Last June 22 Dani Osul and Marta Orrutia traveled to Thionck Essyl to carry out the second basketball camp.
We took with us 20 basketballs, 30 kits designed by Javi Royo (15 male and 15 female), numbered from 1 to 15 and 40 pairs of used basketball shoes, donated by players of QBasket Sant Cugat, a basketball team from Sant Cugat del Vallés, which supports the project. This is possible thanks to solidarity activities carried out during the season.
This time we conducted the campus from a base, already established last year, and thanks to the collaboration of Sekou, our basketball coach in Thionck Essyl, with whom we have continuous communication to follow up the players.
The result again exceeded our expectations, as the athletes assimilated the concepts quickly. In addition, a special bond was created with many of them as it was our second year of campus at Thionck Essyl, as well as with coaches Sekou, Malic and Kalilou.
Since the first campus, the social mass of TBC i (Thionck Essyl Basket Club) has increased in the form of new players. Currently the club has approximately 100 athletes, ranging in age from 8 to 18 years old, of which 50% are girls. We are especially proud of this, as one of the objectives of the campus was the integration of women in sports.
We are already working on the third campus to be held from June 21 to 28, 2025. For which, we will need new material, such as balls, equipment, sneakers… says Dani Osul.