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12.09.2008 - TOURNAMENT IN FINLAND: TRENKWALDER MODENA-VALEPA VAMMALA 3-1
TRENKWALDER MODENA-VALEPA VAMMALA 3-1 Sets: 25-20 22-25 25-17 25-21 Trenkwalder: Ciabattini (L) ne, Tencati 5, Kooistra 18, Rinaldi L (ne), Sartoretti 13, Sidao 17, Smuc ne, Travica 4, Siebeck 13, Pagni ne, Bartoli ne, Bigarelli ne. Valepa: Haavisto (L) ne, Hautamaki (L), Heiskanen 6, Jokinen 1, Koivunen ne, Lahdenpera 5, Markkula 3, Peltonen K. ne, Peltonen M 7, Tuominen 10, Martel 5, Venski 6. Coach Nemorupa Spectators: about 500 circa (sold out) Notes. Serve: Trenkwalder 23 Errors, 12 aces; Valepa 18 errors, 6 aces. Serve receptions: Trenkwalder 49% pos. and 31% perf.; Valepa 58% pos. and 36% perf. Attacks: Trenkwalder 57%; Valepa 41%. Blocks: Trenkwalder 12; Valepa 6. RAISO (Turku, Finland) - A victory is achieved in the first official away match of Trenkwalder Modena. The Gialloblù are engaged in a four-sided tournament in Turku in Finland to celebrate 50 years of Club Raision Loimu. Today Andrea Giani's team has entered the field for the first match against the Finnish Valepa Vammala who partecipate in the Challenge Cup. It's been a great welcome for Trenkwalder Modena: the local audience was so enthusiastic that they filled every space in the small sports centre of Raiso (few kilometres from Turku) and presentation the American way for all the players who entered the field. For the match Andrea Giani (without Lee, Murilo and Dennis) lined up the team that could play the first match of the championship in Montichiari: Travica in charge, Kooistra opposite, Siebeck and Sartoretti hitters, Tencati and Sidao central, Rinaldi libero. Trenkwalder showed growth: the heat of the whole group was good and especially the achievements of Sidao, probably the best in field (17 points with 2 blocks and 3 aces), other than the 5 blocks Sartoretti lined as receiving hitter. Andrea Giani: "As the first so called official match I'm satisfied - the Gialloblù coach underlines - They made it difficult for us with the service, but apart from the second set we were always in the lead without great difficulty. These matches are helpful to us because they have interesting situations and we need to find the understanding of a new team. We need to play now and try this team. All well and for now we keep on training and playing." Tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday the other two matches of the tournament: Saturday 13 Trenkwalder Modena-Eltmann (5.30 pm, 4.30 in Italy) and Valepa-Loimu Sunday 14 Trenkwalder Modena-Loimu (5.30 pm, 4.30 in Italy) and Valepa-Eltmann In the picture a training of Trenkwalder in Finland
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11.09.2008 - TRENKWALDER MODENA READY TO ENTER THE FIELD IN FINLAND
Day of intensive training in Turku for Trenkwalder Modena. The Gialloblù arrived in Finland yesterday and today they did a double training session: in the morning in the well equipped training room of the hotel in Turku, while in the afternoon in Raisio, a few kilometres from Turku, in the elegant sports centre that will guest the international tournament from tomorrow to celebrate 50 years of the Club. All the athletes that joined the Finnish away match are at Giani's disposition. This is the program of the tournament: Friday 12 Trenkwalder Modena-Valepa (6 pm local time, 5 pm in Italy) and Eltmann-Loimu Saturday 13 Trenkwalder Modena-Eltmann (5.30 pm, 4.30 pm in Italy) and Valepa-Loimu Sunday 14 Trenkwalder Modena-Loimu (5.30 pm, 4.30 in Italy) and Valepa-Eltmann These are the Trenkwalder Modena athletes that join the away match in Finland: N. 2 Edoardo Ciabattini N. 3 Luca Tencati N. 5 Wytze Kooistra N. 6 Pietro Rinaldi N. 8 Andrea Sartoretti N. 9 Sidao N. 11 Tomislav Smuc N. 12 Dragan Travica N. 14 Mark Siebeck N. 16 Filippo Pagni N. 17 Alessandro Bartoli N. 18 Alberto Bigarelli Absent: Murilo, David Lee and Angel Dennis In the picture: the coach of the host Club Raision Loimu Ruben Volokin together with Andrea Giani
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10.09.2008 - TRENKWALDER MODENA EMBARKS IN FINLAND...
