Mixed teams and with members of various ages. The ‘relay of life’ took place over the weekend, an initiative of a national nature, part of the ASI National Championship (Italian Sports and Social Associations) relay race in the square aimed at promoting cultural and social competition, an event sponsored by the Municipality of Siena . The regional selections were organized in the most beautiful squares in Italy by the ASI regional committees.
The winning teams participated in the national final which was held in Siena at the Medici Fortress, in the presence of the institutions. Running are men and women together. In detail: 5 members, 3 men and 2 women. The race involved the heart of the Sienese city center, the teams were made up of various age groups: Under 14, Under 25, Under 35, Under 50 and Over 51. The event ended with the awarding of the first three teams classified: 1) Nissolino Roma area 2) – Fiamma Catanzaro 3) – Atl castrovillari
The awards were presented to the winners by Senator Claudio Barbaro, President of ASI, Sandro Giorgi Head of the Athletics sector, the Mayor of Siena Luigi De Mossi, Senator Manuel Vescovi. “An event that focuses on the family and the cycle of life, which is why I am here in support of this initiative”, said Vescovi about the event. “” For me and our administration it is an honor to have welcomed such a beautiful initiative that focuses on the promotion of sport and life – highlighted De Mossi, a context of the Medici Fortress which benefited from an initiative capable of declining sport and competition as healthy values ”.
Marco Pietrogiacomi National Coordinator of the Special Projects Sector, whose contact person is Vescovi, added a significant detail on behalf of all the organizers: “We have promoted a unique event of its kind and also presented an Erasmus project to make it a European Championship. So a great success of a great team effort “
Finally, Senator Claudio Barbaro, President of Asi Nazionale, concluded: “Initiatives of this type fall exactly within the philosophy of ASI. That of promoting sport and its values, sociability, the spirit of aggregation. And if, as in this case, the family is involved, then everything becomes even more important. How important is the choice to involve the main squares of the most important city centers. Sport at the center of city life is another happy intuition of the organizers ”.
Asi, Italian Sports and Social Associations, is among the most important and representative Sports Promotion Bodies recognized by the Coni since its establishment in 1994. In addition to the national headquarters, Asi has 130 territorial offices, 70 technical-sporting sectors and more than 5000 operators and collaborators present throughout the national territory. Asi brings together amateur sports associations, sports clubs and cultural clubs that decide to join you to carry out their recreational / recreational and cultural sports activities. Through its central and peripheral structure and thanks to its associative fabric, Asi is committed every day to promoting and disseminating sport and the values connected to it, as well as contributing to the dissemination of sports practice (and its teaching) as an essential element of well-being and civilization.