“Bovo Day” 2016
On January in Montichiari, the Italian National team will take on “Bovo’s friends” in memory of the champion Vigor Bovolenta who prematurely passed away on March 24, 2012.
Besides paying tribute to “Bovo”, the event aims at raising awareness on the importance of defibrillators and how to use it. All the takings will be used to buy defibrillators and give it to volleyball clubs and schools.
The event is organised by the Provincial Fipav Committee of Verona and Brescia, and is promoted by the men and women’s Serie A as well as Bovo’s friends, many Italian and foreign volleyball stars that have known and played with Vigor.
The match will be live on Gazzetta TV from 5.30pm. There will also be a special celebration of Mini Volley, the veteran challenge and the Serie A1 women’s game of Metalleghe Sanitars Montichiari.
Here are the athletes selected by the coaches Andrea Giani and Angelo Lorenzetti for the “Bovo’s friends” team.
LPR Piacenza: Hristo Zlatanov (spiker), Samuele Papi (spiker), Luca Tencati (middle blocker)
Gi Group Monza: Andrea Sala (middle blocker)
CMC Romagna: Andrea Bari (libero)
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: Andrea Giovi (libero)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova: Antonio Corvetta (setter), Alessandro Fei (outside hitter), Ivan Miljkovic (outside hitter)
Revivre Milano: Dante Boninfante (setter)
DHL Modena: Bruno Mossa De Rezende (setter), Lukas Saatkamp (middle blocker)
Calzedonia Verona: Aiden Zingel (middle blocker), Taylor Sander (spiker)
Diatec Trentino: Tine Urnaut (spiker)
Coaches: Andrea Giani (Calzedonia Verona) and Angelo Lorenzetti (DHL Modena)
Assistant coaches: Giuseppe Patriarca (CMC Romagna)
Athletic trainers: Leondino Giombini (LPR Piacenza) and Alessandro Guazzaloca
Managers: Stefano Recine (Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova) and Andrea Sartoretti (DHL Modena)
Doctors: Lorenzo Segre (DHL Modena) and Claudio Benenti (Revivre Milano)
Physiotherapist: Alessandro Russo (LPR Piacenza)
And here are the Italians selected by Gianlorenzo Blengini, coach of the national team
Setters: Simone Giannelli e Daniele Sottile;
Spikers: Luca Vettori, Gabriele Nelli, Filippo Lanza, Iacopo Botto, Osmany Juantorena, Luigi Randazzo, Oleg Antonov;
Middle blockers: Emanuele Birarelli, Simone Anzani, Matteo Piano, Simone Buti;
Liberos: Massimo Colaci and Salvatore Rossini.
Schedule:
15.00 Veterans – Metalleghe Sanitars Montichiari
17.30 Italy – “Bovo’s friends” Live on Gazzetta TV