PRESS RELEASE (11/23/2016)
Sunday, November 20, a Loano, l’A.D. Basketball Loano organized in the E. Garassini Sports Hall, the tournament of Women's Minibasket “Afternoon in Pink: 4th UNICEF PIGOTTA'S BIRTHDAY.”.
At the initiative, promoted under the auspices of the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano and of the FIP Liguria, girls from the minibasket centers in Bordighera, Albenga, Amatori Savona, Cogoleto and Loano. Le 43 female minicestars, accompanied by the cheers of the large audience in attendance, played on the Lovese parquet in the presence of the home mascot, a three-foot-tall pinecone.
The athletes competed in mixed formations with the purpose of getting to know each other, making friends and gathering funds for Unicef, in the world day for the rights of children and adolescents. At the end of the afternoon, in the presence of the Unicef president of the Savona section, Francis Parino, the young female athletes were able to leave a small donation inside the piggy bank placed at center court.
