Oiko for the CONI Winter 2024 Trophy

Oiko has received a prestigious assignment in the organization of the CONI Winter 2024 Trophy

The CONI Winter Trophy is a sporting event for children under 14 designed to promote healthy competitive spirit, individual and sporting growth.
Main purpose: to help children acquire confidence and a competitive spirit, preparing them for future challenges and offering young athletes unique social and sporting experiences.
In its third edition it will be held in Abruzzo, from 12 to 15 December 2024.

For this occasion Oiko takes care of the organization of the opening and closing ceremonies of the event.

The town of Celano will kick off the opening of the winter games, which will then move to the competition grounds of the other 5 host municipalities: Roccaraso, Lucoli, Rocca di Cambio, Rocca di Mezzo, and Ovindoli.

This event will be a sort of mini Olympics, featuring young athletes under 14 from all over Italy, eager to compete in exciting disciplines like cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, winter triathlon, curling, figure skating, short track, and ice hockey.

On Tuesday 22 October, Oiko attended a press conference at the Palazzo della Regione in L’Aquila, along with a strong working team and joined by the regional councilor Mario Quaglieri, the national CONI delegation with Cecilia D’Angelo, CONI Abruzzo president Enzo Imbastaro and the mayors of the host municipalities.

Event objectives

• Promote youth sport: encourage participation of young people of school age
• Involve the community: encourage the participation and inclusion of local communities
• Enhance the territory: promote Abruzzo as a tourist destination

Event Concept

The concept of the opening ceremony is rooted in the Olympic values of friendship, respect and excellence, but also in the valorization of the Abruzzo territory and its traditions. The journey of the torch symbolically represents the union between the host countries, who collaborate to create a youth sporting event of national importance.

Setting and main theme

The opening ceremony will be held in a spectacular setting: Celano with its Piccolomini Castle,
The ceremony will symbolize the union between sport, culture and nature, reflecting the essence of Abruzzo, with a route that touches the host municipalities. The towns of Celano, Roccaraso, Lucoli, Rocca di Cambio, Rocca di Mezzo and Ovindoli will represent the focal points of a symbolic journey through Olympic values, hospitality and cooperation between communities.