The Air Force wins first place in the absolute Italian championships for sailing clubs

(To air Force)
29/10/19

Over the weekend just ended, near Trieste, more precisely in Portopiccolo, an intense weekend of regattas has just ended for the awarding of medals for the Italian Club Championship 2019, where the team of the Air Force Sports Center has risen on the top step of the podium.

The Italian title won by the Air Force is a further notch that the crew made up of 1st warrant officer Giancarlo Simeoli, sergeant major Marco Balbi, the first chief airman Bannetta Giovanni and the 1st chosen airman Niccolò Bertola, can pin on their own uniform.

This hard-fought Italian Championship saw the boat of the Vigna di Valle Sports Center recover from not too positive initial tests to the top step of the podium, putting the Compagnia della Vela di Venezia and the Società Velica Garda Salò behind it. Tenacity, determination and tight maneuvers allowed the Air Force boat to conquer the most coveted square that the 12 qualified of the 40 members of the Italian Sailing League had set out to attack.

With this gold, the athletes of the Vigna di Valle Sports Center, in addition to having graduated as the 2019 Italian Sailing Champions, also qualified for the 2020 edition of the World Club Championships.