This afternoon Trenkwalder Modena arrived at Turku. The Gialloblù left for Finland this morning from the airport in Bergamo. At lunchtime they disembarked in Tampere where they took the bus (about 200km) to Turku where a tournament will take place next weekend to celebrate 50 years of the hosting Club, Club Raision Loimu. The Trenkwalder guys encountered a cloudy sky in Finland and a harsh climate compared to Italy. Tomorrow, Thursday 11, double training sessions for Gialloblù, on Friday the tournament starts in which apart from the host and Trenkwalder Modena, also Valepa (Finnish A1 Series team) and Eltmann (German A1 Series team) will join. This is the program of the tournament: Friday 12 Trenkwalder Modena-Valepa (6 pm local time, 5 pm in Italy) and Eltmann-Loimu Saturday 13 Trenkwalder Modena-Eltmann (5.30 pm, 4.30 pm in Italyl) and Valepa-Loimu Sunday 14 Trenkwalder Modena-Loimu (5.30 pm, 4.30 in Italy) and Valepa-Eltmann These are the athletes from Trenkwalder Modena that join the away match in Finland: N. 2 Edoardo Ciabattini N. 3 Luca Tencati N. 5 Wytze Kooistra N. 6 Pietro Rinaldi N. 8 Andrea Sartoretti N. 9 Sidao N. 11 Tomislav Smuc N. 12 Dragan Travica N. 14 Mark Siebeck N. 16 Filippo Pagni N. 17 Alessandro Bartoli N. 18 Alberto Bigarelli Absent: Murilo, David Lee and Angel Dennis In the picture the coaches Giani and Tomasini in front of the hotel that will host the Gialloblù for the away match in Finland
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09.09.2008 - DAVID LEE HAD AN ACCIDENT
Another blow for Trenkwalder. The American middle David Lee had an ankle accident during a training with his own national team. The first examinations have excluded structural and ligament damage. Further medical checks are planned for the next days.
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09.09.2008 - TRAVICA AND SMUC, THE CONTROL OF TRENKWALDER IS FOR YOU... FIRST LIVE BROADCASTS SKY
They are the "conductors of the Gialloblù orchestra" and they will be given the control of the Trenkwalder Modena 2008/2009. Dragan Travica and Tomislav Smuc: the first a young Italian talent, the second a more experienced Slovenian. This morning, just before leaving for Turku (Finland), where Modena will play an international four-sided tournament, we met with the two setters of Trenkwalder. "Quantity, intensity and quality: I would define the first three months of training in Modena with these three words - underlines Dragan Travica, 22-year-old setter, 2 metres tall, born in Zagreb but completely Italian and the main actor in the summer with the national team of Andrea Anastasi - We're working so hard and with so much enthusiasm, we could say that the great physical part is partly done already, now we will concentrate on everything implied by "creating" a team and obviously improve our athletic condition. We are a very close group and we train because we really want to grow on both an individual and a team level. I already knew Giani as a person and as a team-mate and I never have had any doubts about him. Although I have to admit that's he's pleasantly surprising me: he is very prepared, serene and sure of what he passes on to us. It's not easy to find all of this in a trainer: we don't ever do anything randomly, every training is engaging and prepared into detail and we players are being reassured by great technical and physical staff that's following us in every move. Giani "makes life difficult for us" in the positive meaning of the word: advice, teaching, details, anything that can help to improve. The team is growing every day and at the moment we are also awaiting two real quality players with a lot of experience; Murilo and Lee. I have to say I'm very sorry for Dennis' injury. To us Angel is a fundamental player: he never pulls back in any training, he has a lot of quality, he entertains me and he entertains the team. Angel is a "silent" player, but very keen on redemption: when he comes back he will do great things. But I also want to say that Mark Siebeck surprised me: I didn't know him very well and I have discovered a player with very good technical skills. The National Championship? For me it's an aim, I am very attached to the national team, but I don't think about it, I mean, I'm aware of the fact that the National Championship is a consequence of how I play for the team in Modena - finishes Dragan Travica who has already played in Modena, both in the youth and the first team from 2003 to 2005. Tomislav Smuc arrived in Modena in the middle of last season and renewed his contract over the Summer and also the coming season he will be playing in Gialloblù: "I'm very happy to be here: I feel very well in Modena and the team is very strong - the Slovenian setter, born in 1976 in Ljubljana and 188cm tall, says - I know very well that Dragan is the first setter and I''m the second, but I