|
The History
The first edition of the Memorial F. Calise, was held back in 1989. The purpose was to remember a friend who died young. One day in Paolo Fiaschi is jewelry store in Itri a town neighboring Gaeta, Antonio Viola and Claudio Spinosa meet by coincidence Memories come back and as they talk about the good old days, they recall a successful tournament won in Tassin, Francia. Most of the players of that team are mentioned: Francesco Calise was among the successful players of event
|
|
The idea of setting up a one game is their simple way of remembering a late friend. In the following day all the players of thet year are called for a one game event which will be called the First Memorial F. Calise. The game will be played between Juniores 1970 and Gaeta handball 84. The printing of posters and the prizing with trophies give an official flavour to this joyours gathering among friends. The following year, coherently to the teams ideal of initiation to sports of the local youth a championship among juvenile teams began.
|
|
Consequently with the second edition, participation in extended to teams from the local province and later teams within the Lazio Region are allowed to join. Starting with the 7th edition, it acquires international recognition thanks to the enrollment by Rumanian Teams - Dinamo Brasov and Liceo Doamna Stanca Faragas ( with the friends Lena Brebeanu and Serban Marcel ). In the following years more team categories were opened. In the last edition, which was held in april 1999, the XI Memorial " F. CALISE " 31 teams enrolled ( among which 9 foreign) divided in 7 categories. The winners in each category were:
|
|
