Christmas lunch for members of Sport Cultura Barcelona

On December 15, the traditional Christmas lunch for members of Sport Cultura Barcelona took place at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona.

After two years without being able to celebrate it, meeting again was a great reason for joy.

Final of the Sport Cultura Barcelona Pentagonal tournament

Club de Golf Vallromanes, the latest golf club to join Sport Cultura Barcelona, will host the final of the Pentagonal tournament, in which Real Club de Golf El Prat team was the winner.

After four disputed matches and a very close final, Real Club de Golf El Prat was victorious with a total of 91 points. It was followed by Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 86 points, Club de Golf Terramar with 79 points, Club de Golf Llavaneras with 73.5 and Club de Golf Vallromanes with 70.5 points.

The president of Real Club de Golf El Prat, Pancho Schröder, and the captain of its team, Nuria Araquistain, received the trophy from the hands of Carlota Sabaté, president of Club de Golf Vallromanes, and Albert Agustí, president of Sport Cultura Barcelona.

Fourth match of the Sport Cultura Barcelona Pentagonal tournament

The fourth match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona was played at the Club de Golf Sant Cugat on October 10.

After the match, the accumulated total is as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat - 75 points
2. Club de Golf Sant Cugat - 73,5 points
3. Club de Golf Terramar - 64,5 points
4. Club de Golf Llavaneras - 62 points
5. Club de Golf Vallromanes - 45 points

Visit to the Captaincy and colloquium lunch with the Inspector General of the Army

On October 26 there was a visit to the Palace of the Captaincy of Barcelona, an emblematic building of the city that dates back to the 17th century. Led by the General Inspector of the Army, Lieutenant General Manuel Busquier, and the General Secretary of the General Inspectorate of the Army, General Antonio Bernal, our partners were able to discover different rooms of the Captaincy.

A lunch was then held at the Real Club Marítimo de Barcelona, where the Inspector General of the Army offered a discussion on the current geopolitical situation.

Colloquium dinner 'A mountaineer talking about waves and a navigator about avalanches'

On October 17, the colloquium dinner with Josep A. Pujante and David Ruiz took place at Círculo del Liceo, in which both speakers explained their extreme experiences as mountaineer and sailor, respectively, as well as the impact these have had on their day-to-day.

During the question time, the attendees were able to learn the most interesting and enriching details of the exploits of Dr. Pujante and Mr. Ruiz.

Josep A. Pujante, doctor, mountaineer and writer, was the second person in history to summit the seven highest peaks of the five continents and both polar areas (the Seven Summits). Founding member of Sport Cultura Barcelona as president of the Barcelona International Panathlon, he dedicated himself to neurosurgery, later to hospital management and is currently director of International Relations and Health Cooperation. He was distinguished with the Olympic Order of the IOC.

David Ruiz has sailed across the Atlantic five times and has circled the world alone in a four-year journey, which he now narrates in the book "Irse". An industrial designer by training, he immediately became interested in the world of creativity, communication, advertising and graphic design. Since 1992, after working in different multinational advertising agencies, he works in his own creative studio.

Third match of the Sport Cultura Barcelona Pentagonal tournament

On October 10, Club de Golf Llavaneras was the scene of the third match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona.

After the match, the accumulated total is as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat - 53 points
2. Club de Golf Sant Cugat - 52 points
3. Club de Golf Terramar - 50,5 points
4. Club de Golf Llavaneras - 47,5 points
5. Club de Golf Vallromanes - 37 points

Second match of the Sport Cultura Barcelona Pentagonal tournament

On September 19, the Terramar Golf Club was the scene of the second match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona.

After the match, the accumulated total is as follows:

1. Club de Golf Terramar - 40 points
2. Club de Golf Sant Cugat - 33,5 points
3. Real Club de Golf El Prat - 32 points
4. Club de Golf Llavaneras - 30,5 points
5. Club de Golf Vallromanes - 24 points

Private visit to the Fundació Joan Miró

On September 8, members of Sport Cultura Barcelona enjoyed a private visit to the exhibition "Miró. His Most Intimate Legacy".

