Il “Aldo Romeo” sports hallthe Corso Garibaldi a Mount of Procida, reopens after a year completely renovated. In November last year, thanks to the storm that hit the island of Ischia as you will remember, it was completely flooded and damaged with the parquet flooring lifted and destroyed. All this made it unusable and created quite a few inconveniences for the various sports associations and the many young people who used it. Skating, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics but above all a meeting and sports point. A structure where the history of Monte di Procida basketball has been written since the 1980s. «It is a facility where you learn the rules of sport which, then, are those of life – explained the former mayor Peppe Pugliese – It is a place where every Montese citizen has happy memories. When bad weather made it unusable last year we didn’t hesitate and as an administration we immediately renovated it through 200 thousand euros of municipal funds taken from the budget. It is now ready and will be delivered both to the nearby school and to the children. It represents a jewel for Monte di Procida and it was our intention to reopen it as soon as possible. We succeeded and also in a short time and in less than a year.”
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The works involved not only the totally new parquet, but also the water flow, the waterproofing of the ceiling, the stands and the changing rooms as well as the electrical systems. «It is a historic structure for our country and for what it represented – he explains Biagio Romeoson of Aldo Romeo after whom the plant is named and president of Virtus Basket Monte di Procida – Today with our technicians we are developing our youth sector both there and at the Pala Pippo Coppola.”
It was in the 1980s that the Monte people crowded the Corso Garibaldi facility thanks to the heyday of basketball in Monte di Procida. With the talented young players of the time, first the Serie C championship and then the B championship. A team that was led by coaches such as Elio Annunziato and Manuel Scotto, the latter a few years later would coach Puteoli Basket in Serie A. Players who are still remembered today by football fans in the Phlegraean town. The shooters Peppe Zitarosa and Claudio Del Gais, the big man Vito Coppola, the imagination of athletes like Giovanni Salemme and Renato Bonanno. With the jump to the second division from Serie A and Napoli Basket, Paolo Pepe and Fabio Rossi arrived, who were then joined by the talent of the young Michele Marino. A match that remains memorable was the one against Ragusa, the stadium was packed beyond belief. «I remember that the fans came an hour early to watch the match – he concludes Michele Marinoformer player and true Monteseer -.
There was a marching band before the races, people wanted to breathe and experience that atmosphere. We laughed, we joked but then, after the tap-off, the enthusiasm reached the roof.”
2023-10-28 14:53:57
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