When it comes to sporting events, Puerto Vallarta rules the roost in Mexico’s tourist destinations with a huge variety of outdoor organized team and one-on-one sports competitions and matches to chose from.

Puerto Vallarta’s “reel” action

Topping the list of longest running recurring events is Puerto Vallarta sport fishing derby, the Annual Sailfish and Marlin Tournament, entering its 50th season in November. Anglers from around the world descend upon Banderas Bay in search of snaring the top elusive “big game fish” that would win them top prize.

Going head to head in Puerto Vallarta

Another favorite Puerto Vallarta sports event that takes place each May is the International Sports Classic bringing together global athletes – even ex-professional and Olympic players – competing in seven sports, including basketball, tennis, golf and softball. Aerobics takes place in the open air by Los Arcos monument on the Malecón promenade.

Grab your clubs and hit the greens

There are now seven stunning and challenging Puerto Vallarta golf courses to keep players on their toes, featuring designs by legends such as Tom Weiskopf, Jack Nicklaus and Robert Von Hagge. Golf tournaments with hefty prizes abound throughout the year but the biggest draws are the Vallarta Cup and the Nation’s Cup played at El Tigre, which sends the top three teams to the World Cup.

Why all the racket?

It’s a “love match” for tennis enthusiasts who seek the fun and excitement of the rapid paced racket sport. Players seeking fierce competition can enter the annual Canto del Sol Tennis Club Pro-Am tournament, now in its 25th year, and a number of smaller competitions held throughout the year at this Puerto Vallarta tennis club.

Other Puerto Vallarta sports include soccer, softball, marathons and martial arts, kickboxing, Muy Thai and boxing.

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Mexico took the silver medal in the discipline of fencing, foil mode by teams losing in the final to his counterpart in Venezuela with score of 45 points to 42, in event corresponding to the Central American Games and of the Caribbean held in the gym at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Veracruz.

The Aztec team formed by the Nayarit Jesús Ernesto Beltrán Macías, Daniel Gómez, Raúl Arizaga and Aarón Rodríguez made their debut before his counterpart of Nicaragua who defeated 45 points to 9, then defeated Puerto Rico 45 by 25 and in the final fell to the Venezuelans with tight score of 45 by 42.

The Caribbean represented by Antonio Leal, Victor Leon, Luis Núñez and Eliecer Romero showed up at this event bowing the favorite Cuba with score of 45 for 36, then beating Guatemala 33 45.

In this, event participated eight teams, led by Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala (the first three in the table), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Nicaragua.

All eyes are on Mexico’s Pacific Coast following the announcement that the 2015 World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship (WSUPPC) will be held in Sayulita, Riviera Nayarit.

The annual event, which is organised by the International Surfing Association (ISA) will take place from May 10th to May 17th 2015, signifying the first ever ISA World Championship to take place in the country.

This announcement is a positive boost to the small, laid-back town of Sayulita. Populated by quaint beach cafes and rental shops such as Stand Up Sayulita, this picturesque area has seen Paddle Boarding becoming increasingly popular in recent years. This follows the international hype surrounding the exhilarating surface water sport, which involves using a board to balance and a paddle to propel oneself across the water.

Since the first event in Peru in 2012 the number of athletes taking to the water during the Championship has grown from 105 to 277, with over 27 countries now competing. The competitors take part in both individual and team races across various categories. These include: Men’s and Women’s SUP Surfing, SUP Technical Race, SUP Distance Race, Paddleboard Technical Race, Paddleboard Distance Race, and the Team Relay Race.

The countdown is now on for the event, with anticipation building to see if Australia will maintain their winning streak, or if Mexico will take to the podium this time round.

• From November 27th through the 30th over 1,000 motorcycles will take part in this event endorsed by the Federación Mexicana de Motociclismo, making it among the top 40 most important events in the country and the 2nd with the highest overall attendance.

