Still breathtaking challenges, solved at the last arrow, also on the second day of competitions of the 49th edition of the Italian Indoor Archery Championships, running until Sunday 27 February at the Rimini Fair with almost 1300 archers in total on the shooting line . The Friday of competitions was dedicated to the Compound division: the 60 ranking round arrows, in addition to assigning the Boys, Students, Juniores, Seniors and Masters class titles, established the scoreboard of the one-on-one matches (the best 16 admitted to the preliminaries , from the round of 16) which at the end of a series of exciting head to head saw the tricolor confirmation for the third year in a row by Marco Bruno (Arcieri di Volpiano), while in the absolute female field Marcella Tonioli (Arcieri Montalcino ).
To earn the final in the men are the outgoing champion Marco Bruno (Iuvenilia) and Valerio Della Stua (Arcieri Solese). The Turin player, after overcoming Roberto Carosati 150-148 in the round of 16, in the quarterfinals at the shoot-off Carlo Bernardini (Arco Sport Roma) after 148 all and Elia Fregnan 149-143 in the semifinal, did not let his rival escape by placing a series of thirteen 10s in a row after two initial 9s so as to close at 148-143 and win the third consecutive title.
“Really a good year, albeit a demanding one, but the satisfactions are coming – comments Bruno, fresh from Lasko’s indoor European Championships – The weight of the national team? you feel the responsibility to represent your country and not just yourself. For this year the objectives are to try all the shots, so the Targa, the Campaign and the 3D. They are not my favorite specialties but it is stimulating to get involved for improve your baggage “.
Della Stua had lined up Andrea Leotta 148-143 in the second round, Roberto Sottile 148-142 in the quarterfinals and Federico Pagnoni in the semifinal in the play-off after 146-146. On the edge of equilibrium the final for the bronze, which saw Elia Fregnan (Arcieri del Torrazzo) win 149-147 over Federico Pagnoni (Compagnia Arcieri Bresciani).
The absolute female gold instead arrives for the fifth time around the neck of Marcella Tonioli (Arcieri Montalcino), who wins the duel in a blue key with Anastasia Anastasio (Gruppo Sportivo Marina Militare), who became a mother for a few months. The challenge, very balanced, thanks to nine arrows on the “10” in a row in the last three volleys, ends at 147-146 in favor of the athlete born in Portomaggiore on 31 May 1986 but now Sienese by adoption after the marriage with Leonardo Ceccarini.
“So many times we have clashed for the title with Anastasia, honestly I have lost count, however at these levels we are all on track and it is always a new challenge, even with emerging girls who are growing well. This is why I am really happy for this result “, the words of Tonioli, who had reached the final after beating Giuseppina Parolisi 145-144 in the round of 16, Andrea Nicole Moccia in the play-off 147-147 (10-9) in the quarter-finals and in semifinal Paola Natale (145-144), twelve months ago always in the Rimini Fiera pavilions capable of hitting her first absolute tricolor.
Anastasio had come to play for the first step of the podium after having overtaken in order Martina Serafini 144-144 (10 * -9), Cinzia Ferrari 148-139 (in the second round he had eliminated the blue Irene Franchini, a Faenza by adoption) and in the semifinal the blue Elisa Roner (148-147). The final for the bronze instead awarded Elisa Roner (Kappa Kosmos Rovereto), who overtook the defending champion Paola Natale (Arcieri Cormons) 148-143.
The absolute team titles were also awarded. The archers Kappa Kosmos Rovereto (Capovilla, Mior, Sut) won the male title, prevailing 229-227 over the Torrazzo archers, with the Sicilians of PAMA Milazzo in third place. In the female first title for the Cormons Archers (Barbieri, Natale, Ret) imposing themselves in the final on the Venetian company Arcieri Decumanus Maximus, on the third step of the podium the athletes of the Arcieri del Torresin Oderzo, who scored last year.
Elia Fregnan (Arcieri del Torrazzo) wins the senior title with 596 points ahead of Valerio Della Stua (Arcieri Solese) and Federico Pagnoni (Arcieri Bresciani) both with 594. In the women’s victory for Marcella Tonioli (Arcieri Montalcino) with 589 points ahead of Elisa Roner (Kappa Kosmos Rovereto) with 585 and Irene Franchini (Fiamme Azzurre) with 584. Among the Gold Masters for Carlo Bernardini (Arco Sport Roma) with 585 points, two more than Roberto Nevischi (Arcieri Livornesi) and three over Andrea Parenti ( Archers King Astolfo). Among the women title for Cinzia Ferrari (Arco Sport Roma) with 571 points, silver for Patrizia Corrente (Arcieri Abruzzesi) with 570) and bronze for Francesca Peracino (Arcieri delle Alpi) with 568.
