Pont-Saint-Martin, the twenty-two Gamba Italian champion of progressive shooting

PONT-SAINT-MARTIN

Italian female bowls champion in the progressive shooting specialty, Gaia Gamba, 22 years old from Pont-Saint-Martin, player of the Aosta Valley club in the Lower Helvetia Valley, tells of the two days spent at the federal center of Rome: “An indescribable emotion to be able to graduate national champion in progressive shooting – says Gamba -. In the final I got the better of Giorgia Rebora from Genoa with the final score of 35-34. In total I made 44 shots, hitting the target with as many as 35 shots – says Gamba – at the end of a match in which I started very well, immediately taking me ahead by 5 points, then in the final Rebora tried to reach me, but luckily the my advantage held up to the end ».

They were 5 ‘of running and precision in hitting the target with the ball: «Every time it was hit – Gamba says -, I had to refocus it again, perhaps from more distant and more difficult positions to hit it and it wasn’t easy. I left for the federal center of Rome already on Friday 19th November, then the next day, both in the morning and in the afternoon, we did the technical tests, while on Sunday 21st at 12 noon the race. The best four Italian players had to enter this phase, that is, those who had obtained a high score in the league, but two players gave up the final phase and so only the final was played. But now it is already time to think about preparing for the next season, which will start in January in Serie A. I train with the team every Tuesday and Thursday at the bowling green I manage in Pont-Saint-Martin, while in the other three days I do self-employment. with the athletic trainer Davide Nicco and the technical collaborator Andrea Peaquin – explains Gamba -. The goal is to have a good season and be called up to play the world championships, but now the mind must be concentrated only on doing my best in the championship to contribute all together to an excellent season from all points of view ” . –