The Historic Port of San Blas will host the third edition of the Motomanía San Blas from November 27th through the 30th. This event has positioned San Blas as the top Biker Port in the Pacific and it has become one of the 40 most important events of its kind in the country, endorsed by the Federación Mexicana de Motociclismo.

The yearly increase of participants has been noticeable. In 2012 there were over 600 motorcycles; this year there will be over 1,000 motorcyclists riding in from over 10 states: San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Distrito Federal and Nuevo Leon, just to mention a few. This is why today it’s the second event with the highest attendance in the country.

Román Paz Mondragón, President of the Ovejas Negras Moto Club and lead organizer of the event, mentioned that the end purpose of the event is to promote and create awareness of San Blas with motorcycle enthusiasts on a domestic level.

The welcome party takes place on Thursday so riders can relax after their long voyages; the esplanade along the dock (to one side of the ex-customs building) will be set up for camping with free WiFi. It’s also the location of Friday’s exhibits and music concerts.

The beach party starts on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at El Borrego beach; afterwards attendants can take souvenir photos at La Contaduría at 6 p.m. The evening’s events come to a close on the main plaza courtesy of Jalisco’s Acrobatic Squadron.

The activities end with drag races on the runway. During the event visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of activities that will engage the local economy, including walks, tours and restaurant and commerce recommendations.

“We’ like to thank the Riviera Nayarit CVB, because without their help we wouldn’t have been able to hold the event; their support was key to the entire event,” commented Paz Mondragón.

The event has certainly gained more prestige and importance over the years, especially in terms of organization and security. Thanks to its membership with the Federación Mexicana de Motociclismo, the participants are insured with respect to road accidents and the like.

For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Motomania-SAN-BLAS/1465744890334658?fref=ts.

EL PASO, TX — UTEP will spend the week of Thanksgiving in beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, while competing in the 2014 Hardwood Tournament of Hope from Nov. 25-27.

UTEP basketball teammates Stacie Telles and Daeshi McCants grew up in the shadow of Mexico. But, it's always been a place seen and not heard.

"I went to Juárez when I was little, I haven't been recently," said El Pasoan Telles, a Burges High School graduate.

"One time," said McCants, a Mayfield High School graduate from Las Cruces. "I was a lot younger."

Those two and their teammates will get a look at a place much different from Juárez this Thanksgiving as they head to the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta for the 2014 Hardwood Tournament Of Hope. Puerto Vallarta is 760 miles virtually straight south of El Paso.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.-Great expectations caused the realization of 5 Race For Children's Health, “Niños corriendo por niños”, with the aim of promoting physical activation, sport and healthy habits for the benefit of the Municipal hostel for boys Vida Nueva, CANICA Association which supports the treatment of children with cancer and the Association Dives in Misericordia of Ixtapa.

Under the coordination of the Board of Trustees of the hostel, the municipality of Puerto Vallarta and the participation of important companies.


Taking part categories: 4 to 6, 7 to 9, 10 to 12 and 13 to 15 years girls and boys by the program “Moviendo a tu familia”, the director of Social development, Arturo Dávalos Peña, was commissioned to give exit to the runners on behalf of the municipal President Ramon Guerrero Martinez. Taking care of the order and safety of the participants, therefore, children ran on the athletics track, while elders did on the Avenue, during the recreational pathway. 

Parents, coaches and teachers from different schools and the community in general, enjoyed the enthusiasm and excitement that was experienced in each competition, where children and young people did their best to win a medal, in the case of second and third places; with a trophy for the first places, in addition to great prizes as tablets Xbox, bicycles, skateboards, as well as vouchers redeemable for tennis and gifts

The awards were presented by Arturo Dávalos Peña on behalf of the municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta; Francisco Pérez, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vida Nueva hostel and all its Committee; Caty Garber, President of the race; Celina Lomelí on behalf of the Deputy Rafael González Reséndiz, as well as by the representatives of the various companies who donated these gifts for the winners.