In the male Junior category first Giacomo Cuogo (Archers San Marco Stigliano) with 584 points, second Leonardo Costantino (Archers of the Alps) with 582 and third Valentino De Angeli (Archers of Rotaio) with 579. Elisa Bazzichetto (Archers of Torresin) triumphs in the female with 580 points in front of Giulia Di Nardo (Archers of the Alps) with 575 and Andrea Nicole Moccia (Archers of Torresin) with 574. Lorenzo Gubbini (Archers of Assisi) is the new Italian Allievi champion with 576 points, five more than Fabrizio Aloisi (Iuvenilia) and Marco Tosco (Alpignano archers). Gold among the students for Arianna Valent (Arco Club Tolmezzo) with 557 points, silver for Viola Betti (Arcieri Città di Pescia) with 550 and bronze for Caterina Gallo (Arcieri Balestrieri di Spinea) with 542.
In the Boys class Andrea Fenoglio Gaddò (Arcieri degli Orsi) wins with 540 points, second place for Alessandro Noah Melis (Sardara Archery Team) with 515, third for Nicola Nardin (Arcieri Franchi) with 514. Female gold goes to Emma Girardi (Arcieri del Cangrande) with 553 points, silver to Claudia Nardecchia (Archers Burarco Vimercate) with 543 and bronze to Caterina Moroldo (Arco Club Tolmezzo) with 526.
In the men’s Senior teams victory for the Arcieri del Torrazzo Company (Fregnan, Ibba, Fiorani) with 1760 points, nine more than the Solese Archers (Della Stua, Leotta, Rota) and Kappa Kosmos Rovereto (Sut, Mior, Capovilla). In the female success for Compagnia Arcieri Cormons (Natale, Ret, Barbieri) with 1726, second place for the Montalcino Archers (Tonioli, Menegoli, Foglio) with 1705, third for the Archers of the Alps (Franchini, D’Agostino, Bocina). Among the male Masters gold for the Archers of the Alps (Chinotti, Rovera, Di Nardo) with 1715 points, at 1711 silver for the Arco Sport Roma (Bernardini, Marchetti, Paloni) and bronze at 1710 for the Archers of Cangrande (Milani, Bertagnoli, Marchesini). For women the Arco Sport Roma (Ferrari, Temperini, Crocioni) wins the race with 1667 points in front of the Archers of the Alps (Peracino, Botto, Di Michele) with 1663 and the Archers of Roccolo (Toaiari, Lavazza, Cantoni) with 1650.
Among the Junior title to the Archers of Rotaio (De Angeli, Marchetti, Giannecchini) with 1731 points, second the Archers San Marco Stagliano (Cuogo, Fecchio, Scattolin) with 1701, third the Archers of Roccolo (Castelli, Borsani, Cartagine) with 1697 . For women 1713 are worth the gold already for Arcieri del Torresin (Bazzichetto, Moccia, Perinotto), with 1608 it is silver for the Arcieri Club Lido (Valentino, Chiarella, Poerio Piterà) and with 1552 it is bronze for the Archers of the Alps (Di Nardo, Baron, Sgaramella).
In the male students category the Spinea Crossbowmen Archers (Carraro, Seno, Ferrazzo) win with 192 points, second place for the Star Archers (Garofalo, Nappi, Fretti), female success for the Spinea Crossbowmen Archers (Gallo, Menin, Blè).
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 will instead be the days dedicated to the Olympic arch with the Tokyo 2022 medalists Mauro Nespoli and Lucilla Boari and all the other owners of the expedition to Japanese soil on the field. The first day will assign the class titles, while the second will be entirely dedicated to direct clashes that will lead to decree the absolute individual and team champions. The Indoor Tricolors are broadcast live on YouArco, the official Youtube channel of the Italian Archery Federation and simultaneously on the federal social channels (Twitch, Facebook, Twitter). Saturday’s finals will also be broadcast in live streaming on “Sport2U”, while a summary of Sunday’s finals will be broadcast on Rai Sport.
