The President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, was present at the award ceremony and the closing event.
On March 18, 2022, at the Aeronautics Academy in Pozzuoli, the 30th edition of the International Airshow ended.a Edition of the Tournament of Military Academies with the awarding of the “Challenge Cup” to the Military Academy of Modena.
The Tournament, which began on March 14, saw the participation of approximately 250 athletes from the sports teams of the top military training institutions – the Military Academy of Modena, The Naval Academy of Livorno, the Aeronautical Academy of Pozzuoli e The Academy of the Guardia di Finanza of Bergamo – who competed in the five sports available: athletics, swimming, archery, volleyball and basketball.
An exceptional testimonial at the closing ceremony was the President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, who was received upon his arrival by the Commander of the Air Force Schools/3rd Air Regional General Staff of the Air Force, Silvano Frigerio, by the four Commanders of the academies participating in the tournament and by a representative of prominent national and international military athletes selected by the General Staff of the Defense.
The Commandant of the Air Academy, Brigadier General Paolo Tarantino, after greeting the Commandant of the Schools, all the authorities present and the sports delegations, addressed President Malagò and praised the value of sport as “…A fundamental activity, not only for the physical condition that our work requires, but above all, for the overlapping margins that it has with “military” activity.”.
Dr. Giovanni Malagò, after thanking everyone for being invited to the ceremony, complimented all the athletes present and reiterated that “sports and the military world are two sides of the same coin“At the end of his speech, he also highlighted the close bond of values that the flags of the CONI and the participating academies represent.
General Frigerio, during his closing speech of the Tournament, emphasized that ours is a “…A country in which Sport and the Armed Forces – in the most critical period of the pandemic – have served as the glue to maintain national values and a love of the homeland, in the perspective of resilience and recovery”.
With the ceremony of waving the flags, General Frigerio then officially declared the 30th edition closed.a Edition of the Tournament of Military Academies.
The 31sta The tournament edition will take place in 2023 at the Academy of the Guardia di Finanza. All in Bergamo for the rematch!
Awards and records
History of the Tournament
The Tournament, established with the aim of stimulating team spirit and consolidating the bonds of friendship among young people who, despite wearing uniforms of different colors, share the same ideals, began at the Military Academy of Modena in 1967.
Subsequently, it took place, in rotation, at all Military Academies, with an annual periodicity until 1974 and, subsequently, with a biennial periodicity.a The edition, held at the Naval Academy in Livorno in 1993, saw the creation of the Challenge Cup, which is awarded to the winning academy and kept by it until the next edition.
The’Air Force Academy It depends Air Force Schools Command / 3rd Air Region. It is a university-level military institute of higher education responsible for recruiting and training young people who aspire to become officers in the Air Force. By attending the Academy’s regular courses, students can become Second Lieutenants in the Permanent Active Service of the Air Force, in the standard Flying Branch (pilots) and in the standard branches of the Air Force, the Air Force Engineering Corps, the Air Force Quartermaster Corps and the Air Force Medical Corps. The Institute also runs courses for Officer Cadets (Reserve and Fixed-Term Pilots and Navigators) and directly appointed Second Lieutenants (in both the Regular and Special Branches); finally, the Academy’s curriculum includes courses with a specialised aeronautical focus, designed for foreign personnel and members of other armed forces.