"Everything was excellent. They took care of many details and safety for our children. We are very happy because this encourages our children to be competitive and also solidarity with other small and fewer favourable situations," said Mrs. Yesenia Méndez, mother of Juan Carlos and Lizeth 10 and 7 years old.

In the end, they thanked all parents for promoting and supporting the children of the Alas de Águila Foundation, the boys scouts of Puerto Vallarta, and the staff of Rotary Kids, who supported in logistics in conjunction with DIF systems

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Mexico City is set to host the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Americas Open Championships, replacing the original host city of Guadalajara.

The decision to move the location was made via an agreement with the IPC and Mexican Paralympic Committee, the latter claiming that that they could resource and organise the competition more effectively in the capital.

The Championships is due to be held between April 26 and 29 and will be open to all countries in an effort to provide more opportunity to qualify for Rio 2016.

"The decision to stage the Championships in Mexico City was taken in response to discussions with the Mexican Paralympic Committee, who felt that they could resource and organise the competition more effectively there," said Xavier Gonzalez, IPC chief executive.

"They believe that they can secure more support from Government to develop a dedicated Local Organising Committee and there has also been an increased interest from sponsors and broadcasters.

"In the year before the first Paralympic Games takes place in South America at Rio 2016, as well as ahead of August's 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, it is vital that we support National Paralympic Committees in the Americas with their endeavours to organise the best competitions possible."

Amalia Perez is one of the most prolific Mexican Paralympians with a gold medal from London 2012 and Beijing 2008 ©Getty Images

In line with the IPC's efforts to qualify more athletes to Rio, the event will see a change to the number of athletes countries can enter.

This change will mean that National Paralympic Committees can submit a maximum of 15 male and 15 female lifters spread across the 10 weight categories in both junior and senior competitions.

But there still must not be more than two competitors from any particular country in a single event.

In September 2014, IPC Powerlifting announced two other regional competitions in Asia and Europe for 2015.

The 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships is scheduled to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from July 26 until 30, for what will be the first IPC Powerlifting competition in the country, whilst the European Championships is due to take place in Eger, Hungary, between November 24 and 28.

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• Ninety golfers from the United States, Canada and Mexico will welcome in the high season during this fantastic tournament held at the Flamingos Golf Club.

The Flamingos Golf Club will kick off the high season on November 22nd with the 2nd Welcome To The Riviera Nayarit Golf Tournament, a mixed competition with an A-Go Go format and great prizes to incentivize participants.

Ninety golfers from the United States, Canada and Mexico will participate in the competition, which is offering a $2,500 USD prize for a hole-in-one at the 16th hole and a golf cart to whoever does the same at the 6th hole. There will also be prizes in kind for the “Oh, Yes!” holes.

The tournament is set to start at 9 a.m. right after the participants register, which will cost less than $100 USD with preferential rates for club members.

The registration rate includes a light breakfast, snacks, food, complimentary drinks, a tournament cap plus three hours of Mariachi music at the post-tournament party.

“With this tournament we want to welcome all those tourists and temporary restaurants that come to the Riviera Nayarit to play golf for the winter season and as a result of the efforts set forth by the CVB,” commented Enrique Gómez Javaloyes, Commercial Director of the Flamingos Golf Club.

By the same token, he mentioned the obligation of those involved in the tourism promotion of the region to work together in order for the tourist and/or resident to fulfill and even exceed expectations.

This tournament serves to reinforce the loyalty of golf lovers to the destination. “We believe that by offering them a great experience in our destination we can generate word-of-mouth recommendations that will bring in even more tourists,” added Enrique Gómez.

• Sayulita, the Riviera Nayarit’s Surf Capital, will play host to the top competition in the world of standup paddle and paddleboard from May 10-17, 2015, thanks to the work of the Nayarit MTB and the Riviera Nayarit CVB.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) officially announced on November 12th that the Riviera Nayarit is hosting the 4th World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship, which will be held from May 10-17, 2015.

