Panathlon Club Rovigo with its President Gianpaolo Milan, in an interclub with Adria’s Panathlon and Delta Del Po, with President Filippo Carlin, met for the usual birthday dinner on Thursday 16 December at the Cristallo Hotel.

The evening was enlivened by the presence of Professor Giovanni Boniolo, The president of Rovigo’s Accademia dei Concordi, the university professor at Ferrara and not everyone knows that he has a past as a great player. At the age of 16 she made her Serie A debut with Petrarca Padova Basket, of which she was also the president., Paduaan, now by adoption in Rovigo, a man of great culture and with a cyclopean course, he still trains every day. A physical and mental necessity, because sport helps to make you feel good. He worked on a variety of subjects, including sports and games, amateurism and professionalism. They analyzed the state of professional sport in Italy in comparison to the concept existing in the United States, passing through the United Kingdom. A passionate intervention, when he touched the world of sports fans, also brought personal examples when he walked on the parquet of the most important Italian sports hall.

During the convocation, three members with more than 50 years of membership in the club were felicitated. They are Vittorio Cogo, Antonio Guglielmo Crivellín and Umberto de Filippo., At the beginning of the evening Panathlon Club Rovigo registered the entry of new members, rather well-known players and managers, along a long course.

Nino Rossi, 200 games, 114 goals in Serie A, he won two league titles with Rugby Rovigo in 1977 and 1979. A graduate in sports science, retired in 2018 after 43 years of teaching, not everyone knows that he started with the Libertas di Rovigo company in the student category, with athletics in the specialty of pole jumping. With the national rugby jersey he made his debut in Zagreb in 1973, 17 official matches and over 50 selections, a real institution in Rovigo.
In 1991 he founded the Rovigo Golf Club with some friends, creating a 9-hole golf course in Vial Tre Martiri. He promoted various initiatives related to golf and schools, thanks to regional funds in 2019 he created the Golf Academy, the first golf facility in a school environment at the “Muneretti” Agricultural Institute in St. Apollinare.

new members as well Renato Boato, Freelancer from 2017 to 2019 he is the President of Bora Pisani Tennis Club. In 1990 he obtained a Cams diving license. He played football at a good level in the first and second division, he practiced volleyball at the amateur level and tennis at the amateur level.

Mario Wallace, From Rovigo, he started playing football as a boy in Rovigo, but then his real passion was martial arts. Judo first competed in the Triveneto Championship with Rovigo’s Nippon Club, and then, in 1999, he joined another fighting sport, such as kick boxing, at ASD Area Sport. He is a Black Belt (2nd Dan) and has achieved the technical qualifications to coach, coach and coach in “Tatami” and “Ring” competitions. Possessing the technical qualifications of a Muay Thai Coach (Thai Boxing), he also holds the position of Director of Rovigo’s ASD Area Sport for which he is registered. Not only did he include football and martial arts in his sporting curriculum, he was also a swimming instructor, taking care of the athletic training of Rodigina weightlifters, and the 12 Hours of Jessolo, the legitimate test for the Italian endurance kart championship. In 2015 he founded Asd 5 Cerchi, of which he is also the President, an association currently dormant that deals with customized sporting activities.

Two new entries pertain to the world of cycling. Massimo Rossi He starts out with football, then at the age of 25 he decided to fuel his passion for cycling by starting to practice it at an amateur level, and in 2015 he was elected president of Amique Bosaro Cyclist Group, a prolific porcine company. New members of Panathlon Club Rovigo mirvano mazzato With a long career as a sports manager. Director of Asd Villadose Angelo Gomme from 2003–2004, from 2005 to 2016 he was Vice President of Gc Bosaro Emic and in 2017 he was also Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Committee of Rovigo of the FCI, a position he held until 2020. In the same year he is a member of the Youth Commission of the Veneto Regional Committee. In 2016 he received the Bronze Distinction of Merit for Cycling for Executives. Director of Este Cycling Club in 2020 he returned to the board of directors of GC Amick. In concert with the Provincial Committee of Rovigo, during the cooperation of the company GC Bossaro Amic, he participated in the Pinocchio project by bicycle linked to the Icaro project of the State Police, an educational activity in the field of road safety in the primary. School of the Province of Rovigo. Since this year he is a member of the Youth Commission of the Veneto Regional Committee and the Chairman of the Provincial Committee of FCI Rovigo.