This exhibition reveals a little-known facet of Miró, that of a collector of his own work, which resulted in the creation of three personal collections: his own, that of his wife Pilar and that of his daughter Dolors .

The project wants to pay tribute and be a thank you both to the artist and to the three generations of the Miró family who continue to lead this universal artist's commitment to the Fundació Joan Miró and the city of Barcelona.

The members were accompanied by Sara Puig, president of the Foundation, and Marko Daniel, director of the Foundation and curator of the exhibition.

Double visit to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Culture was the protagonist in a double visit to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

First of all, we visited the exhibition “Turner. Light is colour”, with an introduction by the director of the Museu Nacional, Pepe Serra, and explanations by the expert Anna Moliner.

Next, we enjoyed Jordi Bernadó's installation in the Sala Oval, exceptionally guided by the artist himself.

First match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona tournament

The Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona tournament played its first match at the Real Club de Golf El Prat. Despite the one-hour break due to the risk of an electrical storm, the players were able to finish their games and enjoy the day of golf.

The results were the following:

1. Club de Golf Terramar - 22 points
2. Club de Golf Llavaneras - 20,5 points
3. Real Club de Golf El Prat - 14 points
4. Club de Golf Vallromanes - 12,5 points
5. Club de Golf Sant Cugat - 11 points

Rethink Barcelona positively

The dialogue "Rethink Barcelona positively" between Ainhoa Grandes, president of Fundació MACBA, and Miquel Molina, deputy director of La Vanguardia, took place Thursday, May 30th in the Assembly Hall of Centre Excursionista de Catalunya.

During their open conversation, Ainhoa Grandes and Miquel Molina argued that civil society is what really drives the city, and that it must do so without prejudice and with the utmost ambition.

General Assembly of Members of Sport Cultura Barcelona

On Tuesday, June 28, the General Assembly of Sport Cultura Barcelona Members took place at Esade.

At the end of the session, a cocktail-lunch was offered to the attendees.

XVI Edition of Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards

On June 20, the Sport Cultura Barcelona 2021 Awards took place. The winners were: Alexia Putellas in the Sports category; Antonio López in the Culture category, and Josep Carreras for Best Career. An endearing act to reward three great professionals from the world of culture and sport.

Alejandro Blanco, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, presented the award in the Sports category to the Barça soccer player Alexia Putellas, who was collected by Xavier Puig, the Barcelona team's head of women's soccer.

Josep Fèlix Bentz, president of the Reial Cercle Artístic, presented the award in the Culture category to the painter and sculptor Antonio López, a great master of hyperrealism.

Albert Agustí, president of Sport Cultura Barcelona, presented the award for Best Career to tenor Josep Carreras for his prolific career in the world of lithics, as well as for leading his homonymous foundation in an unstoppable fight to make leukemia one day a 100% curable disease.

Masterclass The challenged of electric energy

On Tuesday, May 31, Dr. Pere Palacín, professor at the IQS School of Engineering, gave the masterclass "The challenges of electrical energy", an interesting presentation where he discussed topics such as the problem of renewable energies.

The masterclasses took place at Institut Químic de Sarrià.

Meeting with Jaume Collboni, first deputy mayor

Members of Sport Cultura Barcelona met with Jaume Collboni, first deputy mayor of the Barcelona City Council, during a lunch at the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona.

The meeting was also attended by: David Escudé, sports councilor; Albert Dalmau, economics manager, and Xavier Paton, manager of the 2030 area.

“Rowing and victims of sexual assault, a club experience”

CSR constitutes a main axis of attention and at Sport Cultura Barcelona we want to work on it to favor links between entities and initiatives.

On this new reinforced vision of CSR, Thursday, April 7, we invited our partners to share and discuss the conclusions of the study "Rowing and victims of sexual assault, a club experience", selected by the "I Symposium Woman and Rowing” of the Spanish Rowing Federation and which will be presented by Sonia Güell (current commissioner of the BIRC/UFEC project).

This study collects the results of the program applied in the Reial Club Marítim de Barcelona between the years 2009-2019, which Sonia Güell was responsible for developing, together with the AADAS association (association of assistance to women who have suffered sexual assault), in relation to the improvement of post-traumatic stress symptoms in more than 100 participants, and its contribution to the increase in trust and loyalty of the club among members and workers.

