COSENZA – The Calabrian Regional Committee of FederBocce, after the natural stop linked to the pandemic, on the occasion of the usual ordinary Regional Assembly (and of the presidents), awarded its stars for the past 2021 season, delivering i awards to the best athletes, managers, clubs and referees of Fib Calabria for the disciplines of rap and flight.
The awaited award ceremony was staged at the Alt Art Park in Rende, the venue for the event also chosen symbolically because it is located in the Cosenza area where 85 years ago Peppino Reda brought the game of bowls to Calabria: it was on March 10, 1937 and with the birth of the Città di Cosenza club, the epic of this sport so practiced in our region began.
THE ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS ‘MEETING
During the assembly, the president of the Regional Committee Francesco D’Ambrosio – who recently celebrated fifty years of personal history in bowls sports – spoke about the consolidated successes of the raffa in Calabria and outside the region, the enormous steps forward made by flying (that last season, among the many promotional events made, launched the first mixed race “He & She” flight-raffa), the bet won by the beach bowls (with the first stage of the federal tour organized in Calabria) and the development of the petanque on which Fib Calabria has decided to focus for the future. Delegate Guglielmo Votano presented the rules and perspectives of this latter discipline, still new for our region and practiced only by the Reggio company Ortì. On the speakers’ table also the vice president Fib Calabria Natale Bilotta, the councilors Luigi Benincasa, Roberto Cevola, Francesco Bianco, the regional coordinator of the referees Raffaele Brutto and the secretary Francesco Brutto, the provincial delegates Antonio Perricelli, Eugenio Gaudio, Antonino Canale (respectively of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Reggio Calabria). Among the national positions of Federbocce present the lawyer Antonella Germanò member of the Federal Court and Emilio Segreti, AIAB national designator for the raffa (South area).
CALABRIA STARS FIB AWARD
Every year, as per tradition, our committee has awarded its best performers. The novelty of this new edition was represented from the title of the various awards to the bowls of the past who, in different guises, were protagonists for the Calabrian bowls. The award ceremony was thus an opportunity for celebrate those who have managed, in one way or another, to leave their mark not only in the 2021 season, but also in the entire history of the Calabrian basketball movement, both for the discipline of raffa and for that of flying.
«I wanted to give a different value to the award by linking it to the memory of those who have contributed to bringing Calabria to high levels“, explains the president Francesco D’Ambrosio, satisfied with the large participation. “They are names of masters of bowls and of life, but also pupils, who left us too prematurely. Some are therefore titles that are also bad, awards that in some way I would not have wanted to give “. The reference is clearly for the Prize dedicated to Gennaro Nigro (whose name alone excites the audience) for the Under 18 athlete of the yearwent to the young man Stefano Costanzo (of the City of Cosenza, which promises to follow in the footsteps traced by mother Anna D’Elia, national champion), or the one named after Francesco Tricamo (who was Italian champion of cat. B.) for the best Under 23 athlete, delivered to Gianfranco Bianco (formerly two-European junior champion, Catanzaro). Below are the other prizes awarded:
For RAFFA: “Salvatore Maio Award – Manager of the Year” ad Antonino Canale for the tireless and incomparable work, “Peppina Reda Award – Company of the Year” al City of Cosenza (for the recent CAB, for the Regional Technical Center, for the commitment in the women’s and Paralympic sectors), “Gigino Giunta Award – Athlete of the Year” to Ildebrando Macrì for the results obtained (recognition which also wants to be an applause to the whole group of the historical Indomita society, reconstituted only six months ago), “Nuccio Schiavone Award – Female Athlete of the Year” to the 2021 regional champion and national finalist Sharon Cotroneo (Villa Arangea), “Filippo Caliò Award – Best Referee” to the national referee emeritus Franco Mandoliti“Ciccio De Rose Award – Fair Play 2021” ad Antonio Veloce (City of Rende, currently Bocciofila Acri) for the correctness demonstrated in the field. Other special awards also went to Mario Gaglianese for the second place conquered at the National Third Category Championships by his Laurmend, ea Domenico Cariddi, president of Ortì for his efforts in promoting the petanque. Mention also went to Assunta Lacroce, head of the raffa women’s sector, already driving the exploits of the Sala team, as for the aforementioned Germanò and F. Brutto.
For the flight: “Mario Scalzo Award – Manager of the Year” a Robert Caruso for his 70 years of honorable commitment (honorary president of Malaspina which he founded in 1963), “Vincenzo Maddalena Award – Society of the Year” all’ A.B. Pianopoli 2003 for the work done in the youth sector, “Geppino Gigliotti Award – Athlete of the Year” to the regional champion cat. B and fourth place in the national championship Massimo Bevilacqua (Lamezia Bocce), “Enrico Ricciuto Award – Female Athlete of the Year” to the regional champion and coordinator of the women’s sector Liberata Cammarata (Aurora Sant’Onofrio), “Salvatore Lico Award – Under 23 of the year” ad Alessio Galloro (Vibonese) for the results obtained, “Antonio Molinaro Award – Under 18 of the year” to the young man with great prospects Luca Floro“Calogero Cammarata Award – Under 15 of the year” to the young promise Ilaria Bresci (Aurora Sant’Onofrio), daughter and grandson of art.
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