THE Peña Sport Football Club celebrates its centenary throughout 2025 with a varied program of activities for the entire community of Tafalla and the middle zone which officials detailed during a working session in Parliament, during which they requested financial support.
For the little ones, a painting competition in collaboration with the Schools in Tafallain addition to the departures of giants and big heads in May and August. In April, a grassroots football tournament It will bring together men’s and women’s teams from Navarre and neighboring provinces.
Youth programming includes three concerts of various stylesfilm screenings in the cKulturgunea entered, and interviews with national athletes.
And for veterans, eThe club will organize a historical exhibition at its head office, which will also extend to local shops and bars.
Additionally, a commemorative book will be published on the history of the cluband the program ends with concerts aimed at the elderly public, in which choirs and the Tafalla music group will participate.
This was announced this Tuesday by club representatives in a press release. working session at the Parliament of Navarre in which they asked the groups for the financial support they need to carry out all the activities.
Santiago Ibáñez highlighted that the club has calculated a budget of 80,000 euros, which it intends to finance with contributions from the Government of Navarra, the Tafalla town hall and various businesses in the region.
“Thanks to this financial and logistical effort, the Peña Sport “It aims to guarantee that all events are free and accessible to the public, with the exception of one of the concerts intended for young people, the entrance price of which will be lower than the usual price,” he detailed.
For his part, Felipe Palacios, current club president and whose father was also president on the occasion of the 75th anniversary, recalled the beginnings and the recent renewal of the management team, which took over the management a year and a half ago.
“We have found the keys to club at city hall and a series of friends ventured to take control of the situation,” he commented.
From its humble beginnings, the Peña Sport has grown considerably: Palacios highlighted the increase in membership, from 180 to 550 in recent years, and the expansion of its youth team, which now has three women’s teams, and hopes to have a fourth next year.
This growth has been accompanied by a determined commitment to women’s football, as Itziar Bosque, coordinator of the women’s section, emphasizes: “Peña Sport has been passed down from generation to generation. “My dad played, I played and now I see my daughter play.”
Jose Luis Lizarbeformer president and considered “the best historian of the club” according to Palacios, was responsible for recalling the first steps of football in Navarra and Tafalla.
In the 1920sHe explained that several local teams emerged, which eventually came together in 1925 to form Peña Sport.
“Since then, the club has been a reference for several generations“Not only in sport, but also as a fundamental part of the social and cultural life of the city,” he said.
Lizarbe also mentioned the club’s sporting achievements, among which its participation in the Second Division stands out, their championship titles in Third and his Cup appearances, against clubs like Osasuna and Real Sociedad on several occasions.
It’s the turn of the groups, Itxaso Soto (Geroa Bai) stressed the importance of “promoting sports in small towns” as an alternative for healthy leisure for young people and entertainment for the elderly.
Javier Trigo (UPN) praised “the social work of the Tafalla club and the region”, emphasizing that “the results are not what is most relevant”.
Ibaï Crespo (PSN) congratulated the club for its commitment to women’s sport and called it a “reference for Navarre” and Mikel Zabaleta (EH Bildu) wished the club a “long and promising” future, highlighting its roots in the territory.
Maribel Garcia Malo (PP) highlighted the role of Peña Sport as “ambassadors of Tafalla”, while Daniel López (Contigo-Zurekin) celebrated the “community character of the program presented”.
Emilio Jiménez (Vox) denounced the exclusion of his party from the initiative.
