The movement is growing strongly and the path is now clear: we are looking for the most suitable formula capable of pleasing members and involving the vast world of enthusiasts more. Federal President De Sanctis: “Let’s change our mentality”
Alfonso Nanni of Vigasio Villafranca and Lea Morano of Trem Osteria Grande Castel San Pietro won the Master of Champions and Champions, held in Milan on the lanes of Caccialanza and organized by the company of president Luigi Sardella. The formula of the previous two editions has been confirmed, played at Boccaporco di Terni and at Kennedy Nola, with a central court and the playing of one match at a time, from Thursday to Sunday, live on the federal web TV www.topbocce.live. In the finals staged on Sunday morning, Alfonso Nanni overcame Mirko Savoretti of Caccialanza Milano with a double set that ended 8-2, 8-6; while Lea Morano beat Kety Crescenzi of Salaria Ascoli Piceno (6-5 to the bitter end) in the two sets (in the two sets one success for each side 8-6 for the Marche player in the first set, 8-6 for Emilia in the second ).
CLEAR STATEMENT
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The path of Alfonso Nanni, seeded number two, was characterized by successes of 2 sets to zero against Marco Di Nicola and Davide Paolucci; while, in the semi-final the athlete from Abruzzo got the better of Giuseppe D’Alterio in the poke shots (6-5). In this last match, Nanni, after losing the first set, came back from 0-7 in the second set and, when shooting the cue ball, hit the three targets in the last slot with the cue ball positioned at a distance of twenty-four metres.
beat number one
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Lea Morano, during the event, won against Elisa Luccarini in shootout and, by two sets to zero, against the new Italian champion Laura Picchio, the latter seeded number one. “The Italian Bowls Federation is working to improve the movement, finding formulas that can please the members themselves, but above all externally because we have to change our mentality and start leaving our world, becoming attractive from a media and marketing point of view – the comment by the federal president Marco Giunio De Sanctis – The Master of Champions and Champions is the maximum expression of Raffa’s competitive sport and we have seen excellent matches with this proven formula. Even if the finals were not spectacular, the formula is a winning one , despite taking up too many days and, thus, we will verify the possibility of reducing the number of male participants to eight in the same way as tennis. The only sore point of this weekend was the small audience present which was not up to such a high level competition quality and the absence of territorial sporting and political institutions”. “Our movement – continued De Sanctis – needs major events and, in 2024, in addition to the most important federal events, we will have eleven high-level events with the related previews of Raffa, Volo and Petanque, one of which will be held right at Caccialanza of Milan. We represent an important movement, which moves thousands of athletes, technicians, managers, referees and enthusiasts throughout Italy. Since last May and until December 16th, individual Italian titles and titles have been awarded throughout Italy and to teams of all the specialties and already next weekend we will be in Venice for the Italian Cup for Club della Raffa (teams from series A, A2 and B on the field), before closing the 2023 season with the Coppa Italia del Volo in Chieri (Turin), the Italian Cup and women’s Regional Cup finals in Feltre, the Raffa Italian Super Cup at the Federal Technical Center in Rome and the Mb Fib Award which will be held on 16 December, in Rome, in the Campidoglio”. Present at the finals and awards ceremonies were the federal president Marco Giunio De Sanctis, the deputy Roberto Favre, the federal councilor Sergio Ripamonti, the regional presidents of Fib Lazio, Flavio Stani, and of Fib Molise, Giuseppe Formato, the provincial delegates of Fib Bergamo, Roberto Nespoli, and Fib Pavia, Matteo Stefanone.