A guest on the regional broadcaster “La C,” Billy Gurnari, technical director of Domotek Volley and vice president of the FIPAV Regional Committee, sounded the alarm about the city’s sports facilities.
“The Domotek masterpiece is there for all to see, but it’s not a project that’s an end in itself or just for the first team.
It’s a thoughtful approach among volleyball players, from involvement to the right steps at the right time.
The successes in the Coppa Italia Del Monte, the Supercoppa, and promotion to A2 fill us with joy.”
“Unfortunately, we use the PalaCalafiore, but at a very high cost,” Gurnari explained, “and the PalaBotteghelle, a temple of Reggio sports, has been given to private individuals: for an hour and a half of training, we pay 75 euros an hour.”
A paradoxical situation for a club that in just three years has won a treble (promotion to Serie A2, the Italian Cup, and the Serie A3 Super Cup) and celebrated last Sunday in front of 7,000 spectators. “On the first day of Serie B, there were very few spectators,” he recalls. “The work of Antonio Polimeni and the entire club was extraordinary.”
The real problem, however, is the future. “We have women’s teams in Serie C, youth teams for men and women, Under 16, 18, 13, and Minivolley,” Gurnari explains, “but we’re forced to close registrations because we don’t know where to take the kids.” For the Reggio Calabria Technical Director, the priority is social: “We do social work, we get kids off the computers and off the streets. But we need usable facilities, smaller and more widespread throughout the area, not huge cathedrals. Local institutions must understand that this is a social issue, not just a sporting one.”
