Three CAB athletes appointed to National Selections

The CAB Training Schools are on the rise and continue to produce talents that stand out at national level. This time, the Nazaré Club received from the Portuguese Basketball Federation the indication that three of its athletes are integrated into the group of players who are being observed with a view to preparing the National Selections. Specifically, Pedro Passalacqua and Henrique Cunha integrate the lot of observations for the National Selection of Sub-16 and Tiago Oliveira is being observed for the National Selection of Sub-18. The CAB Training already had nationally recognized credits in the female sector, having produced talents such as Maria João Correia, Carolina Escorcio, Carla Freitas and Leonor Nunes, among many other players, who have regularly integrated gender selections. Now, Friends reinforce their position also in the male sector, with the quality of their male players attracting national selectors. If you continue to work with commitment, humility and dedication, the nominated CAB players will be able to follow in the footsteps of Mário Fernandes, also a product of the CAB Training, which is now captain of the National Male Selection and a player of huge stakeholder and reference for all national basketball. “Always keep humility and commitment” In statements to the CAB Official Site, Francisco Gomes, president of the club, revealed great joy in the news received from the Federation. "All the club rejoices with the news, because it is proof that we are walking a correct path and following guidelines in our training schools that are bearing fruit. However, we have our feet firmly on the ground and we know that in order to help our athletes achieve success, we have to work hard and constantly maintain a position of great commitment." On the reasons that allow the CAB to be "a talent nursery", as once stated by Prof. Manuel Fernandes, president of the Portuguese Basketball Federation, Francisco Gomes notes, "We have succeeded in the formation process because we do not live obsessed with titles or instill in our athletes the notion of winning at any cost. Success, to be true, must appear as the result of a natural process and can never be dissociated from the cultivation of an integral and respectful personality of others." "We are talking about forming players, but above all of forming people, and that is only possible because there is a joint work in the CAB, involving athletes, coaches, but also in charge of education, and together we work every day to build a Training School based on patience, humility and handing over to work."