Winners selection of the XVI Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards

On March 10th the members of the entity met at the Reial Cercle Artístic to carry out the final vote of the finalists of the XVI edition of Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards, to find out the 2021 winners in the three disciplines: Sport, Culture and Best Career.  

The winners were:

Sport: ALEXIA PUTELLAS

Culture: ANTONIO LÓPEZ

Best Career: JOSEP CARRERAS

XVI Edition of Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards. Technical jury

The technical jury, formed by professionals from the media and some members of the entity, got together at the Círculo del Liceo, during a lunch, to select the finalists of the three categories awarded by Sport Cultura Barcelona: Sport, Culture and Best Career.

SPORT: Alexia Putellas, Queralt Castellet and Toni Bou.

CULTURE: Antonio López, Carla Simón, Iñaki Gabilondo and Primavera Sound.

BEST CAREER: Josep Carreras, Jordi Savall and Pau Gasol.

Next March 10th, the winners selection of this XVI edition of Sport Cultura Barcelona will take place.

Final of the IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona

On November 29, Club de Golf Llavaneras hosted the final of the IX Sport Cultura Barcelona Quadrangular golf course.

The accumulated total after the four games placed the Club de Golf Sant Cugat team as the winner with a total of 81 points, followed by Real Club de Golf El Prat with 78 points. In third place, Club de Golf Terramar added 68.5 points and Club de Golf Llavaneras came in fourth with 60.5 points.

Roberto Carpintero, captain of the team of the historic club that won the trophy for the third consecutive year, received the cup from Albert Agustí, president of Sport Cultura Barcelona, and Juan Camprubí, president of Club de Golf Llavaneras.

Third match of the IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona

On Monday, 15 November, the third game of the IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona 2021 Tournament was played at Club de Golf Terramar, in which the host team achieved a total of 23 points, followed by Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 18.5 points, Club de Golf Llavaneras with 17.5 points and Real Club de Golf El Prat with 13 points.

The accumulated total is as follows:

In first position, Real Club de Golf El Prat with 62.5 points.
In second position, Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 58.5 points.
In third position, Club de Golf Terramar with 54.5 points.
In fourth position, Club de Golf Llavaneras with 40.5 points.

The final will take place next Monday, November 29, at Club de Golf Llavaneras.

The game mode, as in previous editions, is Fourball Match Play Handicap, and 9 couples play per club, that is, a total of 72 players.

Colloquium dinner with Màrius Carol

On November 11, we were able to enjoy the colloquium dinner with Màrius Carol under the title “A look at Barcelona”.

During the evening, which took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Mr. Carol shared with the attending members his impressions of the current situation in Barcelona.

At the end of the event, Màrius Carol and Sport Cultura Barcelona presented the attendees with the journalist's latest book, “El camarote del capitán”, personally dedicated.

Second game of the IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona

On Tuesday, October 26, the second game of the IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona 2021 Tournament was played at the Real Club de Golf El Prat, in which the host team achieved a total of 31.5 points, followed by Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 15.5 points, Club de Golf Terramar with 14 points and Club de Golf Llavaneras with 11 points.

The accumulated total is as follows:

In first position, the Real Club de Golf El Prat with 49.5 points.
In second position, the Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 40 points.
In third position, the Club de Golf Terramar with 31.5 points.
In fourth position, the Club de Golf Llavaneras with 23 points.

The schedule of the next matches is as follows:

Monday, November 15, at the Club de Golf Terramar.
Monday, November 29, at the Club de Golf Llavaneras.

The game mode, as in previous editions, is Fourball Match Play Handicap, and 9 couples play per club, that is, a total of 72 players.

The IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona starts

On Monday, October 18, the IX Quadrangular Sport Cultura Barcelona 2021 Tournament began at the Club de Golf Sant Cugat. After this first game, the result was as follows:

In first position, the Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 24.5 points.
In second position, the Real Club de Golf El Prat with 18 points.
In third position, the Club de Golf Terramar with 17.5 points.
In fourth position, the Club de Golf Llavaneras with 12 points.

