SB de Alportel | Music and Sport mark Portugal Day celebrations
The Municipality of São Brás Alportel marked Portugal’s Day, June 10, with the formal ceremonies of Hastear da Bandeira and the inauguration of Campo Municipal Afre Lourenço.
The municipality, the president of the Municipal Assembly and representatives of various representatives of the forces were present at the flag rush ceremony that the executive with the collaboration of the São Brás Alportel Volunteer Fire Brigade and the São Brá de Alportel Philharmonic Band that, on the of his birthday, he sang the National Anthem in the historic center of the village.
This was also the day of celebration for União Desportiva e Recreativa Sambrasense, which marked its 52nd anniversary with the official presentation of the Club Anthem and delivery of medals to club members with more than 50 years of membership. A tribute that had been postponed by the pandemic since 2020, the year in which the association reached its golden anniversary.
The inauguration of the new synthetic municipal field, with Afrenço Lourenço as its patron, marked this day. The project cost 148,114.47 euros and resulted from a partnership between the Municipality of São Brás de Alportel, which invested close to 100,000.00 euros in this work, União Desportiva e Recreativa Samense, with the support of the Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program ( PRID), through the Algarve Regional Directorate of the Portuguese Institute for Youth and Sports.
It is important to remember that União Desportiva e Recreativa Sambrasense was born in 1970, as a result of the merger of three local clubs: Clube Primeiro de Dezembro, Desportivo and Unidos, of which Mestre Afre was a staunch supporter and collaborator.
The search for the Day of the Municipality of São Brás was approved by the new name of Lourenço Municipal by unanimous date by the municipal executive and June, in the solemn ceremonies of the Day of the Municipality of São Brás de Alporto, intends to honor the enormous charm and commitment of this São Brás in promoting football in the county and whose work still bears fruit today.
The unveiling of the inaugural plaque was marked by the presence of Afre Lourenço’s family, namely his children and three of his grandchildren and four of his great-grandchildren. This São Brasense now enshrined in the history of the county was described by his grandson, Paulo Santos, as an immortal grandfather who was “young to the end” and active in the county’s activities.
Addressing himself, the mayor of São Brás de Alportel, Vitor Guerreiro, said that Afre Lourenço marked a generation in São Bras today and that his generation in promoting the sport continues to bear fruit today. “We have to dream what we want for our future and the future of our children”, saying that it is in this sense that the municipality works, that is, it works to fulfill the dreams of building a diverse and prosperous society.
This work of building a better present and future involves an attentive look at the Municipality in all areas, including sports, where the maintenance and requalification work of sports equipment is permanent and demanding, demanding a rigorous and rigorous management. Whenever possible, pay attention to the acumen to capture opportunities and the best collection capacity to always obtain more and better for São Brás de Alportel.
Present at the ceremony, the president of the Algarve Football Association Reinaldo Teixeira, recalled the times when he played Uva, for the colors of Salir, and confessed that he did not feel in the municipality a strong desire to create for the practice of sports and that founders of União e Recreativa are proud of the generations that followed Desportiva.
Also in a presentation, the Regional Director of Instituto Português e da Juventude, Custódio Moreno, inspired intervention, promoting sport to all clubs, stating that he promoted sport must be a vehicle of peace and that the greatness of rival clubs are-bras of a larger club in 1970 demonstrates a greater vision of association officers, an example for the region of how union can overcome rivalries.
A union that he said he felt in São Brás through the joint work between the Municipality and the associative mass. Union that also realizes every year, receives several applications from São Paulo to support from PRID and that come to reap results, the most recent being the Synthetic Municipal Field now inaugurated.
The field will be coordinated by União Desportiva e Recreativa Sambrasense, as a result of the protocol signed with the Municipality. Without hiding the best conditions for the practice of football in the county and for even more São Brás de Alportel in the regional football scene and, incredibly, national level.
CM SBA