Meeting, aperitif with the fans and program of the first training sessions: Bertram Derthona's 2024-25 season has officially started
Bertram Derthona 's 2024-25 season was officially officially announced this afternoon, with a team gathering at the Cittadella dello Sport in Tortona and a subsequent season-opening aperitif with fans in the city center . The full roster was present for the first introductory meeting of the team, which will represent the Lions in Serie A for the fourth consecutive year and the Basketball Champions League for the second. In addition to returning players Tommaso Baldasso, Leonardo Candi, Arturs Strautins, Kyle Weems, Luca Severini, Andrea Zerini, and Ismael Kamagate, there was also interest in new arrivals Tommy Kuhse, Christian Vital, Davide Denegri, Justin Gorham, and Paul Biligha, all of whom are part of the coaching staff led by head coach Walter De Raffaele and assistants Iacopo Squarcina, Giovanni Bassi, and Edoardo Rabbolini.
After the new group's reunion and the crowd at Fermento Caffè under the arcades of Via Emilia, which was even heavier than the rain, the Bianconeri's preseason training program will begin tomorrow . For the first two days, a daily athletic training session is scheduled at 9:00 a.m. at the Fausto Coppi Stadium in Tortona . Both sessions are open to the public, although the public will not be able to attend the first basketball practice scheduled for the morning of Wednesday the 21st on the court at the Cittadella facility. It will also be the only session on the Tortona court before departing that afternoon for the training camp in Sauze d'Oulx , where practices on Friday the 23rd, Saturday the 24th, and Sunday the 25th will be open to all fans. All this is leading up to the first friendly match on Monday, August 26th, again at the Pin Court in the Val di Susa town, scheduled for 5:00 p.m. against Swiss team BBC Monthey-Chablais. Spectator access to the training camp will be announced in the coming days.