work every part of the day to help him and the team. Trenkwalder has changed a lot, there are a lot of new players, there's a great wish for redemption. Our aim? First growing every day, playing a nice volleyball and then getting in the first eight of the Coppa Italia and then in the play-offs: at which point anything could happen...". The first live broadcasts on Sky TV are official. Trenkwald will start on Monday night on the 29th of September for the first day in Montichiari against Acqua Paradiso starting at 8.30 pm on Sky Sport 2. Trenkwalder Modena goes live again on the third day, the 12th of October. The match Marmi Lanza Verona-Trenkwalder Modena will be broadcast on Sky Sport 2 starting at 6.30 pm. In the picture: Dragan Travica blocking during a training at PalaPanini
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08.09.2008 - THE CONDITION OF DENNIS. SEASON TICKETS AT PALAPANINI. THE YOUNG GIALLOBLU' TOWARDS THE COPPA ITALIA
Regarding the condition of the Trenkwalder Modena athlete Angel Dennis, Pallavolo Modena says that: The medical exams done at Modena Hospital under supervision of doctor Luigi Tarallo and doctor Ennio Gallo showed a stress microfracture at the level of the right heel bone. The player will face a period of partial load following the applying therapies. In 5/6 weeks time Dennis will be undergoing new exams. SEASON TICKETS FOR PALAPANINI. While the Gialloblù go on with their training at Palasport Giuseppe Panini, the Season Tickets Campaign for the Trenkwalder Modena 2008-2009 season is carrying on steadily. The fans from Modena are close to the team as always: more than 1700 subscriptions so far! And from today, Monday the 8th of September, it will only be possible to take out a subscription at the offices of PalaPanini (Viale dello Sport 25, Modena) at office hours: 8.30-12.30 and 2.30-7. It's possible to take out a special subscription "CURVA GIALLOBLU'" (Gialloblù curve) (reserved for students at the Scuole di Modena e Provincia (Schools of Modena and its province) and Fipav, Csi and Uisp pass holders). All details about the Season Tickets Campaign 2008/2009 are in the section on the side. For further information you can call us at: 059 4821911 THE YOUNG GIALLOBLU' OF EUROTECNICA SDP TOWARDS THE COPPA ITALIA. The fascinating friendly game at Palanderlini between Eurotecnica Sdp and Standford University on Sunday afternoon finished 2-3 in favour of the American guys (25-23 25-22 16-25 17-25 5-15). At the moment the Gialloblù of Claudio Benedetti is preparing for the B2 Series championship and the Under 20 Junior League. Actually the first and important official engagement will be the Series B2 Coppa Italia: Eurotecnica has been entered in Pool 12 together with Carparma Villa d'Oro, Strada Facendo Casinalbo and Nicolini Seat ASGB Reggio Emilia. This is the detailed calendar of the Coppa Italia: Saturday the 20th of September at 8.30 pm (Palanderlini): Eurotecnica Sdp-Cariparma Villa d'Oro Wednesday the 24th of September at 9 pm (Formigine): Strada Facendo Casinalbo-Eurotecnica Villa d'Oro Saturday the 27th of September at 9 pm (Campagnola Re): Nicolini Seat-Eurotecnica Sdp Saturday the 4th of October at 8 pm (Modena): Cariparma Villa d'Oro-Eurotecnica Sdp Wednesday the 8th of October at 8 pm (Palanderlini): Eurotecnica Sdp-Strada Facendo Casinalbo Saturday the 11th of October at 8.30 pm (Palanderlini): Eurotecnica Sdp-Nicolini Seat
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05.09.2008 - THE TEST WITH PIACENZA. TENCATI AND PAGNI: "SO MOTIVATED". ON SUNDAY EUROTECNICA SDP-STANFORD UNIVERSITY
TRENKWALDER MODENA-COPRA NORMECCANICA PIACENZA 1-3 Sets: 22-25 27-25 21-25 23-25 Duration set: 22 26 23 20 Trenkwalder Modena: Tencati 9, Kooistra 13, Sartoretti 11, Travica 7, Siebeck 9, Pagni 10, Rinaldi (libero), Smuc, Bigarelli 1, Ciabatini (libero). Coach: Andrea Giani Copra Nordmecanica Piacenza: Falasca 17, Insalata 5, Marshall 16, Grassano 6, Boninfante 2, Bravo 2, Bjelica 13, Durante (libero), Dunnes, Zingaro (libero). Coach: Angelò Lorenzetti Referees: Alberto Falzoni of Bologna and Patrizia Ruffano of Modena Spectators: about 200 Notes. Trenkwalder Modena: 15 serve errors, 3 aces. Serve reception: 64% pos. and 35% perf. Attacks: 41%. Blocks: 14 Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza: 19 serve errors, 6 aces. Serve reception: 72% pos. and 24% perf. Attacks: 50%. Blocks: 6 PALAPANINI (MODENA) - Two hours of good volleyball even though the teams are still "under construction", not complete and in a period of hard physical work. The spectators of Palasport Giuseppe Panini in Modena enjoyed themselves today with this friendly test between Trenkwalder and Copra Nordmeccanica. In the end Piacenza (that is still waiting for Meoni, Rak and Zlatanov) won from Modena (without Sidao, Dennis, Lee and Murilo) the former being more "cynical" in a few