Presentation Friday

Friday, 31 January, 2020

It was the last day of the month so the first order of business was to head down to the Varese train station to renew my Lombardia Transportation Pass for another three months.

An interesting old business sign

across from the train station

Vergani was once a store billing itself as a haberdashery that also sold yarns and knitwear.

At lunch, I tried a new pretzel place

that had opened just as we

were leaving last Summer

The prosciutto pretzel panini

was savory

In the evening the Skorpions were hosting the annual team presentation to the fans and media.

At this meeting we would review the previous year's  accomplishments by our three tackle teams and four flag squads. We would also be discussing our goals for the upcoming 2020 season for these same seven units of the Skorpions American football project.

We were meeting in a large

lecture hall at the local university

The first person that I met tonight was . . .

Gabriele Ruggiero

Our newest Skorpion

Gabriele plays Defensive End on our new Skorpion U6 months team. Proud parents Nicola, aka Baffo, and Vanessa are both great people who are quickly becoming wonderful parents as well.

Gabriele was extremely cooperative this evening despite all of the noise and people at the meeting.

The stage was set

The crowd was arriving

By the time that we started the hall was packed.

Our highlight video and slide show presentation plus the speeches by the various coaches and staff members lasted about 50 minutes.

Then, suddenly, it was Prosecco Time at the university.

Coach Cristian "Bumba" Bianchi

with RB Alessandro Brovelli

Alessandro spent last year abroad studying, playing football and running track at Gloucester H.S. in Virginia.

He is definitely proud of his letterman's jacket and is ready to have a breakout season with the Skorpions in 2020.

Raffaele Nardi and his

new fashion statement

All in all, it was a good day.