It will be held at Acireale on May 14th at 10 am in the “Pinella Musmeci” room at Villa Belvedere in Piazza Indirizzo the delivery ceremony of the 64th edition of the Ussi Sicilia Year Awards. The event will be presented by journalists Nino Randazzo and Lucio Di Mauro with Sabina Rossi and the participation of the actor Gino Astorina. The artistic direction and organization is entrusted to Francesco Panasci with the patronage of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Municipality of Acireale led by the mayor Roberto Barbagallo.
Francesco Panasci, Enzo Di Mauro, Teresa Pizzo, Roberto Barbagallo, Gaetano Rizzo, Nino Randazzo and Nunzio Currenti
The Ussi Sicilia Year Awards represent the celebration of Sicilian sport and are assigned through the reports of journalists registered with the regional specialization group of the Sicilian Press Association who have witnessed and reported the exploits of the protagonists of Sicilian clubs, athletes and referees of sporting events not only regional and national, but also international. The list of athletes who will receive awards in the various categories is being defined.
From the most coveted one, linked and entitled to the memory of Candido Cannavò, to the awards for the “career”, for the “best technician”, for the “best young person”, the “best manager”, the “pioneer”, the referee, the “emerging company” and the photographer. The USSI Awards of the Year ceremony is part of the two-day program dedicated to sports journalism which will be held in Acireale on 13 and 14 May and which, in addition to the awards ceremony, will be completed by a conference and a refresher course professional. It will begin on Monday 13 May, at 10am, in the main hall of the “Archimede” scientific high school (via Ludovico Ariosto n. 37) with the “Sport & youth” conference. Paralympic athletes will participate Martino Florio And Raimondo Alecci.
One of the prizes awarded by USSI
In the afternoon, starting at 3.30 pm, in the press room of the Palazzo di Città (via Lancaster n. 13), the professional training course will be held on the topic “Sport and those who report on it in compliance with the consolidated text of the journalist’s duties ”, which will award 6 ethical credits. The event, organized by European Culture University (Ecu), aims to delve into the themes of sports narration, through the reports of journalists who over the years have edited services, commentary and reports on the major national and international competitive events with particular attention to what established by the consolidated text of the journalist’s duties.
The speakers will be Roberto Guelico-director of Tgr Rai, president of the Order of Journalists of Sicily and national councilor of Ussi, Gianfranco Coppolaeditor-in-chief of Rai Campania and national president of Ussi, Marco CivoliRai commentator of the matches of the Italian national team, world champions in 2006 in Germany, Maurice Nicitaformer editor of “La Gazzetta dello Sport, Marco Ficherapresident of the organizing committee of the 2023 Absolute World Fencing Championships in Milan and silver medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Sergio Magazzù, deputy vice president of Ussi Sicilia, and Gaetano Rizzo, president of Ussi Sicilia; Nino Randazzo, Ussi national councilor, will moderate.