The schedule of the next matches is as follows:

Tuesday, October 26, at the Real Club de Golf El Prat.
Monday, November 15, at the Club de Golf Terramar.
Monday, November 29, at the Club de Golf Llavaneras.

The game mode, as in previous editions, is Fourball Match Play Handicap, and 9 couples play per club, that is, a total of 72 players.

Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the world of sports

On October 6, the Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the world of sports took place at Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS).

The welcome was given by Dr. Salvador Borrós, General Director of IQS, Dr. Carles Malet, Associate Director of IQS and Mr. Albert Agustí, President of Sport Cultura Barcelona.

This was followed by the revealing conference “Sportstech, the tokenization of sports” by Josep M. Monti, President of Barcelona Sportstech HUB23.

Next, the startups Labesport, Onalabs and RegeCure presented their innovative projects focused on improving sports practice.

Once the presentations were finished, a round of questions and a subsequent networking session took place among the startups and the companies attending the event.

Private visit to the Fundació Joan Miró

With the start of the new course, on September 15 we resumed face-to-face activities at the hands of the Fundació Joan Miró.

Sara Puig, president of the Foundation, and Marko Daniel, director of the same, received the members of Sport Cultura in the Carob Tree Patio.

Next, Marko Daniel offered a detailed explanation of the history of the building that houses the foundation and how the artist conceived it at the time, while he accompanied the attendees on their tour.

Innovation Committee

Sport Cultura Barcelona has promoted the celebration of the Innovation Committee among the associated sports and cultural entities, a workshop that was shaped with the aim of creating a forum for the exchange of ideas on key management issues, increasing efficiency and a positive and shared vision of the future despite current difficulties and increase the added value in the continued implementation in the different participating organizations.

For this, work groups have been created and all of them have dealt with the following topics: earning loyalty, human resources, digitization, co-creation of products and / or services and the values of culture as the axis of transformation and development.

Once the groups have deliberated on all the issues, plenary sessions are held in which they present to the participating organizations the results and conclusions reached in each of the topics analysed and shared.

The results obtained may give rise to potential implementation plans and subsequent feedback, in line with the continuous improvement policy of the entities that are part of this committee.

IX Golf Sport Cultura Barcelona Tournament

On July 12, the IX Edition of the Sport Cultura Barcelona Golf Tournament was held at Club de Golf Sant Cugat. In this open Fourball Stableford tournament there were gifts for all participants, awards and a giveaway for gifts.

The winners of the four awarded categories were:

· 1st Scratch Pair: Pedro Murga and Rosendo Menta
· 1st Lower Handicap Pair: José Clos and Domingo Ayala
· 1st Upper Handicap Pair: Mercedes Marsol and Sito Nebot
· 1st Senior Pair: Elena Azcárate and Ángela Hospital 

General Assembly of Members of Sport Cultura Barcelona

On July 6 at 9:15 am, the General Assembly of Members of Sport Cultura Barcelona took place at the facilities of the Institut Químic de Sarrià.

The event, which was attended by a large number of partners, was chaired by Manuel Carreras, Honorary President of Sport Cultura Barcelona, since President Albert Agustí could not be present.

All the positions were renewed and Francisco Gibert, partner of KPMG responsible for Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Andorra, and Arturo Mas-Sardá, president of PortAventura World, entered as new members of the Board of Directors.

Visit to the Rafael Tous Collection at MACBA

On June 16 we resumed face-to-face activities with our first cultural event of 2021: the visit to the exhibition In real time. The Rafael Tous Collection of Conceptual Art, guided by the curator of the exhibition Antònia Maria Perelló.

In real time. The Rafael Tous Collection of Conceptual Art offers an important journey through the experimental practices of the seventies and eighties in Catalonia, including action art, the interaction with nature, an interest in the media and the new consumerism, social and political critique, the word and the incorporation of the object, to mention but a few.

Board of Directors of Sport Cultura Barcelona

On June 15, the Board of Directors of Sport Cultura Barcelona took place in the Espuela Room of Círculo Ecuestre.