crucial moments of the game. Some of the positively remarkable aspects of Modena were the good introduction of German hitter Siebeck and the 6 personal blocks of Tencati; for Piacenza Falasca (17 points) and Marshall (16) were the most piercing ones. Andrea Giani (coach of Trenkwalder Modena): "It was a nice match and a good test. I think the two teams showed a good playing level for the beginning of September. Perhaps we missed something in the defence and replay, but I'm satisfied with the job we're doing and I'm happy about the teamwork. Siebeck? I already knew him and he's confirming to be a really complete player." Angelo Lorenzetti (coach Copra Piacenza): "It's the first appearance of the season and we can be happy. Like all the teams we're working very hard at the moment too, but I repeat, the guys have a positive attitude and we're keeping up with the program. We're waiting for the other guys to be able to train wholly." TENCAT AND PAGNI. Both really feel like coming back and both are enjoying the training with Trenkwalder 2008/2009 that's preparing for the beginning of the championship. Luca Tencati and Filppo Pagni, established Italian centrals of last season and ready to take off again. We met them today in the Gialloblù home base. "Last year was not an easy year, both for me personally, partly due to physical problems, but also for the team: today both me and the team are very motivated and feel like setting off again - underlines Filippo Pagni - we're training very well, we really like and enjoy training together. There are four of us centrals (Pagni, Tencati, Sidao and Lee, ed) and my aim is to train maximally every day and make myself available to Giani for the good of the team. I'm convinced this team can get far." The same determination for Luca Tencati: "I am also very motivated and really feel like doing an important season - "Tenca" says - it's a feeling the whole team exudes: of course only the field will show what we're worth, but for now we are working very well and we are very confident about our capacities. I like the team: there are so many young people that give a lot of energy and some more experienced that certainly don't count less. I'm fine physically: I'm rested, I let my knee rest and I started off well now. The National team at the Olympic games? I think Italy played a good Olympics. They didn't get a medal, perhaps that what's missing for calling it an extraordinary Olympics. But some where unluckily injured and the level of our game was always good anyway. I think everybody can and should feel good about these Olympics." SUNDAY AT PALANDERLINI: EUROTECNICA SDP MODENA-STANFORD UNIVERSITY The first stop of the journey through Italy of the men's volleyball team of the prestigious stanford University (Palo Alto, San Francisco, California) will be the "Volleyball Academy" of the Scuola di Pallavolo Anderlini di Modena (Modena Anderlini Volleyball School). The Scuola di Pallavolo Anderlini, youth section of Trenkwalder Modena and absolutely one of the forefront centres of international youth volleyball, will host the guys of the American university from Saturday the 6th to Tuesday the 9th of September. A very dashing experience and an exchange between two "schools" of the highest level in the world. On Sunday the 7th of September at 5 pm there will be a friendly match between Eurotecnica Sdp Modena that's playing in Junior League Under 20 and B2 Series trained by Claudio Benedetti and Stanford University at Palanderlini di Modena (Via Vellani Marchi 106 in Modena). By the way Miguel Groppi from Modena (son of the former volleyball player Mercedes Gonzalez) studies and plays at Stanford University, after having won a grant at the end of high school, he's setter in the Stanford University team. Michele couldn't join his teammates on their tour through Italy and "his" Modena for study reasons. This year Groppi is in his fourth and last year at stanford University and he will be the only one in the team to get his degree with honours, and he's following a special studying course at Stanford University right now.
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04.09.2008 - TOMORROW FRIDAY 5: TENCATI AND PAGNI WILL TALK, TRAINING WITH PIACENZA AT INDOOR SPORTS ARENA
Tomorrow, on Friday the 5th of September Trenkwalder Modena athletes Luca Tencati and Filippo Pagni will be available to the press for a meeting at the home base of Gialloblù in the VIP room of indoor sports arena Giuseppe Panini in Modena (Viale dello Sport 25) at 11.30 am. TRAINING WITH PIACENZA IN INDOOR SPORTS ARENA. Also tomorrow, on Friday the 5th of September, Trenkwalder Modena will organise a training together with the Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza at the indoor sports arena Giuseppe Panini in Modena. The training is scheduled at about 5 pm (warming up starting around 4.30 pm).