This will be the first time that Mexico will host this competition and it will be in Sayulita, the Riviera Nayarit’s Surf Capital, as it’s considered Mexico’s SUP (standup paddle) community.

“We are delighted that Mexico will host the 2015 ISA World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship in Sayulita,” said ISA President Fernando Aguerre. “It’s the ideal venue for the best SUP Surfers, SUP Racers, and Paddleboarders in the world to gather and compete for Gold.”

It was the Nayarit office of the Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) and the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) that proposed Sayulita as the host city and brought in the world championship.

“We’re convinced that with this world championship the destination will shine even more on the international stage,” said Marc Murphy, Managing Director of the Riviera Nayarit CVB. “We’re clear that Sayulita is a key component of the positioning of the Riviera Nayarit because of its attraction with the surfers.”

There’s no doubt the participation of the Mexican SUP and Paddleboard team in the first three editions of this championship were a defining factor for it to come to Mexico.

It’s important to point out the Mexican team—which took third place (team) in Peru in 2013—is made up in its majority by athletes that are from or now live in the Riviera Nayarit.

Over 300 of the top men and women athletes from over 30 countries will compete in 11 different disciplines to win team trophies as well as individual medals.

The tournament will include men’s and women’s SUP Surfing, SUP Technical Race, SUP Distance Race, Paddleboard Technical Race, Paddleboard Distance Race and Team Relay Race.

To read the official release, please click here: http://www.isasurf.org/es/2015-isa-world-standup-paddle-paddleboard-championship-take-place-sayulita-mexico-march-22nd-t0-29th/.

This Friday, the second day of competition took place in the 59 Marlin Fishing Tournament and Puerto Vallarta Sailfish 2014 , and although the parade area fishermen weighing gave up after 5:00 pm . The event concludes Saturday with the third and final day of fishing and awards

Opequimar managed to hold the lead yesterday as the category marlín , although the boat Monkey Busines submitted a exemplary of 139.3 kilos

In the species or category of tuna, the first remains of Animal House although yesterday raised the record with an impressive 97 kilos animal for themselves moving from the position of honor.

Finally they could see gold on display at the fishing tournament and yesterday there were two beautiful specimens, one Miss Adventure took him to 11.6 pounds to go to first, while Emerald was ranked in second place with 10.8 kilos.

In the mode of "Catch and Release" Guanatuna remains in first place with two sacks so far.

This Friday concludes the Puerto Vallarta fishing tournament, free exit from the first minute of the day, and the presentation of catches will be from 2:00 to 6:00 o'clock at the weigh-in Marina Vallarta area.

The prize of 10 thousand dollars in cash every day delivering O'Rourke, yesterday went to the Monkey Business team, introducing heavier marlin of the day

Finished fishing party
Opequimar was the winner

with a good amount of catches, movements in the table of winners, awards, mariachi music and above all an atmosphere of celebration among friends, thus concluded the Edition number 59 of the international tournament of fishing for Marlin and Puerto Vallarta fish candle.

In the category of marlin who is the main in this tournament, the winning team was Opequimar headed by Luis Ocaranza and Carlos Verján, who were on top from the first day of competition with a weevil 148.8 kilos. The second Monkey Business ended with a record of 139.3 pounds and ended in third place team Team 007 with 128.4 kilograms.

In the species of fish sailing the first place was the team of Cheos, who ended the tournament with a record of 33 points atop with Eliseo Villaseñor at the head; the second ended the Lucina III team with a record of 30 kilos and third place went to the team San Gabriel of Zacatecas with a total of 28 kg.

In the category of tuna the winning team was Animal House, who near a copy of 97 kilos; the second place was for the master record of 83.2 kg and third place went to Animal House with 81.6 kilos.

