The Panathlon Club Viterbo, guest of the Vetralla Shooting. The president of the highly decorated Vetrallese sports association, Mauro Tommasini, introduced the guests to the Olympic specialties of clay shooting. The company has now been a solid reality since 1985, on the national and international scene, together with Benedetto Barberini (Fitav Technical Commissioner) it has presented the current winner of the Skeet World Cup Simona Scocchetti as part of the Army sports group which carries out its daily training sessions in view of upcoming international commitments. During Simona’s practical demonstration of Skeet shooting, she did not miss any targets, thus demonstrating her excellent preparation.
The European vice champion of Combined Shooting, Gianluca Anzuini, did the same and made the “pit clay pigeon” specialty known practically in the field.
During the evening, after the presentation made by the President of the Panathlon Club Viterbo Giancarlo Bandini, there was time for the guests to tell the sporting history of this club and its champions. Benedetto Barberini underlined how Fitav is interested in disabled sports as he is the Technical Commissioner, then the President of Tav Vetralla described the developments of the facility which, in addition to the federal interest, counts on having hundreds of members. Simona Scocchetti, current winner of the World Cup in Rabat, Morocco, then spoke about her career, after obtaining a silver medal in 2023 in Cairo and a bronze in Doha, as well as gold in the mixed team and individual women’s team and in the women’s team again. last year, and a silver in the same specialty.
The shooter Sara Birelli was present, who at 18 years old is already the Italian combined shooting champion and winner of the Italian Cup, always outdoor combined shooting.
Confirmation of an interest even among very young people in this important Olympic sport. Undoubtedly, Gianluca Anzuini’s presence in the volleyball club set a precedent.
The guests, TAV managers and their athletes were given a souvenir of the panathletic evening.
For Club Panathlon of Viterbo, the dissemination of clay shooting among young people and disabled people is one of the many programs successfully completed.
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