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03.09.2008 - TRENKWALDER: GOOD TEST IN PIACENZA WITH COPRA
Good kickoff this afternoon for Trenkwalder that challenged Copra running off in the good match in Piacenza, lost only with 2-1 lead with sets of 15-8 16-18 16-14. Gialloblù started the match with the diagonals Travica-Kooistra, Siebeck-Sartoretti Tencati-Sidao; Libero: Rinaldi. During the match Smuc and Pagni joined too. The young Alberto Bigarelli was also present on the bench. For Piacenza, coached by Lorenzetti, Boninfante-Falasca, Insalata-Bjelica, Bravo-Marshall entered in the field, Libero: Durante. Rather than a proper match it was a joint training. In line with Gialloblù that is in great shape the newly arrived Siebeck wrote 22 points. Also Kooistra very good, always getting more comfortable in his position of opposite hitter, wrote 25 points. The Trenkwalder score was completed by Travica 3 points, Sidao 13 points, Tencati 16 points. Sartoretti 16 points, Pagni 1 point. Copra in line with 27 points by Falasca, 28 by Bravo and 20 by Marshall. Next appointment for Gialloblù Friday at Pala Panini at 5 pm against Piacenza again. Dennis: the Gialloblù hitter didn't join the Piacenza transfer due to a small distorsive problem at his right ankle, where he'd already had problems in the past, which will get better in a few days with therapy and rest.
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03.09.2008 - MARK SIEBECK WEARS GIALLOBLU': "I CAN'T WAIT TO BEGIN..."
He just arrived in town and already he can't wait to begin training. This morning the official presentation of one of the new purchases of Trenkwalder Modena: the German Mark Siebeck. Left-handed receiving hitter, Siebeck just came back from the Olympic experience in Beijing with the German national team, while last season he was in Turkey at Alkbank Ankara (Modena's opponent in last year's Challenge Cup) together with another new Gialloblù purchase, the American Olympic champion David Lee. This morning the director of Arbe Industrie Grafiche Riccardo Bertolini and general director of Pallavolo Modena Pietro Pela were present at Arbe Industrie Grafiche, the prestigious commercial partner and fellow traveller of Pallavolo Modena. And of course Mark Siebeck was there: "I'm very happy to be in Modena - underlined Siebeck, whose family will join him in Modena over the next weeks - When I was offered to come to Italy, and especially to Modena, I decided immediately: it was an opportunity I didn't want to let go. My friend Robert Kromm, who is German too, has been here and Cristian Verona (skilled athlete from Modena in the German national team) said good things to me about the city, the organisation and the place in general. They told me that the organisation creates optimal conditions for you to think about volleyball only, that the quality of life in Modena is very good and that also the fans are special. I repeat, I'm very happy to be in such a prestigious company as Modena. Andrea Giani? I already spoke to him and I got an excellent impression from him. And I want to add: it's an honour to be trained by one of the greatest players ever as Giani. What kind of player I am? Many say I'm a player that can give balance to a team, I think I am good at receiving and attacking. I also try to be sharp in my service. The Olympics and the National team. I have to say that Beijing was a fantastic experience and we're all proud, because the German national volleyball team hadn't been at the Olympics in forty years. As for the national team (that won't have the technical Moculescu on the bench anymore, ed) I will relax this Summer with my family, and then we will see. In the meantime I think about Modena, I can't wait to start!". Name: Mark Siebeck Born in Schkeuditz (Germany) on 14/10/1975 Position: Hitter Length: 196 cm Sportive CV: · 1989-1998 Sc Leipzig (Germany): from the youth sector to the first team playing for the first time in the Bundesliga (the German A1 Series) · 1998-2000 VFB Friedrichshafen (Germany): conquering 1 German Cup, 1 Bundesliga final, a 2nd and 3rd place in the Champions League · 2000-2002 VV Leipzig (Germany) · 2002-2006 AZS Olsztyn (Poland): conquering two championship finals and 2 finals of the Polish Cup · 2006/2007 AZS Warshaw (Poland) · 2007/2008 Halkbank Ankara (Turkey): conquering the final championship shield. · From 1999 Siebeck is part of the German National team with which he just participated in the Olympics in Beijing 2008. He played over 140 times with the National team. In the picture: Riccardo Bertolini (Arbe Indutrie Grafiche), Pietro Pela (Pallavolo Modena) and the new purchase Mark Siebeck
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