President: Ugo Claudio Matteoli
Secretary: Barbara Durante
Indirizzo:Viale Tiziano, 70, 00196 Roma RM, Italia
TEL:06 87980086
Url:www.fipsas.it
Email:segreteria@fipsas.it
History of FIPSAS
Costitution
The first interest in sport fishing saw some activity in Italy already in the thirties. The Federation, however, was formed on 27 June 1942, remaining active until 8 September 1943. It began operating again in 1945, under joint management with hunting and shooting organisations under the government-appointed commission of CONI. In the postwar period, at a conference held in Bologna in 1947, the foundations for the overhaul of FIPS were laid. This took place in April 1948, at a National Assembly held in Florence. In 1949, the Federation welcomed practitioners of underwater activity and swimming with flippers into the competitive sector. Since 1984, the Federation has acknowledged the inclusion of four disciplines: inland fishing, sea fishing, underwater fishing, finswimming.
Denomination
Originally Federazione Italiana della Pesca Sportiva or“Italian Federation of Game Fishing”; from 1948 it became Federazione Italiana Pesca Sportiva (FIPS or “Italian Federation of Sports Fishing”) which later in 1968, had the division of Attività Subacquee or "Underwater Activities” added to it without changing the acronym. The amendment to FIPSAS was ratified by the CONI National Board of 4 May 1995.
Federal Offices
Rome by the constitution.
First National Championships
1950 (fishing), 1951 (scuba diving), 1958 (fin swimming).
Presidents
1942 - 1943 Conte Frangiotto Pullè
1944 - 1945 Cherubino Malpeli (regent CONI)
1945 - 1948 Giorgio Bini (regent CONI)
1945 Ugo Veronese (regent CONI)
1948 - 1965 Aldo Clozza
1965 - 1978 Virgilio Cella
1978 - 2001 Hon. Francesco Colucci
2001 - Ugo Claudio Matteoli
Secretaries
1942 - 1943 Carlo Manstretta
1943 - 1945 Carlo Manstretta (regent)
1946 - 1948 Mario Rotondi (acting)
1948 - 1969 Carlo Manstretta
1969 - 1974 Angelo Piccinini
1975 - 1983 Claudio Blasi
1983 - 1987 Sandro Rossi
1988 - 1989 Mariano Ravazzolo (ad interim)
1989 - 1991 Giorgio Storti (ad interim)
1991 - 1992 Gianfranco Briani (regent)
1992 - 1997 Marcello Standoli
1997 - 1998 Alessandro Barbera
1998 - 1999 Giorgio Cannella
1999 - 2003 Alvaro Carboni
2003 - 2020 Pasqualino Zuccarello
2020 - Barbara Durante