There is also Joy Volley Gioia del Colle at the starting line of the A3 Credem Banca 2024/2025 championship.
After having taken over the sporting title from Pallavolo Franco Tigano Palmi, the company of president Gianni D’Elia has completed the construction of a roster of certain value for the third national category, entrusting it to the coach Sandro Passaro who, during the next season, will be assisted on the bench by assistant coach Francesco Racaniello.
Very active on the market right from the start, the red and white management focused, in the control room, on the creativity and charisma of Peppe Longo (last year in A3 with the Volleyball Bari shirt) and on the potential of Riccardo Martinelli (coming from Leo Shoes Casarano) while in place 4 the sporting performances of experienced spikers and absolute value such as Sebastiano Milan (returning from the last season in Siena in A2), Romolo Mariano (last year in A2 with Conad Reggio Emilia), were ensured Piervito Disabato (ex Shedirpharma Sorrento) and the talented Donato Attolico, who returns to Gioia del Colle after his experiences in Potenza Picena, Mesagne and Taviano.
To man the red and white second line, the very confirmed Danilo Rinaldi was joined by Andrea Di Carlo who, in the last two years, defended the colors of the ASD Volley Leverano in B (2023/2024 season) and of the Rinascita Lagonegro in A2 (2022 season /2023).
Lots of quality also in the center and in place 2. In the shadow of the Norman-Swabian castle have arrived, in fact, the central players Enrico Cester (career winner of two league titles, a Champions League and two Italian cups), Sandi Persoglia (former Bari Volleyball ), Fabrizio Garofolo (coming from Shedirpharma Sorrento) and, finally, the very young Simone Romanelli, who grew up in the youth sector of Polisportiva M Bari.
The choices for the opposing team fell on Edvinas Vaškelis, fresh winner of the “Andrej Kuznetsov” award from the Serie A Volleyball League as the best scorer in the A3 Credem Banca 2023/2024 series, and on Antongiulio Alberga, one of the protagonists of the success of CUS Bari at the 2024 National University Championships.
«We have managed to set up a competitive staff, which will certainly be up to a difficult championship like that of the A3 series – declares president Gianni D’Elia -. The hope is to experience an important season. We are doing our best to give our fans a lot of satisfaction. Now we will have to demonstrate all our value on the field, with determination, concentration and feet firmly on the ground in every match.”
