The combination of sport / nature of the Pollino National Park in 2012 BIT

With great pleasure the article sent to us directly from the public BIT 2012 by his friend Roberto Fittipaldi. In addition, the opportunity is tempting to wish all friends and Gianluca Fortunato "The archers of the lake" for the post received: The protected area of ​​Calabria and Basilicata will host, in 2013, the National Championship archery and "Archers of the Lake" will be the organizers of the event. Demonstration of how to achieve great things working on the Net!!








One more reason to "gloat" since the event were representatives Gianluca, Leontine and Francis Armentano that has always been and always active components of sarenno Miromagnum!
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The combination of sport / nature of the Pollino National Park in 2012 BIT
The protected area of ​​Calabria and Basilicata will host, in 2013, the national championship in archery.


Milan - February 17, 2012 - This offer sport and nature in Pollino expands so as to accommodate, in 2013, the national championship in archery. The announcement was made this morning during a press conference by President of the National Park of Pollino, Domenico Pappaterra, the International Tourism Exchange, being held in Fiera Milano in Rho, which was also attended by the President of the Italian Federation of Archery Shoot Country (FIARC), Mauro He sent. Full support for the initiative has also been expressed by the Director General of the Department of Tourism Region of Calabria, and the president of Rio Raffaele Federparchi Calabria, Sonia Ferrari, president of the National Park of Sila presents this year, the tourism offer Parks and Marine Protected Areas in Calabria in a single exhibition space. The Pollino is present also in the institutional stand in the Basilicata region where Pappaterra and Vice President, Francis Flower, met the governor of Basilicata Vito De Filippo. The meeting also spoke with reporters Sergio Grifoni, President of Sports Federation National Guidance, discipline practiced for years in the woods of Pollino in the town of Saracena (CS).


The 2013 season of archery, a discipline that will soon be recognized by CONI, will be held in Mormanno (CS) where the company operates Archer Lake which is already working to prepare the best meetings in which hundreds of athletes will converge large and children. "Our federation has chosen the Pollino National Park and the community of Mormanno - said he sent - because ours is that activity as well as join multiple generations that compete simultaneously, combining the culture: the arch is, in fact, the first machine that man has endeavored to obtain the food. Our fire, which is not static, it goes with the environment to which athletes live fully the environment. "


Greater satisfaction with the choice made by FIARC was expressed by Pappaterra recalled that the peculiarities of the protected area of ​​Calabria and Basilicata already presented in the past year BIT and this year the Pollino National Park Authority has focused on tourism, outdoor already a very good actually suggesting, for example, which is practiced for rafting on the river Lao, over 40 thousand visitors from May to September. And then: Trekking, rafting and canyoning, climbing and free climbing, mountain biking and equestrian tourism, outdoor tourism for all tastes, in short. Pappaterra then recalled that in Senise, in Basilicata, in Europe's largest reservoir, the dam Montecotugno along the river Sinni Mormanno that you already play other national and inter-regional championships. The Vice President of the National Park of Pollino, Francesco Fiore expressed by the equation Sports-nature-environment that provides the Pollino. And if investigations show that more than 50% of athletes in sports in nature, the Pollino, summed Flower, is in perfect harmony with the dynamic significance of sport applied to the environment and the changing attitudes of athletes who go to places of natural following the guidelines health / wellness and nature / environment.


The Director of the Department of Tourism Region Calabria, Raffaele Rio reported that "the strategy embarked in 2010 to invest in some foreign countries seems to begin to yield positive results," but also that there is still work to the product and Mountain Parks. "Compared to this strategy - Rio has continued - the initiative of the Pollino is in perfect harmony with the offer that we are proposing." The Pollino, last year recorded a +38% to +44% and a foreign arrivals of foreign tourists.


The President of Federparchi Calabria, Sonia Ferrari has confirmed that the overall image of the Parks made through Federparchi "gives us greater visibility not only at the Bit" and recalled the crossing Silas Pollino that will take place from February 21 with sled dogs between the two parks.

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Orienteering in the heart of Mormanno, during the Festival Xenia

The events of Xenia Folklore Festival in Mormanno seem a symphonic crescendo, the organizers' expectations were far exceeded by far. Yesterday, the day dedicated to the sport did socialize and talk to countries of different ethnic groups, but today's event, produced something more profound: it has permanently sealed the bond between the guest and citizenship.

9.30 a.m.: supply of energy with a rich and delicious breakfast Mormannese. The adventure to be addressed, although exciting and enjoyable, it appeared difficult, the participants were guests at the sound of doped bocconotti, bread and salami and lots of honey.

To welcome the friends of Serbia, Croatia, Indonesia, Russia were the leaders of great initiative and Giovanni Alberti Mimmo Torcelli. The Uisp has succeeded in creating a project you worked long: the valorisation of the territory through play and fun. The objective was reached, the town is animated with the voices of a thousand cultures, smells and tastes of tradition, all framed by the charm of the streets, "vaneddre".

At the "way", after having explained the purpose of the initiative, were explained the modalities of the game, or follow the map and find, in succession, the checkpoints before reaching the final position, all in the shortest possible time . The number of entries has been remarkable, beyond all expectations. In fact, in addition to the guests, fellow citizens have come to experience the same experience of looking at the old town from a different point.

Facts & Figures: 100 teams and 200 athletes around the village. Burden at No. 92 on the team that saw the two athletes enrolled only smaller than 2 years, Carol and Louis Anselm Francis, No.100, and the team that includes the 75 year old Nicholas Canosa!

