Triple of wives at La Mercè, with 5 of 9 in Barcelona and Lleida
The days of this Sunday have enjoyed a good repertoire of extra ranges
This weekend's human towers spotlight was on Barcelona and Lleida, where a good selection of other groups could be seen. In the Catalan capital, both Minyons de Terrassa and Castellers de Vilafranca and Joves de Valls played 2de9fm. A construction that required extra effort on the way down by the people of Lleida and Villafranca. These two groups also stood out with 5de9f, while the reds played pde8fm.
For their part, the Castellers de Barcelona have added some good news, but they have left some work unfinished. This Sunday, they played the first 2de8f of the year and the 7de8, which they dismantled twice on Wednesday. However, they were unable to beat 4de9f, which they took down with the sixth place finishers. Thus, the only castle of 9 from a Barcelona group for this Mercè was the four-piece castle completed on Wednesday the 24th by the Castellers de Sants.
La Vella maintains the standard
The Colla Vella also showed solidity this Sunday in Lleida, completing the 5 of 9 and the 9 of 8. This way, they remain on a high level ahead of the Mercadal and Santa Úrsula events. Sharing the venue, the Capgrossos de Mataró recovered their form after last week's lapse in rehearsal, which forced them to lower their expectations. The Maresme team unloaded a very good magic hat trick before facing the extra range again.
Meanwhile, the Castellers de Lleida revalidated the 3 of 8 and completed their first 7 of 8 of the season. The Niños del Vendrell also unloaded the 7 of 8 practically a month after their last.
Castelldefels makes the best choice
Yesterday, Saturday, the Castellers de Castelldefels completed a historic performance, adding the first 2 of 7 in their 43 years and the debut this year of the 3 of 7ps. This gave them their best performance ever.
Other notable castles of the weekend were the 4 of 8 by the Castellers de Sitges and Xicots de Vilafranca, and the first 3 of 7ps in the history of the Castellers de Esparreguera.