A new season that begins, a derby that returns, all the expectations and expectations of the official debut: Sunday 20 October 2024, at 6 pm, at the Pala Capurso in Gioia del Colle, debuts in the A3 Credem Banca 2024/2025 national championship the Bcc Tecbus Castellana Grotte of coach Giuseppe Barbone. After the rest period observed on the first day, the yellow-blue team starts again from the Bari derby with Jv Gioia del Colle, a team that won the Apulian derby seven days ago by 0-3 on the Aurispa Lecce pitch.
Anything but easy commitment for New Mater Volley on one of the most difficult courts in the Blue group of the A3 series. Coach Barbone hopes to get there with the physical recovery of the athletes who for various reasons missed part of the preseason. Among these is the central defender born in 1998, originally from Gallipoli, Alberto Marra: “Against JV Gioia del Colle I expect a performance that is in line with the good things that emerged in the friendlies. The pre-season challenges offered the coach excellent ideas to work on and we experienced this phase with enthusiasm, albeit with some difficulties. Now – commented the central defender who will debut with the New Mater shirt, but who has already worn the colors of Materdominivolley.it in the under 15 team in the 2014/2015 season – a new phase begins and we start again with a very insidious challenge against an experienced, well-organized team that, especially in its own field, will not want to concede anything. For us, this must be an incentive to approach this event with unscrupulousness and character. Ours is a group built on talented young people and therefore is destined to grow by gaining experience in every match.”
