Young people continue to be the undisputed protagonists of the events FITAV: after two initiatives promoted by the federation, in the weekend just ended there was the national debut of the youth sector in Individual and Team Winter Championships, event organized by TAV Rimini. The Romagna platforms have hosted 202 shooters who came from 16 different regions and who competed for the title of Individual and Team Winter Champion in the Olympic Pit, Skeet and Double Trap specialties. An excellent success was recorded by the Olympic Pit, as 120 athletes competed: the important regional title of the Junior Men it went to Alberto Belluzzo from Friuli, who struggled hard to get the better of Michael Caregnato and Andrea Trabucco from Veneto (only at the end of very exciting play-offs).
There was the same uncertainty in the Junior Women, with Antonia Ricciardi from Campania and Maria Lucia Palmitessa from Puglia paired at 45/50: Ricciardi was first in the play-offs, while the third place on the podium went to another bell, Erica Sessa, once again at the end of a decisive play-off. As for the students, on the contrary, the undisputed dominion was that of the Calabrian Stephen Septimius Marino (46/50), whose gold left no way out for the Emilian Piero Simoni and the Abruzzo Lorenzo Morale.
Among the pupils, the most convincing evidence has seen Emilia as the protagonist Gaia Kids, able to overcome the competition of the Lombard Alessandra Della Valle and Chiara Di Pasquale. A 43/50 guaranteed gold to the Emilian Fabio Beccari in the Young Hope category, followed by another Emilian, Alex Mazzoni, and by the Lombard Alessandro Paterlini. The Team Winter Championship sanctioned the victory of Emilia Romagna (266/300): silver went to Lombardy (247/300), while Veneto got the bronze medal (240/300). Looking at the results of the Skeet, we realize the winter record of romano Edoardo Aloia in the Junior Men category, while in the team classification the first place was that of Lazio (133/150), followed by Campania (110/150).
The Double Trap specialty deserves the last few hints. The Junior category saw the Tuscan Jacopo Duprè De Foresta excel (55/60): the best pupil was on the contrary the Lombard Pietro Martinelli (a splendid 48/50), without forgetting the rookie mile of these Winter Championships, namely the Venetian Marco Carli. The team ranking recorded an important domination of the Veneto (146/180), with the second place of Puglia rather distant (129/180). The shooters of the future have therefore shown themselves up to a prestigious and awaited appointment.