«Enthusiastic about Jack Sintini ». The president of Panathlon, Luca Monteleone, does not mince words to bring back the unanimity of the consensus gathered by the internationally ranked volleyball player on the stage of the Teatro Sociale, on the occasion of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the sports service club. Sintini talked about how important the team is in difficulties. And he supports it from direct experience. “When I discovered at the peak of my career that I had cancer (I was about to go to the Olympics in 2012), I realized that only my knowing how to be in a group could help me”. Then medicine, determination, “but also luck”, Sinitini clearly articulated, did the rest.
Before and after the story of the Romagna champion, the stories of local sport with the celebrations of some Biellese characters linked to sporting passion. As for the new partner Luca Prina, professional football coach, or as for the student Arianna Reinero who won a regional scholarship for her successes at school and on the athletics tracks. For her a double satisfaction given that the initiative of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta is dedicated to Attilio Bravi, long jumper from Cuneo who participated in the Rome Olympics, was Italian champion and also won the Military World Cup.
Honors also for the member Ugo Muzio who received the “Domenico Chiesa award”, the highest recognition of the club service, and for Giuseppe Tricerri, vice president of UCAB, who received the “A life for sport” award reserved for those people who, modestly and in silence, served a specialty, a discipline. Even today, Tricerri is always at the forefront in organizing numerous races throughout the Biella area and beyond. Monteleone closes: «Sport unites, grows, creates. Sport generates everyday champions and for this reason we should always keep in mind the teaching of being a team ».