Sporting Club Montecatini: the B1 series championship kicks off in Valdinievole

Weekend all inclusive tennis in Valdinievole. The men's and women's teams of the Montecatini Sports Club will begin their seasonal labors: for both, the national championship of series B1. First day Friday 25th April, second just two days later, Sunday 27th April. For the men of the non-playing captain Daniele Balducci, home debut from 10 against Tennis Modena; for the women, led by Julia Ferrari, debut from 10 in Padua against Plebiscito. Second round with the women on the home courts from 10 against San Giorgio del Sannio and with the men engaged, again starting from 10, on the Sporting Club Sassuolo courts.

The goal of both is to maintain the category. The men's regular season will end on Sunday, June 8. A group of 7 for our players, who will compete with Sporting Club Sassuolo, Tennis Club Terranova, Tennis Club Treviglio, Tennis Modena, Play Pisana and Circolo Tennis Dino De Guido Mesagne. Same dates for the women's B1; a group of 7 with Tennis Club Baratoff Pesaro Urbino, Santa Margherita Ligure, Virtus Tennis Bologna, Plebiscito Padova, San Giorgio Del Sannio and Circolo Tennis Vela Messina. Under the orders of the company's technical manager Daniele Balducci, we will find in the B1 men's team the thirty-year-old Lorenzo Braccini, the thirty-one-year-old Matteo Bindi, the 17-year-olds Lorenzo Balducci and Davide Covi, the 16-year-olds who are about to be 17 Gianluca Fabiani and Tommaso Melosi, the 20-year-old Alessio Pierotti. Four foreigners have also been registered: the Frenchman Remy Boutiller, in Montecatini for the second consecutive year, the Germans Milan Felix Welte and Marlon Amar Marie Vankan, the Spanish Pablo Ginel Masjuan. As anticipated, in Julia Ferrari, 31 years old, the role of captain-player (when needed) of the women's team. With her, the 27-year-old Gloria Ceschi, the 19-year-old Vittoria Benedetti, the 18-year-old Elisa Petroni and, new face, the 19-year-old Valentina Merku.

Gianluca Barni