviña They left their forties behind and still give a lot of war. The average age of the team is 37 years and no more because there are a couple of young men in their twenties. They are the exception.

True, they could have used the proverb and made their own “in the old age of the goddess,” or “one who kept,” because Basketball club Conxo O Papatorio, in which many proper names of Compostela basketball gathered in the last two decades, was just declared the champion of the Third League of Santiago, the former Senior Zonal.

He is at the head of the team Fran Varela, who coincided with many of his students at Peleteiro and who ended up meeting again, pulling each other, sharing the same philosophy: enjoying basketball. Varela admits that sometimes it seems strange to him, “it coincides with the birds of prey that are the phyllos players of my time”. He came across the same phrase several times when he saw them appear on the track: “But are you still there?».

Those who do not know them are sometimes surprised to see such a high average age. But as soon as the game starts, they see first hand that they are not there to hang out and have a few races. Out of twenty games, Conxo lost only one. And in the final, a double round, he did not give any option to the twenty-year-olds from Institutos Compostela: 75-56 in the first game and 53-87 in the second game.

Now it’s time for the promotion phase, with a goal keep enjoying basketball. Because raising the category can lead to an economic problem, because costs increase, and a good part of them are borne by the players and coaches themselves. But it is a situation that will be seen, if it comes to that. Meanwhile, they face a challenge.

Fernando Vicario, Álvaro Raviña, Esteban García, Fran Soriano, David Pazo, Fran Castro, Roi Pallares, Borja Cutrín, Borja Gómez, Carlos Nogueira, Antonio Jiménez and Suso Quintela are members of the championship team for which Andrés Blanco, Hugo Moure and Pablo Cid. The delegate is Rubén Gerpe, the coach is Fran Varela, and the president is Ángel Olives.