To the question "Success?". Torcelli replied with a smile not only confirming the success of the initiative but that the historic center of Mormanno is a candidate to host the 2012 World Championships.

To tell the truth: Group 1 ranked Indonesia with 27.7 points, 2 nd Russia with 25.66, 3 rd Serbia with 16.33. The first pair consists of classified and Vasili Dimitri, both Russians, who have reached the seven control points in just 13 minutes. A tie to all the grandmothers and mothers mormannesi, and to those who cheered the competitors from their lodges and let rest for those who offered the fatigue of travel. In short, the Xenia in the round!

The events of the evening: Tradition Fair, coordinated by the Pro Loco, all dedicated to the knowledge and tastes of Pollino; concert by Coram Populo.

The appointment is for the final round to be held Saturday, August 13, Square Salvatore D'Alessandro, and will see the delivery of "Faro" Award VII Carabinieri Colonel V. Giardina and Dr. S. Boemi.

Result of a press conference full of emotion

There is excitement in the multipurpose room of St. D'Alessandro, the typical atmosphere of the eve of a great event.  After the interviews with ceremony, with the usual delay of all the great ingredients, the presentation of the work of Xenia Festival 2011 begins. Ladder full of action. In the hall, the faces of attentive hosts groups of components, from which emerges a concern not to include language problems, mixed with the faces of the organizers worried, in turn, for the success of the initiative.Right from the first words of the moderator shows the spirit that the festival will bring to the attention of the public: Xenia, hospitality in all its forms. The aim of the event is the dissemination of culture through the creation of a "network" using the media for the promotion of territoriality. And 'excited the mayor, William Armentano, recalls in his speech several times the cost of the common organization of the associations of their own festivals and cultural approach that we wanted to give the event which will conclude in October with a conference on the legality . Even more excited group chairman Miromagnum, Marcello Perrone, come to the end of his second term, one that presents itself as a turning point in the history of the festival and thanked all the stakeholders that are intended to contribute, in a time of crisis , with particular attention to individuals who have committed this year than ever own resources for the event. Major media partners such as The Daily of Calabria, Ten, TGR Region, have intended to make available spaces on their heads for the dissemination and promotion of festivals Xenia. In particular, the newspaper will offer a space for these days daily and will promote the direct TGR Calabria 14:00 11 August event.The word for special passes to the festival art director Gianluca Marseille. The formula of the renewed festival presents important features: first of all the groups will be accommodated on site so they can "live" the country, the same guests will then be involved in organized sports tournaments and special orienteering through the alleys of the village. Folklore is also discovering the flavors for this purpose will unfold along the main street and into the alleys of the old town, the Fair traditions that present participants with a riot of flavors and colors. Of course, folklore is also a tribute to the beauty and sympathy: in fact, conduct the final evening will be entrusted to the beautiful Annalisa and Yanil.The network between folklore - associations-institutions - is a model that companies, already experienced at such events in the Tradition for life and Walk of Life for Telethon, has produced remarkable results when compared to larger territorial realities of our town.The president of the Pro Loco Only Joseph was enthusiastic about the positive experience of cooperation between the various partners made on the occasion of the festivals Xenia, proposing the establishment of a consortium between the various associations in order to promote the "mormannesità" this term the spread of the town's cultural values.Mimmo Alberti representing Calabria Uisp illustrates the idea underlying the export from the forest to the village of orienteering, the goal is to raise awareness of the historical center of the country through the game.The Association of Friends in the window that offers a year to promote the culture of photography in the province of Cosenza has organized the other hand XENIA Photo Contest: a competition open to amateurs who want to try will have to propose three to five shots, the best pictures will be exhibited in the photographic exhibition that will accompany the conference in October and the best shots will then be inserted in the calendar of the 2012 Group Miromagnum.In conjunction with the festival to be held Mormanno other two events, not initially foreseen in the progam Xenia: the permanent exhibition of poems to memory, set up by the local poet Francis Tarantino, at the place of worship for excellence: the cemetery and the day of active citizenship. In particular the day of 13 August will be a gazebo set up for information by voluntary associations of local and AVIS AVO and in the afternoon there will be a conference on solidarity.In the words of all the speakers thanks to individuals who have collaborated in the organization of the festival. Of these, collect the testimony of the lawyer's Valley, a representative of the homonymous transport company, which draws attention to the many expressions of solidarity received from citizens during the terrifying mormannese fire that partially destroyed in 2008 when the company holds.The President of the Pollino Mountain Community Arbreshe Italian, Vincenzo Barletta recalled with pleasure the beautiful moments of reflection when they lived, mayor of the town of Mormanno, accompanied the group in a foreign land and will launch its appeal to their fellow citizens to active participation in, especially in terms of welcoming foreign visitors. The President of the Park, Hon Dominic Pappaterra, recalling that the event is co-organized by the entity that representslaunches challenge for the future: "... we must realize that the ideas can be brought into play only if you are looking for synergies between the various social actors, if you put together, if you make an effort of synthesis, as the sole support of institutions is not sufficient. The action taken to involve the various associations from fielding Miromagnum is the winning idea ... "It 'was a great night and exciting projects, which ended in the full spirit of Xenia, with the exchange of gifts between the groups and institutions.Last highlight of the evening: the traditional chant of Serbia offered by the group.