THE ARMY PRESENTS ITS AWARDS.

On Tuesday, 29th June from 8:30 pm, the 2010 Army Awards corresponding to the 48th presentation ceremony will be held in the Alcázar building in Toledo. Among other authorities attending the ceremony will be the Joint Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Force General José Julio Rodríguez Fernández and the Chief of the Army Staff, Army General Fulgencio Coll Bucher. Also invited are other authorities such as the president of the Castille and La Mancha Autonomous Government, Mr. José María Barreda, the president of the Regional Assembly of Castille and La Mancha, Mr. Francisco Pardo, and the Mayor of Toledo, Mr. Emiliano García-Page.
These awards have the aim of promoting artistic and literary creation regarding the multiple facets of the Army within the framework of Armed Forces action, as well as awareness and dissemination of military life. For this ceremony, taking advantage of the 90th anniversary of the Army General School of Physical Education, the topic “The Army and Sport” has been chosen with the goal of paying tribute to a Centre that was a pioneer in Physical Education in Spain, and that, since its creation in 1929, has contributed to sports training through military physical instruction.
The “Army Awards” originated in 1945. In their present format, since 1963, this award has been announced every year in the Official State Bulletin and the Official Defence Bulletin, thus becoming one of the oldest awards on the Spanish cultural scene in the last fifty years.
This year the Army has awarded the 2010 Army Awards Special Distinction to the Spanish gymnast, four time champion of Spain and bronze medallist in the 1978 European championship of rhythmic gymnastics, Ms. Susana Mendizabal Albizu.

AWARD WINNERS
The panels of judges in the different areas have agreed to grant the following awards:
In Research in Humanities and Social Science, first prize has gone to the work “Cannons of bronze for the Army. History of the Seville Royal Foundry in the 18th century”, whose author is Mr. Antonio Aguilar Escobar.

In Education, the Associate Rural Centre “Las Villuercas” in Robledollano (Cáceres), has been the winner of level A (Primary) for its work titled “Military Disaster Relief Unit”. For level B (Secondary), the Tajamar School in Madrid has deserved first prize for its work “So Close, So Far Away: on Humanitarian Missions with the Paratroops Brigade”. Finally, the award for level C (Bachillerato, Formación Profesional Grado Superior) has gone to the I.E.S “Beatriz Galindo” School in Madrid for its work “Army Signal Units as a Guarantee of Peace”.
In the Painting area, Large Format category, the award has been for Mr. Gustavo Díaz Sosa, author of the work "Saving Hopes", in the Small Format category the award has gone to Mr. Alberto Martín Giraldo, author of the work “Crossing Checkpoint”.
In the Rapid Painting category, first prize has gone to Mr. Pedro Miguel García for the work “Palace Gardens”, second prize to Mr. José Luis Ceña Ruiz for the work “10 O’clock in the Morning in the Army headquarters Gardens” and third prize to Mr. Manuel Molano López for the work “Venus and Cupid”.
The Youth Rapid Painting category, the prize has been for Ms. Cristina Gómez Prado, for the work “My Family, the Army” and in the Children’s Rapid Painting category, the award has been for Ms. Inés Muñoz Domínguez for the work “This is My Army”.
In the Military Miniatures category, Mr. Luis Ángel Ruiz Fernández has been the winner in the Scenes category for his work “Battle of Green Horn. Colorado, 1779"; Mr. Miguel Ángel Pérez Rubio, for the work “Spanish Aerostation, Captain Alfredo Kindelán Duany, Engineers” has been the winner in the Figures category; Ms. Aníbal Sánchez de la Torre for the work “Legionnaire Civil War (1936-1939)” has been the winner in the Youth Miniatures category; and Mr. David Pérez Palmer and Ms. Diana Pérez Palmer for the work “This is a Spanish “Tercio” Regiment “ have been the winners in the Children’s Miniatures category.
In Photography, the award in the Series of 4 Photographs category has gone to Mr. Ángel Sanz Abad for the work titled “Paratroops Brigade: Urban Army”. In the Individual Photography category the award has gone to Mr. Antonio Espejo Gutiérrez for his work titled "Sheathe Your Swords".