La Spezia, the “A. Montagna” is increasingly a sports center of excellence

La Spezia, the “A. Montagna” is increasingly a sports center of excellence.

This morning the Mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini and the Councilor for Sport and Marco Frascatore Sports Facilities, they inaugurated the two new fields which confirm how much the "Montagna" has become a sports centre of excellence in a city capable of welcoming the numerous realities that experience sport on a daily basis and where practically all sporting disciplines but also national and international competitions can be held. 

“As an Administration we are working hard on the valorisation of sports facilities and on encouraging the practice of sport – declares Mayor Pierluigi Peracchini – There are many interventions planned to provide the city with quality sports infrastructures, where it is possible to dedicate oneself to the various disciplines: soon work will begin on the swimming pool and the new gym in the area adjacent to the PalaMariotti and the work on the gym in via del Canaletto next to the “Mario Fontana” secondary school financed by the PNRR; we recently redeveloped the “Franco Cimma” Sports Field and today we are inaugurating the tennis courts at the “Montagna” Sports Field which will be a further point of reference for those who practice this sport. We will continue to expand the offer in the area because we believe that sport, in addition to being a tool for health prevention, at any age, can also be a valid support for raising our children in the best way." 

“I am satisfied with the completed work which gives our city two new latest generation tennis courts. Sports councilor Marco Frascatore declared. We are very determined to improve and make sports facilities increasingly accessible for the benefit of the community and, precisely for this reason, we will continue to do everything possible to ensure that sport is not only accessible to all but also practicable in high quality facilities. . Sport is a socio-cultural heritage that must be an integral part of our lives because it gives us and teaches us values ​​of respect, inclusion, community, joy and many others, for an ever better coexistence and at the same time gives us physical health and mental, making us feel truly alive.”

The works for the construction of the fields were carried out by the company firm Mantoflex specialized in this type of intervention made in accordance with international fields. The grassy surface used is of the latest generation and in this case an artificial lawn composed of several blades of grass was chosen for centimeter square to make it faster in terms of playing quality but at the same time guarantees the ball a slightly wider bounce similar to clay. Thanks to this new realization the field "TO. Mountain” after decades, it is equipped with 2 new generation tennis courts.  

To use the fields, a reservation is required (service active from Sunday 17 September) which can be made online at the following link https://www.timify.com/it/profile/montagnasport/  or by contacting the offices inside the sports facility. The opening and closing times of the fields will follow those of the facility which in the winter period (October-March) is from 8 am to 17.30 pm and in the summer period (April-September) is from 8 am to 20 pm. 

For the future, the Peracchini Administration, through the competent offices, is evaluating the opportunity to update the regulation currently in force for the use of the Sports Center in order to be able to open it more and more to the city by expanding the hours of use. A necessary measure given the great Participation both of citizens and of the sports clubs that use them on a daily basis il " Mountain". In fact, they are inside the Center present 2 five-a-side football pitches, two volleyball courts, one basketball court, a fitness area with isotonic equipment and a part with a cage Calisthenics for free body activities, a regular athletics track and a warm-up track, various green areas where you can do activities such as yoga, postural gymnastics, gentle gymnastics e a cross-country course.

At the service of sporting activities there are 6 completely renovated and accessible changing rooms.
The athletics track, made with the latest generation synthetic surface, is equipped with all FIDAL approved equipment to allow complete training for each discipline, as well as allowing sporting events with spectators, with seats in the stands, for a maximum capacity of 1.250 spectators.
Anyone can access the park, during opening hours, and use the green spaces for pleasant walks or for recreational sports activities using basketball and volleyball courts for free.