El Charco S.D.C.R

Located at no.6 Mendikale Street. ANSOAIN.

E-mail: contacto@elcharco.net

It is reported that the club started up thanks to a splendid drinking session on the 24th of December, 1974 in the bar Marín. Along with the hangovers the idea of a Peña came up. They are known as "El Charco" (pool) thanks to the fact that when it rained a large pool of water formed in front of the bar Marín. This is the only Peña which does not strictly belong to Pamplona, as this municipality has its own Town Hall, although it seems just like any other Pamplona suburb.

On the 28th of November, 1975 the first statutes were passed and a premises was rented at no. 8 Mendikale Street in Ansoain. While there were only ten founder members, within a year there were more than eighty members. Before they first appeared as a public Peña, the club created a dance group and majorettes as well as starting a theater group. On the 7th of July, 1977 they appeared for the first time in the Sanfermin fiestas.

They also participated that year in the Xmas festivities of the Kings and their entourage in Ansoáin. Later, a football team and a school of "jota" singing were formed. They also organize a popular El Charco athletics race held at the beginning of May each year. They dress in white with a blue sash and necktie and they have a smock in blue and white stripes. During Sanfermin fiestas they use a premises at No.75 Jarauta Street to be close to the action during fiestas.

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