The Carpaccio Paestum beach, in the province of Salerno, hosts the final stage of the Italian Beach Rugby Trophy 2024: tomorrow at the Arena Beach with the second edition of the Vittoria for Women Tour, a traveling trip organized by Vittoria Assicurazioni in collaboration with the Specchio dei Tempi Foundation and the Italian Rugby Federation to raise public awareness on the topic of prevention of female oncological diseases. The tournament has a slogan – “female prevention is our goal” – and can count on a traveling information and prevention center, the VittoriaBus (purchased with funds raised in the previous edition), which will be used as a medical room for a free breast examination. A new fundraiser will be promoted this year to support the purchase of one or more mobile ultrasound scanners to further expand the work on the national territory.
Fourteen teams competing. And ten thousand spectators
Competing for the Italian title will be 10 male and 4 female teams, returning from the previous stages. For the final phase, the teams are divided into 2 groups: the first hosts Sabbie Mobili, SandBulls, Gabbie Mobili, Cimina Brothers, I Maledetti; in the second group, Trenicotteri, Crazy Crabs, Crazy Rats, Pirati di Nisida and Bulldog Sassari. Only one group for the girls: Sabbie Mobili, Ragusa Rugby, Spavalde and Sabbiette. The formula for the finals includes for the two male groups a first morning qualification phase (matches starting at 09:00 and until mid-afternoon), while the women’s qualification will start after the lunch break, around 14:00. From 17:00, based on the placings, the playoffs will start with a crossover semi-final match, then the finals for third place called to precede those for the title, scheduled between 18:45 and 19:15. Starting from the playoff phase, live streaming on Federugby.it and the Fir YouTube channel. In the last stage, in Senigallia, the spectators were more than ten thousand.
Furlan and Chillemi: «Rugby and prevention»
The testimonial of the project is Manuela Furlan, historic captain of the women’s national team, 89 times on the field with the blue jersey: «After the success of the previous edition, the goal this year was to improve even more: we succeeded by bringing a bit of fun to the beaches without ever forgetting prevention, which is the core of our tour. I thank Fir and Vittoria Assicurazioni». For Luciano Chillemi, head of institutional communication and customer care of the insurance company, «the Vittoria for Women Tour is an initiative in which we believe a lot because it represents a real and concrete action for women’s cancer prevention, of which we are extremely proud. Even today, prevention is an action that is too often underestimated, due to fear, lack of opportunity or even just laziness, but it can really make a difference in the life of a person and those around them. This is why for the second consecutive year we are proud to continue the commitment made and transmit this powerful message even during a beautiful and carefree day by the sea».
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– 2024-07-31 02:30:55
