Provincial Phase of Student Swimming Games Held at Scandone Pool

The provincial phase of the Student Swimming Games took place at the Scandone pool, a permanent federal center for high-level aquatic disciplines of the Italian Swimming Federation, with the participation of 150 students from 21 schools in Naples and its province (13 middle schools and 8 high schools) that joined the initiative. The event was organized by the Regional School Office of Campania and by Fin Campania, which made the Fuorigrotta facility available free of charge, directed by Luca Piscopo. With the participation of the regional coordinator of physical education and sports of the Regional School Office of Campania, Raimondo Bottiglieri, and the counselor of Fin Campania, Enzo Allocco, the ceremony for the first three classified in each category took place. The success of the event was significantly contributed to by the Territorial Area Manager of Naples, Luisa Franzese, and the entire staff of the Regional Coordination of Physical Education and Sports. Some differently-abled children also took part in the races. "The commitment we have given to this event of the Regional School Office of Campania," observes the president of Fin Campania, Paolo Trapanese, "is a strong signal of attention towards the young. Swimming is a sport that engages children physically and mentally and also facilitates good academic results. Bringing school children to the pool means contributing effectively to the promotion of sports practice and at the same time affirming the respect for ethical and moral values that make our activities an important social presence in the territory." The counselor of Fin Campania Allocco highlights the need to create "a network project in schools through agreements with various pools in the territory that can make available to students some hours of the day for the initiation of the school population to the practice of swimming sports." "After the long pause due to the pandemic," observes Bottiglieri, "we have also resumed swimming this year and our satisfaction is great. With Fin Campania, there has been a long-standing collaboration that we will carry forward even further in the future. There was a good participation of schools in the races, considering that 2019 was the last year in which swimming trials were held and due to Covid, there was a bit of a loss of habit in practicing this discipline. I still don't know if this year we will also be able to hold the regional races also because time is tight and the children of our schools have many commitments in numerous sports disciplines."