Junior Judo Regional Championship at the Palaoreto in Palermo.
It is a tournament of four stages, which take place in four different cities of Sicily. Among the protagonists also the Polisportiva Karate Judo Club of Sciacca of the master Pippo Piazza who participated in the Children’s and Boys’ classes. The athletes, accompanied by the coach Alberto Catanzaro, achieved excellent results: first place in their weight categories for Vincenzo Di Leo and Vincenzo La Bella in their weight categories, fourth place for Cristian La Bella. In the Children’s Class first place for Gaspare Di Leo and second for Nicolò Monteleone. Next stage in Messina with young athletes passionate about judo on the platform.
And let’s move on to weightlifting. An athlete from Sciacca, Gabriele Galluzzo, and one from Menfi, Manuel Quartana, took part in the competition called “Deadlift Meet” which took place in Palermo at the Cantieri Culturali della Zisa. The competition was based on a deadlift competition (which is one of the three specialties of the sport practiced by Galluzzo and Quartana called powerlifting). Powerlifting consists of maximal strength training in the fundamental weight training exercises, the squat, the flat bench and the deadlift; therefore the aim is to perform one repetition of the exercise with the maximum possible weight in relation to your body weight.
Galluzzo placed second in the senior category up to 75 kg, lifting 210 kg at a body weight of 69. Galluzzo was accompanied at the competition by the owner of the gym where he trains, Antonino Vassallo of the Athena Club in Menfi. Quartana, on the other hand, from the same gym, finished first in the junior category in his first experience, with 220 kg lifted at a body weight of 74. Galluzzo and Quartana who are now preparing for the next competitive appointments.
