Dénia launches first Pilota Week with activities from 11 to 15 October

The Sports Department of Dénia Town Council, in collaboration with Club Pilota Valenciana de Dénia, has created the first Pilota Week, expanding the traditional Pilota Day. The aim is to bring the native Valencian sport closer to residents, recover traditional forms, encourage its practice among young people and give prominence to women's pilota, according to the same source.

Pilota Day, 11 October

Pilota Day will be celebrated on Sunday 11 October, from 9:30 to 11:00, and is framed, as usual, within the commemorative events of 9 d'Octubre. On that day, Pare Pere street, in the section between Tenor Cortis square and Sant Josep street, will be transformed into an urban trinquet, with a match of adults from Club Pilota Dénia and a semi-professional level llargues match.

School event on Calle Major

On Wednesday 14 October, from 9:30 to 13:30, a pilota grossa event will be held on Calle Major aimed at pupils in years 5 and 6 of primary school from Dénia educational centres.

Women's pilota takes centre stage

Pilota Week will close on Thursday 15 October at 19:30 at Dénia's Casa de la Cultura with the event "Women in Valencian pilota: past, present and future", with the participation of Vicen Martínez, Ana Puertes, Fanny Ballester and María Enguix.

The Sports Councillor, Valen Alcalà, highlighted the importance of taking pilota to the streets and bringing it closer to all audiences. "We want pilota to be seen, to be known and, above all, to continue alive in Dénia. That's why we're taking it to the streets again, recovering forms that are part of our tradition and bringing them closer to children," said Alcalà. The councillor added: "Talking about pilota is talking about culture, about tradition, about the street and also about sport. We want it to continue being part of Dénia and for more and more people to feel it as their own".