The recurve, compound and bare bow competitions are currently taking place at the Municipal Archery Range in via Vito Schifani. In the late afternoon the final awards ceremony with the Mameli Anthem.
The Arcieri Eugubini climbed to the top step of the podium with the local athlete Anna Frezza, who won the title of the women’s class 60-64 years with 567. Inauguration ceremony with the Flag-wavers from Eugubine.
Italian Master Fitarco Cup. The Flag-Wavers
The President of the Italian Archery Federation Vittorio Polidori: “A fantastic location, Gubbio is beautiful and I invite everyone to come and see it. Well done to the organizers and everyone who lent a hand.”
GUBBIO – “We are happy to host the Italian Master Cup. Our small company Arcieri Eugubini, thanks to the help of the Arcieri Augusta Perusia, managed to organize a national event. A pride for the city of Gubbio and for us too“.
With these words the President of the Eugubini Archers, Lorenzo Peccisummarizes the great organizational commitment to hosting the event in Gubbio V Italian Master Fitarco Cupcon 345 archers present on behalf of 97 companies come from all over Italy.
The races of recurve bow, compound e bow knot are underway at the Municipal Archery Range in via Vito Schifani, a structure completely redeveloped in recent years which is able to offer car parking, services, two refreshment points and above all a magnificent overview of the medieval city of Gubbio.
The Gubbio archers they climbed to the top step of the podium with the local athlete Anna Frezzawhich won the title of female class 60-64 years with 567, second Daniela Colognesi (Arcieri dell’Airone) with 551 and third Virginia Rizzi (Arcieri Burarco Vimercate) with 541.
Italian Master Fitarco Cup. Gubbio archers
The regulation
The archers for each division they are divided into four age groups from 50 to 54 years olddai 55 ai 59dai 60 ai 64 and come on 65 years and over.
Based on the ranking after 72 qualifying arrowsi top 20 athletes Of each category e division they play the elimination rounds (not head-to-head matches) of 12 arrows each (2 series of six arrows), which progressively reduce the number of athletes (in each group the last 4 archers of the group are eliminated), until the final group composed of 4 archers which decrees the podium at the end of the last lap from 12 arrows.
In the case of classes with less than 10 participating archers, they are merged together as long as they are of the same gender (male or female) and division, to form a group made up of at least 10 archers.
The program
For archery in Umbria it is a particularly intense period, this is in fact the second federal event organized in the area after the Italian 3D Championships Of Polino (Terni) last weekend to which the third will be added at the end of the month, i Italian Country Shooting Championships Of Città della Pieve.
Italian Master Fitarco Cup. “Fantastic location”
Today (Sunday 14 September), final day of the Italian Master Cup, all the titles will be awarded in Gubbio with the awards and closing ceremony.
The interventions
The President of the Italian Archery Federation Vittorio Polidori: “A fantastic location, Gubbio is beautiful and I invite everyone to come and see it.
Well done to the organizers and to all those who lent a hand, thanks to the municipal administration which was close to the organizers and thanks to the regional president who this year organized three important events in Umbria“.
The President of Fitarco Umbria Nicola Montecchi: “We had the Italian 3D Championship in Terni and today the Italian Master Cup in Gubbio, in this beautiful setting. Next year we will have two more national events, the Pinocchio Trophy in Terni and the Region Cup in Città della Pieve, so I can only be proud of the whole Umbrian movement and everything we are doing“.
Italian Master Fitarco Cup in Gubbio
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