A great confirmation
This year too, the Italian Club Championship proved to be one of the most heartfelt events among the many of the competitive season. Over the weekend, 129 teams traveled throughout the national territory to participate in the competitions that awarded the 2023 Fossa Olimpica and Skeet based on the Affiliation Category. Starting from the Olimpica Fossa, on the platforms of the Tav Roma the appointment was set for the teams of the First Category Clubs and the Armed Forces and State Corps who had deserved to qualify for the final. In total there were 32 who competed. Among the 25 first category teams who challenged the throws of the Capitoline stadium, it was the hosts Tav Roma who sewed the 2023 scudetto to their chest. Representing the colors of the club were Davide Fontana, Franco Fiorucci, Giorgio Bartolozzi , President Francesco D'Aniello, Raffaele Talamo and Paolo Cardinali who brought the team to the top step of the podium with 558/600. The TAV Torretta standard bearers climbed onto the second step. President Giovanni Sollami lined up on the stage Fabio Sollami, Paolo Vitale, Paolo Putano, Serafino Lo Porto, Francesco Gorgone and Giovani Antonio Sollami who scored 549/600, deserving the silver. Third was the Tav Foligno team of President Nadia Guazzarotto and composed of Francesco Lattanzi, Alessio Franquillo, Alessandro Lince, Michael Spada, Fabio Batini and Paolo Angluzzi thanks to the total of 541/600.
The main findings
Also at the Tav Rome, the teams of the sports groups of the Armed Forces and State Corps competed. In this case the gold was won by the standard bearers of the State Police with the team made up of Emanuele Buccolieri, Matteo Marongiu, Erminio Frasca, Andrea Vescovi, Lorenzo Ferrari and Simone Lorenzo Prosperi, Italian Champions with 562/600. The Italian Navy team climbed to the second step of the podium thanks to the 557/600 created by Diego Valeri, Valentino Curti, Lorenzo Franquillo, Elia Di Famiano, Alessandro Chianese and Claudio Pedicini. Third was the Penitentiary Police team made up of Alessandro Esposito, Riccardo Faccani, Mattia Sardi, Giovanni Pellielo, Edoardo Antonioli and Leonardo Franceschini, bronze medal with 536/600. Moving onto the Campanian platforms of the Tav Raimondo in Pastorano (CE), in whose facility 23 club representatives met, the team of the Sardinian Tav Arborea association of President Salvatore Piras and composed of Daniele Sirigu, Giovanni Pietro Mereu, Marco Bonetti, Alessandro Soliani Raschini, Pietro Gesuino Fiori and Stagno Lodi with the overall total of 2023/411. Second on the podium was the Tav La County team selected by President Corrado Avolese and composed of Francesco Pollicino, Giuseppe Fiume, Daniele Castiglia, Francesco Mozzicato, Adriano Avveduto and Maurizio Annaloro, silver medal with a total of 450/408. Bronze medal, however, for the Tav Castellano Team of President Alessandra Porfiri who, thanks to the performance of Andrea Andreucci, Giovanni Natalini, Mauro Scarafoni, Alberto Cardinali, Paolo Polverini and Alessandro Proto, scored 450/403.
Third Category
As regards the Final reserved for Third Category Clubs organized by Tav Umbriaverde-Todi and in which 32 teams participated, the sextet of Tav Le Dune of President Giuseppe Guarino and composed of Antonio Ansalone climbed onto the first step of the Umbrian podium. , Nino Cuomo, Giovanni Carannate, Luigi Ferraro, Antonio Conte and Francesco Cuomo authored an overall 547/600. Silver, however, was the performance of the Tav San Demetrio Team of President Arcangelo Di Mari and composed of Alfio Fabio Brunno, Salvatore Dell'Aquia, Giuseppe Salustrio, Salvatore Finocchiaro, Massimo Chiarenza and Concetto Tuzza thanks to the total of 541/600. On the third step of the podium was the Tav Il Campione team of President Eugenio Campione made up of Michele De Rosa, Adolfo Falasca, Lorenzo D'Angelo, Antonio Mellone, Antonio Ricciardi and Sabato Mellone who scored 534/600. The last Corporate Tricolor up for grabs at the weekend in the Olympic Fossa was that of the affiliated Fourth Category Clubs. Hosting the 29 competing teams was the Tav Pecetto, on whose podium Enrico Massardi, Sergio Sanzogni, Marco Minini, Mattia Bertoni, Daniel Gilberti and Alessandro Rubinelli, representing the Tav, rose for the gold medal and the title of Italian Champions. Poggio dei Castagni of President Loretta Zani, first with 415/450. On the second step of the podium were the standard bearers of President Giovanni Cantile's Tav Shooting Club Cantile, who lined up Agostino Mazzotti, Salvatore Grillo, Raffaele Scala, Salvatore Russo, Francesco Fortunato and Nicola Cristofaro with a total of 414/450. With 411/450 the bronze medal was secured by the six shooters of President Antonio Sinicropi's Tav Reggio Calabria, namely Ilario De Salvo, Domenico Cannizzaro, Manuel Romeo, Francesco Marra, Domenico Sciarrone and the President of the association himself.
The Skeet champions
Moving on to Skeet, it was the Tuscan platforms of the Tav Laterina that hosted the Teams of the Clubs of all affiliation categories for the awarding of the 2023 Tricolore. In the Group A ranking, i.e. the one reserved for the First and Second Category Clubs, a The team of hosts of President Morena Sgrevi made up of Riccardo Meriziola, Marco Becatti, Gabriele Maulicino, Maurizio Borgi, Mauro Baronti and David Bertelli were awarded the title of Italian Champion with a total of 545/600. On the second step of the podium went Sandro Bellini, Lorenzo Agnorelli, Matteo Bragalli, Estevan Tommasi, Simone Pastacaldi and Stefano Bragalli who deserved the silver medal with 541/600 for the Tav Montecatini Pieve and Nievole of President Marco Benucci. Third on the podium was the sextet of Tav Bottaccia of President Celso Giardini and composed of Edoardo Aloi, Fabrizio Melis, Ennio De Blasis, Ivano Santucci, Roberto Fabi and Francesco Santoro, bronze medal with 533/600. In the Group B ranking, i.e. the one reserved for clubs in the third and fourth category of affiliation, those who sewed the Tricolor Scudetto to their chest for this sporting season were Giovanni Di Bari, Francesco Cito, Stefano Carbone, Nicola Arcuri, Lorenzo Fortunato Colucci and Saverio Amoroso, in the dual role of shooter and President of the Society, first on the podium with the colors of the Tav Ilva-Taranto thanks to the total of 544/600.
Other details
The silver medal went to the necks of the TAV Trinacria standard bearers Orazio Alberto Maganuco, President and member of the sextet, Giuseppe Vincenzo Fruscione, Matteo D'Amico, Francesco Cantavenera, Francesco Inrna and Cristian Longombardo with a total of 514/600. Third was the Tav Principe M. Windish Team of President Mario Ugo Windisch composed of Francesco Pio Caporaso, Domenico Diana, Vincenzo Di Matteo, Amedeo Guadagno, Walter Guadagno and Michele Di Tommaso with a total of 510/600. Finally, for the ranking reserved for the Sports Groups of the Armed Forces and State Corps, the Tricolore was earned by the Fiamme Oro standard bearers Giancarlo Tazza, Domenico Simeone, Valerio Palmucci, Antonio Morandini, Sara Bongini and Marco Sablone with a total of 565/600 (source: FITAV).