III ITFR World Tennis Championship
Salerno, Italy, September 8-15 2007
ROTARY ACE
www.rotarytennis.org
Newsletter no. 3 – 17th of July 2007
Table of contents
Last call for entry!
Tennis in postcards: a book by Beppe Russotto
Ancient Rome: Pompeii
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Last call for entry!
Dear Rotarian Friends,
first of all I would like to answer a question about the tournament, a question asked by many members who are fond of tennis and play quite often but are not high level players: the championship is an amateur tournament and our aim is solidarity and friendship among Rotarians, not awarding the best Rotarian tennis player! None of us is a professional, we’ll play for fun!
Besides I’m very happy to say that the III ITFR World Tennis Championship is turning our to be a great international success!
So far we have registrants from the Lithuania, Estonia, United Kingdom, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Italy, etc. …
I’m writing also to remind you that the entry deadline is very close: July, 19 2007, 10,00 a.m. (Italy time)!
Make your travel plan and take a minute to fill in the on line registration form to be sure to participate this unique event for Rotarian tennis players.
Feel free to contact me on info@rotarytennis.org for any question.
It’s only 53 days to the start of the III ITFR World Championship, don’t miss it!
Kind regards
Marco Marinaro
President of Organising Committee
ITFR WTC 2007
Tennis in postcards: a book by Beppe Russotto
Beppe Russotto is a journalist and an expert on tennis who collaborates with the major Italian tennis review “Il tennis italiano”.
When I first met him I immediately realised that he was a very special person. I was fascinated by his first book “Tennis in posters” for the care, attention to detail and the passion contained in this very unique publication, a must for all tennis fans and collectors of tennis memorabilia.
I would never have imagined being able to preview his latest “work” and, above all, I would never have hoped to be able to publish it, making it the “symbol” of our humanitarian commitment of Rotarians through tennis.
When I saw the proofs of this book (“Tennis in postcards”) I promptly offered to publish it with the funding of the ITFR and the Rotary Club of Salerno. Beppe accepted with the enthusiasm and the generosity and unconditionally placed his work at our disposal, never doubting our aims or commitment to solidarity.
Beppe Russotto’s sensitivity and enthusiasm are at home with the ethical passion of the publisher Enzo Boccia who unhesitatingly offered his professional competence and the resources of his publishing house. Without his complete support we would never have been able to realize this project that acknowledges the contribution of Rotary and its presence in this splendid and hospitable territory of Salerno.
This splendid book will be first presented during the welcome dinner on Sept, 8 2007 by the Italian sports journalist Salvatore Biazzo at the presence of the Author.
“Tennis in postcards” this way becomes the “symbol” and not just the souvenir of the “3rd ITFR World Tennis Championship” and also of the contribution offered by all the participants of “Project Africa” of the Rotary Club of Salerno. Therefore our wish - which is also an objective of the Fellowship - to promote tennis while carrying out important community projects in the spirit of Rotary comes true, following the motto “Score an ‘ace’ with Rotary! For a winning ‘service’!”.
And this is really an …”ace”!
Marco Marinaro
Ancient Rome: Pompeii
One of the excursions in the social programme will lead the participants to the world famous archaeological site of Pompeii.
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city not far from the modern city of Naples, populated by thousands of people, rich and flourishing thanks to commerce.
On August, 24 79 a.C. a rumble was heard in the surroundings of Vesuvius. What the ancient Romans had always thought to be a mountain turned out to be a volcano: a cloud of gas and pumice stones were projected upwards, similar in shape to a pine tree, and soon made the sky black. A rain of lapillus and stone fragments fell on Pompeii and its surroundings. On the following day a violent storm of toxic gases and burning cinders ravaged the city burying it completely till the eighteenth century.
The influences of Illuminists and the new interest in science and archaeology induced the Borbons, kings of Naples, to order to first excavations on the site of the ancient Pompeii, thus starting a work that continues today.
The sudden destruction and covering of the city has given the archaeologists and the visitors the chance to study and see a whole Roman city as it was at the times of the Roman Empire.
Several tours lead the visitors to all the places of interest (forum, theatre, villas, shops, laboratories, etc).
For more information visit www.pompeiisites.org. | 
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