Four European Cups, four World Cups, 7 Leagues, 5 Cups... The list of trophies won by Anna Casarramona i Vivas (Manlleu, 1994) seems endless. For 18 seasons, she has become one of the best Catalan athletes, leading the wave that changed women's roller hockey, and taking it to the brink of professionalization. Now she is retiring and will play her last matches with HC Palau, which has become a model club, with hundreds of boys and girls on wheels and a first-class locker room for the women's first team where Anna receives ARA.

Only in Catalonia could a town of just 735 inhabitants have a world-class roller hockey team. A sport rooted in the town has allowed many towns to have teams that are now part of their identity, from Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà in Reus to Sant Sadurní d'Anoia in Caldes de Montbui. But the case of Vila-sana is different. Never had such a small town come so far, because this year the Pla d'Urgell women's team won the Club World Cup held in Argentina and the Queen's Cup last weekend. Two titles that make for a big party for a club founded only in 2003.

Jordi Bargalló (Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, 1979) enters the Ateneo pavilion greeting everyone. A child cries for having been welcomed back to training. "Put some water on and get back on the court, you'll see how quickly the pain passes. Where you have the stick "What did I give you?" he asks. The boy has it at home, well kept, as it is still a treasure, the stick of one of the best players in the history of roller hockey. This year, Jordi retires after 28 seasons in the elite and winning absolutely everything. Last season, he qualified with his beloved Chica Freixenet for the final four of the Champions League, which is being played this weekend in Matosinhos (Portugal). Noia hadn't achieved this feat for 20 years. final four?

Reus Deportiu has won the Copa del Rey again, nineteen years later. On March 9th, at the Joan Ortoll Pavilion in Calafell, they defeated Lleida (4-5) in the final, in a match in which 29-year-old Martí Casas from Mataró scored all five goals, completing a record-breaking championship and confirming his status as one of the greatest roller hockey players of the moment.