“A role that gives us prestige. Thank you for bringing the event here: it is an opportunity to work without borders and to do it together in sport. I hope that the exchange of ideas can also work in other areas and in the days of the tournament I am confident in a great movement of people”. Words spoken by Fabrizio Innocentimayor of Sansepolcro, where the press conference to present the Under 19 men’s national volleyball finalsscheduled from 14 to 19 May next with races in San Giustino, at the sports hall and at the Selci Lama gym; at the Pala Ioan in Città di Castello, at the PalaFemac in Trestina and at the Sansepolcro sports hall. Among those present, also the president of the Umbrian regional committee of Fipav, Giuseppe Lomurnoaccompanied by Agostino Benedetti And Giorgio Anastasi on this little Tuscan excursion. Federation, Coni Center And Volleyball San Giustino they are the realities at the forefront for the organization of the event. In recalling his professional past as a doctor in the city of Piero della Francesca, Lomurno praised the effort made by the three Municipalities (San Giustino, Città di Castello and Sansepolcro) from an economic and logistical point of view to guarantee the most important sporting event of volleyball at a youth level in an area that is the “cradle” of this discipline. “Also optimistic for a return from a tourist point of view”, concluded the president. After the applause for the two testimonials of the finals, the former international referee Simone Santi And Davide Marra, a player with a history in the top league and in the national team, who abandoned his competitive career a few days ago and ended it with Pallavolo San Giustino, the other institutional representatives spoke. The mayor of San Giustino, Paolo Fratini, spoke about effective synergy and overcoming regional boundaries, spending words of appreciation for the sports associations responsible for managing the facilities, which will present themselves at their best and which will guarantee the valley an excellent business card also from the point of view of hospitality. The councilor Riccardo Carletti of Città di Castello recalled the clubs’ commitment to an event that will bring promising volleyball players to the area, some of whom have already graced the Super League pitches. Andrea Guerrierisports councilor of the Municipality of San Giustino, focused on the rather rapid timing: “Logistics and accommodation are in place a month in advance and we have created an illustrated paper leaflet, which lists the places to see in the three centers involved”. “The Upper Tiber Valley is an area that expresses a lot of sport and I feel at home here. Especially since we are in a context capable of offering art, culture and food and wine”: Like this Domenico Ignozza, Umbrian president of Coni. Even the Red Cross, with its regional president Paolo Darkaanticipated that it will strengthen its organization of volunteers and resources, before the final interventions by the managers of Pallavolo San Giustino. “We needed to make an extra effort and expand the upper Tiber area – he said Claudio BigiCEO of Pallavolo San Giustino – and collaboration with other Municipalities is essential to organize such events. I am sure that we will also give an important image on a tourist level for the families who will follow their children involved in the tournament and that the economic realities will also support us”. Conclusion with Enrico Ligimanager of the biancazzurro youth sector, who took care of the logistics: “We’re OK – he remarked – and in the area there is such a number of agritourism businesses that allows us to manage up to 2 thousand people”.
Claudio Roselli
Press office
ErmGroup Volleyball San Giustino
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