Next Thursday, December 14, we will celebrate the traditional Christmas lunch for members of Sport Cultura Barcelona, an occasion to take stock of everything achieved in the past year and gain momentum for the challenges of 2024.

The members enjoyed a guided visit to the Miró-Picasso exhibition led by one of its curators, Sònia Villegas. Before starting the visit, Marko Daniel, director of the Fundació Joan Miró, welcomed the attendees.

A unique visit to see first-hand the Miró-Picasso exhibition, a dialogue between two artists who transformed with their own voice and an unprecedented plastic intensity in 20th century art.

This exhibition is a joint and unique project of the Fundació Joan Miró and the Picasso Museum of Barcelona and takes place simultaneously in the two institutions.

The president of the Higher Sports Council, Víctor Francos, had lunch with the members of Sport Cultura Barcelona with whom he shared his vision about the present and future of sport.

Víctor Francos, who was appointed president of the CSD on June 13, was the general secretary of Culture and Sports of the Ministry of Culture and Sports since July 2021 and until said appointment.

Club de Golf Llavaneras hosted the final of the 2023 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 90,5 points. It was followed by Club de Golf Vallromanes with 84,5 points, Club de Golf Llavaneras with 81,5 points, Club de Golf Sant Cugat with 72 and Club de Golf Terramar with 71.5 points.

The captain of the Real Club de Golf El Prat team, Nuria Araquistain, received the trophy from the hands of Juan Camprubí, president of Club de Golf Llavaneras, and Josep Mateu, president of Sport Cultura Barcelona.

On October 2nd, the fourth match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona 2023 tournament took place at Club de Golf Terramar.

The result of the match was as follows:

1. Club de Golf Terramar: 18,5 points
2. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 18 points
3. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 16,5 points
4. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 14,5 points
5. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 12,5 points

So the total accumulated points was as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 74,5 points
2. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 69,5 points
3. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 64,5 points
4. Club de Golf Terramar: 56 points
5. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 55,5 points

Players from the five member clubs of our association will compete to win the tournament in the final that will take place on October 16 at Club de Golf Llavaneras

On the occasion of the CSIO (International Jumping Competition), the oldest international sporting event in Spain, we celebrated a lunch in the brand new Tribuna Hípica of the Real Club de Polo. During the lunch, the attending members were able to enjoy the La Vanguardia Trophy, which was won by the Brazilian rider Stephan de Freitas.

Over four days, the Olympic track of the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona hosted a total of ten competitions with the participation of the most prominent horsewomen and riders on the international equestrian scene.

On July 6, the General Assembly of Members of Sport Cultura Barcelona took place at IESE, in which Josep Mateu, president of the RACC and vice president of SCBCN for the last eight years, was proclaimed the new president of the association, whom we welcome in his new position.

Thus we say goodbye to Albert Agustí, who has held the presidency of the entity for the last eight years. The entire Assembly thanks Albert Agustí for his dedication and involvement over the years and we will continue to count on him since he will remain on the Board of Directors as a member.

In addition, the Assembly ratified the appointment of Francisco Schröder as SCBCN treasurer, made by the Board of Directors on September 28, 2022.

At the end of the session, the members in attendance enjoyed a cocktail-lunch served in the Q300 space on IESE's North Campus.

On July 3rd, the third match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona 2023 tournament took place at Real Club de Golf El Prat.

The result of the match was as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 20,5 points
2. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 18,5 points
3. Club de Golf Terramar: 16,5 points
4. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 16 points
5. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 8,5 points

So the total accumulated points was as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 60 points
2. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 53 points
3. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 52 points
4. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 37,5 points
5. Club de Golf Terramar: 37,5 points

The players from the five member clubs of our association will compete for victory in the two left days spread over of what is left of the year:

· October 2, Club de Golf Vallromanes
· October 16, Club de Golf Llavaneras

On June 22, the second match of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona 2023 tournament took place at Club de Golf Vallromanes.

The result of the match was as follows:

1. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 20,5 points
2. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 20 points
3. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 18 points
4. Club de Golf Terramar: 11 points
5. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 10,5 points

So the total accumulated points was as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 39,5 points
2. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 37 points
3. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 33,5 points
4. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 29 points
5. Club de Golf Terramar: 21 points

The players from the five member clubs of our association will compete for victory in the three left days spread over of what is left of the year:

· July 3, Real Club de Golf El Prat
· October 2, Club de Golf Vallromanes
· October 16, Club de Golf Llavaneras

On May 23, we celebrated the XVII edition of the Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards, which took place at the RBA headquarters and brought together different personalities from the cultural, sports and institutional world of the city, as well as Barcelona's civil society figures.

The winners were the sailor Grant Dalton, in the 'Sports' category; the filmmaker Carla Simón, in the 'Culture' category, who received the award on her behalf Judit Colell, president of the Catalan Film Academy, and the director and composer Antoni Ros-Marbà, in the 'Trajectory' category, as well as the former soccer player, former coach and activist against ALS disease, Juan Carlos Unzué.

Grant Dalton received the award from Jordi Puig, president of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, and indicated that we remember Barcelona for its Olympic spirit from the 1992 Olympic Games and that they thought that it was important to recover these sensations in sporting terms.

As for her, after presenting the award to Judit Colell Neus Aranda, president of the National Theater of Catalonia, Carla Simón expressed through a video that "I am very excited and I am very grateful for this award because it values a way of culture like cinema. She also pointed out that "it is a great honor to become part of this group of people previously awarded in the Culture category."

Antoni Ros-Marbà, who received the award from Joaquim Uriach, president of the Palau de la Música, announced that in two years he will premiere an opera about Walter Benjamin at the Liceu and has indicated that "it was a great surprise and I am very happy and I accept the award with great enthusiasm”.

Juan Carlos Unzué received a long applause when he went up to collect the Special Mention that the Jury awarded him and Albert Agustí gave him, a recognition that until now had only been obtained by the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, in the 2017 edition, and Josep Lluís Vilaseca, member of the COE and Secretary General of Esports of the Generalitat de Catalunya, in 2019. For Unzué, this recognition allows visibility to the ALS and claimed that "every time you remember me you remember everyone my sick companions, for that I'm very grateful." He also expressed that he has the feeling that "we are not prioritizing people" and encouraged everyone to support him in the task of disclosing the disease to fight against it and provide dignity to the sick.

The Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards honor a person, group or institution that has been relevant in the field of Culture and Sports, as well as the Career Award in recognition of a person, group or entity for their professional career in any field.

The procedure for choosing the winners consisted of two phases. First of all, journalists and members of Sport Cultura Barcelona proposed a series of pre-candidates and in a meeting determined three finalists for each of the categories. The list of shortlisted finalists went on to the second phase, in which the members of Sport Cultura Barcelona voted in successive elimination rounds until they obtained the winners.

On May 15, a new edition of the Pentagonal Sport Cultura Barcelona golf tournament began at the Sant Cugat Golf Club, which this 2023 celebrates its 11th edition.

The result of the match was as follows:

1. Real Club de Golf El Prat: 19,5 points
2. Club de Golf Sant Cugat: 18,5 points
3. Club de Golf Vallromanes: 16,5 points
4. Club de Golf Llavaneras: 15,5 points
5. Club de Golf Terramar: 10 points

The players from the five member clubs of our association will compete for victory in the four left days spread over of what is left of the year:

· June 22, Club de Golf Vallromanes
· July 3, Real Club de Golf El Prat
· October 2, Club de Golf Vallromanes
· October 16, Club de Golf Llavaneras