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| The representatives of the Real Murcia Tennis Club deliver the book that collects its hundred years of history to the mayor of Murcia | The mayor of Murcia, Jos Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Sports and Health, Felipe Coello, received this morning the president of the Real Murcia Tennis Club 1919, Antonio Saura, who presented him with the book 'Murcia Tennis Club 1919.

100 years of history ', which includes the main milestones of the club along 168 pages with unpublished images, press clippings and posters of historic tournaments, among other resources. “One hundred years of tennis.

One hundred years of history of Murcia.

This path of work and effort shared by several generations of Murcia has produced a thriving Club with national projection, which Today it has about 5,000 members and more than 600 federative licenses, making it one of the leading sports institutions in the entire Murcia region, ”said Jos Ballesta. The visit was also attended by the vice presidents of the 1919 Tennis Club, Miguel Asensio and Gustavo Franco, together with the secretary of the entity, Andr s Garc a. Press clippings, posters of historic tournaments and the first photos of the club The volume, which has been prepared by Jos Emilio Rubio Rom n in collaboration with current managers Antonio Saura, Rafael Melendreras and Andr s Garc a, reviews the club's main milestones and events, and includes photographs historical, loaned by members and supporters of the club. Throughout its pages, the information is interspersed with a wide and highly illustrative collection of images from different periods.

Among these images, you can see press clippings from the early twentieth century, posters of historic tournaments, photographs of the first club headquarters or of players who have passed through the facilities of the Real Murcia Tennis Club, such as Rafa Nadal, Andre Agassi, Manolo Santana, as well as the Davis Cup qualifiers played by the Spanish team. Three parts with tennis as the main axis Specifically, the book builds a story with tennis as the main axis based on three parts: an introduction to the origins of the racket sport and its history in Spain; the history proper of the Real Club de Tenis Murcia 1919, spread over decades; and a review of the presidents who have led the club in these 100 years. The work can be purchased for 30 euros at the club's facilities, collects testimonies of personalities, presidents, tennis players and historical partners.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia