The first castle of ten arrives at the Snows

Vilanova i la GeltrúThe festival of the Snows confirmed this Saturday that it continues to be one of the great events of the casteller calendar. On the tenth anniversary of its consolidation as a plaza de deu, the four groups came out determined to show their best cards. Each was pursuing different objectives, but all opened the performance with the peak they have achieved this season, in a day of very high level that ended with the Castellers de Vilafranca signing the best performance ever seen in the Vilanova square.

The first classic of the Bordegassos

Els Bordegassos de Vilanova played host with a performance that confirms the solidity of their season. They opened with a 3d8 unloaded with the naturalness of someone who has a tower completely internalized. Without any surprises, with good measurements and very synchronized children, they completed it with that feeling of mastery that only comes from structures repeated over and over again. In the second round, they unloaded an equally placid 4d8. The culmination arrived with an excellent 2d7, executed with solvency. In this way, the Vilanova team signed the classic eight for the first time this season. However, the optimism went beyond what was seen in the square. The good tests of the 2d8f in rehearsals fuel the confidence that the jump is within reach, a feeling that the group celebrated at the end of the performance by singing "one more level".

A big step forward for Nens

Els Nens del Vendrell also left Vilanova with reasons to smile. In the first round, they unloaded an impeccable 4d8, the twelfth of the course, built with excellent dimensions. The key moment, however, arrived in the second round. The 3d8 had been a pending subject since they loaded it for Santa Teresa last October. This time, however, they did resolve it with serenity. Finally, they closed the performance with a good 2d7.

La Jove premieres the pd8fm

The Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona continues to make giant leaps. The Tarragona team began the Day of Our Lady of the Snows by completing their third 2d9fm of the season, a castle that until a few years ago represented one of the group's major headaches and has now become their most reliable extra-level structure. The folres and manilles once again offered an image of enormous consistency, and the group conveyed security from start to finish. The second round served to regain sensations with a much more solvent 3d9f than the one they completed a few days ago in Vilallonga del Camp. An important step to continue building the necessary confidence before facing the challenge of the 3d10fm. Immediately after, a 4d9f arrived which was, probably, the best the group has completed in a long time. After the Sant Joan attempt and the castle completed in Vilallonga, this time the four rose solidly from the first moment. The final touch was a well-worked pd8fm, the first of the season, which ended up rounding off a top-level performance.

Poker of extra-level structures for the greens

All eyes were on the Castellers de Vilafranca. The 'verds' arrived at Les Neus with a clear objective: to make the festival the stage for the first ten-story tower of the season. Not only did they achieve it, but they also did so with a performance that is already part of the square's history. The 3d10fm opened their performance. It was the first time the Vilafranca team had opted for this starting tower in Les Neus, a square where they have already performed it on six occasions. The result was a new successful completion, adding to those of the years 2016, 2018, 2024, and 2025. After having shown a practically perfect 3d9f throughout the season, the addition of one more story came naturally. A slight movement during the climb did not alter the structure's dominance, and the speed of the children ultimately secured the first ten-story tower of 2026.

The second round brought a majestic 4d9fa, the fifth they have completed this year, increasingly consolidated within the Vilafranca team's repertoire. The 5d9f, in the third round, demanded more work than the 3d10fm, but it was also successfully completed, confirming that the 'verds' have fully recovered another of their great structures after premiering it this season in Sitges. The cherry on top was the pd8fm. All in all, the tenth anniversary of Les Neus as a ten-story tower square could hardly have had a better performance.