Final match of the VIII Quadrangular Tournament

On May 31, the VIII Quadrangular Golf Tournament came to an end in an exciting fourth match at Club de Golf Terramar, who had the honor of hosting the final as the last club to join Sport Cultura Barcelona.

The accumulated total after the four games placed the Club de Golf Sant Cugat team as the winner with a total of 88.5 points, followed by Club de Golf Llavaneras with 68.5 points. In third place, Club de Golf Terramar added 67 points and Real Club de Golf El Prat came in fourth with 64 points.

On this occasion, the current circumstances allowed us to celebrate the traditional lunch with all the players, preceded by the delivery of the trophy to the winning team by the hand of Albert Agustí and Rocío de Aguilera, president and general secretary of our entity, respectively.

Antonio Banderas, Sport Cultura Barcelona 2019 award in Culture category

The actor Antonio Banderas, awarded with the Sport Cultura Barcelona 2019 award, in the Culture category, received the award on March 12th at the Teatro del Soho, in Malaga. 

The Prize was given in person by: Albert Agustí, Chairman; Rocío de Aguilera, General Secretary, and Ramón Agenjo, member of the Assembly of the Entity and Patron Director of Damm.

Carlos Sainz received the 2019 Sport Cultura Barcelona Award, to Best Career

The rally driver Carlos Sainz, received the Sport Cultura Barcelona 2019 award, in the category of Best Career. The award was given by the President of Sport Cultura Barcelona, Albert Agustí. The Vice President of Sport Cultura Barcelona and President of the RACC, Josep Mateu, and the General Secretary of Sport Cultura Barcelona, Rocío de Aguilera,they also attended the award ceremony. 

Carlos Sainz addressed a few words thanking the Award, watch video: https://youtu.be/hk_TW7OYVRM

After the award ceremony, which took place at the Carlos Sainz Sr. Indoor Karting, Albert Agustí, Josep Mateu and Rocío de Aguilera, had the opportunity to greet Carlos Sainz Jr., Formula 1 driver, who currently belongs to the team from Ferrari.

Incorporation of the Fundación Joan Miró as a partner of Sport Cutlura Barcelona

Sport Cultura Barcelona has incorporated the Fundació Miró as a partner, through the official signing of the agreement, which has been celebrated at the headquarters of the cultural entity, by Albert Agustí, Chairman of Sport Cultura Barcelona and Sara Puig, Chairman of Fundació Miró Board. Also attended the event Rocío de Aguilera, General Secretary of Sport Cultura Barcelona and Marko Daniel, Director of the Fundació Joan Miró.

This agreement seeks to add complicities in favour of culture in Barcelona, both in the organization and participation of differents events with the aim of promoting the knowledge, opinion and debate among various cultural groups. In fact, this is one of Sport Cultura Barcelona objectives: to work to spread culture and sport, with its values, to create a better sociaty.

The future of music, audiovisual and performing arts

With: Valentí Oviedo, of Gran Teatre del Liceu; Mª José Balañá, of Grup Balañá; Joan Oller, of Palau de la Música Catalana and Mònica Campos, of Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.

You can watch the conference online at YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/WB6bFyHRLMA?t=27

Webinar with Rafael Vilasanjuan

Policy and Global Development Director at ISGlobal, member of the GAVI board and chairman of the Fundación Exit.

“COVID: from Health global security” 

Josep Mateu, chairman at RACC, introduced the speaker.

You can watch the conference online at the YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7VsmX1RGQ8

Webinar with Francesc Torralba

Sport Cultura Barcelona has organized a webinar with Francesc Torralba, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Theology and Doctor of Pedagogy.

At the present time is the director of Ehtos Cathedra at the Ramon Llull Universidad. 

''Emerging values in pandemic times''

The conference can be watched online through the  YouTube: https://youtu.be/x6aeHXt1UMI?t=57

Webinar with José María Gay de Liébana

Sport Cultura Barcelona organized a webinar with José María Gay de Liébana Saludas, full member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, Professor at Barcelona's Universidad, Doctor in Economics Sciences, Doctor in Law and Chairman of the Sports Economy and Finance Commission of the College of Economists of Catalonia.

“Covid-19: economic shock, vulnerability of public finances and impact on sports”