L’Aquila Rugby, a trip down memory lane with the awarding of the “caps” to the legends

L’AQUILA – The events organized by the company continue L’Aquila Rugby sports club on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the last championship, that of 1994. A rich calendar of events, enriched by Palazzo Margherita exhibitionand with the support, at the request of the city council and Livio Vittorini in particular, of the municipality.

Yesterday two appointments with memory and history. First the mass in Collemaggio in memory of all the former rugby players who “they passed the ball”. A touching moment after which we headed to the nearby Magione Papale relais for the ceremony of awarding the “caps” to the neroverdi legends who won the championships, those of 1967 and 69, 1981 and 1982 and, finally, 1994. Almost 700 athletes wore the black and green colours, it was not possible to reward them all, he anticipated Gino Troiani who leads the Polisportiva, but there will certainly be a way in the future.

However, many showed up to collect the original “cap”, including the legend of South African rugby Rob Louw in L’Aquila from 1980 to ’85, and his compatriots Danie Gerber and Vim Wisser protagonists of the 1994 scudetto. The journalist will host the evening Paolo Mastrison of the unforgettable Luigi Mastri manager of the club for about thirty years, assisted by the mayor Pierluigi Biondi who enjoyed delivering the “caps” to the players.

The winners: Pino Fugaro, Angelo Autore, Angelo Ninni Vittorini, Pasquale Lamanna, Beniamino Manetta, Sergio Tiboni, Ezio Orzieri, Carlo Prosperini, Giancarlo Delli Ficorilli, Loreto Cucchiarella, Francesco Scimia, Giuseppe Zia, Riccardo Fugaro, Francesco Tione, Luigi Scipioni, Evelino Aio, Giancarlo Vicini, Daniele Colagrande, Massimo Petrocco, Sergio Parisse, Oscar Tortiello, Gaetano Del Grande, Carlo Del Grande, Francesco Aloisio, Giuseppe Pino Lusi, Giampiero Ricci, Carlo Lamanna, Giovanni Di Cola, Mauro Zingarelli, Antonio Falancia, Ennio Ponzi, Fulvio Di Carlo, Giorgio Morelli, Serafino Ghizzoni, Paolo Mariani, Massimo Mascioletti, Piero Camiscioni, Lucio Pelliccione, Pietro Farinosi, Maurizio Colangeli, Massimo Aloisio, Domenico Panone, Pasquale Museo, Marco D’Onofrio, Luca Pelliccione, Gigi Salvatore, Riccardo Zingarelli, Giancarlo Morelli, Pasquale Grottini, Benito Climastone, Rob Louw, Mauro Aloisi, Gino Troiani, Bruno D’Onofrio, Antonio Colella, Francesco PIetrosanti, Daniele Marrama, Giampiero Passacantando, Alessandro Bottichiari, Giulio Morelli, Lanfranco Massimi, Walter Di Carlo, Giovanni Alfonsetti , Valentino Venta, Gabriele Sorrentino, Andrea Castellani, Carlo Caione, Massimo Alfonsetti, Francesco Scipioni, Gianni Cicino, Pasquale De Ciantis, Lorenzo Cavallo, Wim Visser, Giuseppe Lamanna, Danie Gerber, Stefano Aio, Pietro Mari.