The kind of gold, was won by team Miss Adventure, who recorded on the scale 11.6 pounds; the second place went to Mercury Vallarta with 11.4 kilos with specimen captured on the last day of fishing and the third place went to the Emerald team with a golden of 10.8 kilos.

In capture mode and free, boat Guanatuna stayed with the first place with three catches, while Monkey Business was second with a screenshot.

 Catch leaders of the tournament

Fishing Tournament

Photos Gallery by Carlos Contreras

This local regatta will also host a Cirque du Soleil Dinner Party to raise funds for the Vallarta Yacht Club’s Youth Sailing Program.

The sailing season kicks off this 15th and 16th of November with the traditional Revolution Regatta, a regional event organized by the Vallarta Yacht Club (VYC) in Nuevo Vallarta.

The Regatta has been held for many years and includes several categories: Laser, Windsurf, 420 and Optimist. This year about 60 youths will be participating, mainly from the areas of Riviera Nayarit, Puerto Vallarta and Chapala.

There are two elements that stand out in this competition. The first is to welcome the winds that begin to blow in with the advent of winter; the second is to take advantage of the turnout to celebrate the bimonthly VYC fundraiser and its Youth Sailing Program.

The Cirque du Soleil Dinner Party will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday the 15th at the Paradise Village Marina. The event consists of a delicious three-course meal and a show by the acrobats of a group inspired by the Cirque du Soleil and their incredible feats of strength and grace.

The tickets are on sale at $350 Mexican pesos for adults and $175 Mexican pesos for children under 12. All of the funds from the tickets, the raffles, the drinks and the auction of grand prizes donated by commercial business will benefit the Youth Sailing Program and its scholarships.

The Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau supports these activities because of their relevance to the destination; the VYC is not only ground zero for new sailing talent, but it also organizes different events and collaborates with others that greatly benefit the destination.

The activities held by the VYC also help to position the Riviera Nayarit among the top destinations for sailing in Mexico.

If you’re interested in assisting please call (322) 297 2222 or write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., attention Rudy Trejo, general manager of the VYC.

(Reuters) - This week at El Camaleon Golf Club will bring a life-long dream to reality for talented Mexican professional Carlos Ortiz when he competes in a PGA Tour event in the land of his birth for the first time.

Ortiz, who has made just four career starts on the high-profile U.S. circuit, is giddy with excitement as he prepares to tee off in Thursday's opening round of the $6.1 million OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen.

"Playing down here in Mexico, it's a dream come true," Ortiz told PGATour.com on Wednesday. "It's a nice honour, and I would like to perform well.

"Hopefully I can play the weekend and have a chance to get close to the lead. I'm excited to get the support from the crowd in Mexico ... give them something to cheer."

Guadalajara-born Ortiz has already enjoyed a golden 2014 campaign, winning three times as a rookie on the lower-tier Web.com Tour for total earnings of $515,403 to secure his PGA Tour card for this season.

He went on to make the cut in his first three starts on the 2014-15 PGA Tour, his best finish a tie for 18th at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open last month.

"It's been a learning experience," said the 23-year-old Ortiz, who as a youngster learned the game playing at Guadalajara Country Club where former women's world number one and fellow Mexican Lorena Ochoa also played.

"It's just been a new everything. I'm still learning, but hopefully I'll continue to get comfortable."

Ortiz was inspired to develop a strong work ethic by watching Ochoa, who is 10 years older, hone her own game at Guadalajara Country Club.

"She's always been a good example for me," Ortiz said of Ochoa, a 27-time winner on the LPGA Tour who stunned the golfing world in April 2010 when she announced her retirement from the competitive game at the age of 28.

"When you have somebody that close, and you're watching her work that hard and making her dream come true, it's unique.

"She's reached out to me and offered to help in any way she could. We text and she emails me and she's always there for anything I need."

Ortiz has been grouped with Argentina's Angel Cabrera and Colombian Camilo Villegas for the first two rounds at El Camaleon.

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