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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 the average age of the team is 37 years and not anymore because there are a couple of young people around twenty-five. 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 Papatorioin 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, «match the raptors that are the fillos 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 the goal is to continue 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.