With the right wind, our Club can go further.
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With the right wind, our Club can go further.

We need help to get our club back on track! The recent storm caused extensive damage to the club's brand-new building, destroying part of the roof. With the right wind, we will ...

We need help to get our club back on track! The recent storm caused extensive damage to the club's brand-new building, destroying part of the roof. With the right wind, we will make it!

After many years of collective effort and community involvement, GDR Boavista achieved a dream: the construction of a new building with 6 changing rooms , club headquarters, and a social area – a milestone any association aspires to. In September 2025, we finally opened the doors of this space to our greatest asset: our people. More than 200 athletes, around 600 members, and all the club's friends. Excellent conditions were created, recognized and admired by many in our municipality, for sports practice and community gathering. However, at the end of January 2026, the now-famous Storm Kristin hit the region and caused serious damage to our recent infrastructure. A significant part of the roof was destroyed, allowing heavy rainwater to enter the building, compromising its interior and rendering it unusable. Furthermore, the photovoltaic panels for water heating were torn off by the intense gusts of wind. The modular building that served as logistical support was also drastically affected. We want to give back to our community the conditions we have achieved, but also take advantage of this "wind" to make the club even stronger and more dynamic. More and more athletes want to be part of this group, which, for us, the management, is the greatest recognition for the work, dedication and ambition shown over many years. To continue growing and serving the population of our parish is, and always will be, our true objective. Fortunately, the playing field was not greatly affected; only the fence suffered some damage, which allows for sports practice, but we cannot use part of the changing rooms when it rains.



The main objective of this campaign is to mobilize everyone to act, rebuild, and revitalize. A new building with new materials and equipment cannot be allowed to deteriorate already, as it hasn't even been 5 months since it began being used.

 

About the author

The Boa Vista Sports and Recreation Group, in Leiria, founded in November 1977, is a football club whose main mission is to promote sports, especially at the youth level. Since its foundation, it has been recognized for its continuous activity and strong commitment to the community. Youth development is one of the club's pillars, aiming to prepare athletes to join the senior first team, something we are very proud of due to the consistent work developed over the years. Proof of this is that in the current (2025/26) season, the first team is in a position to be promoted to the top division with 30% of the young players trained in our youth ranks, a clear reflection of our youth development project.

In just under three years, this management team managed to replace the artificial turf and build new infrastructure, all without compromising the club's financial health.

And this is the philosophy of this team: to provide our athletes with the best, combining sports practice with a spirit of community and camaraderie.

Budget and due dates

At this point, we already have real budgets for most of the items below, which fall into two categories:

Playing area | Changing room building

  • Playing area :

- Fencing €15,000 | Substitute Benches €5,655

  • Bathing baths building :

- Sandwich roof €30,000 | Solar panels for domestic hot water €17,000 | Interior ceilings €7,000

Prices include VAT at the legal rate.

PRIORITY AND ACTION PLAN:

  1. Sandwich roof, an immediate need to ensure complete coverage;
  2. Two reserve benches until September 2026, for the start of the next season;
  3. Solar panels to help heat water and reduce energy consumption - by the end of October 2026;
  4. Fencing off the playing field area - until September
  5. Interior ceilings are not a priority, as they do not compromise the use of the space.

 

It's worth highlighting that the social area, where there's a bar, was also significantly affected, but it was possible to arrange for the donation of plasterboard panels to rebuild the ceiling in this area.

 

 

 

 

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21/04/2026

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