Valli del Noce Championship — Sporminore Stage

The Valli del Noce Championship in Sporminore

The Valli del Noce Championship is the most deeply rooted popular running championship in north-western Trentino: a multi-stage event that crosses the municipalities of Val di Non and Piana Rotaliana every spring. Among the scheduled races is the stage in Sporminore, a small village in the Val di Non in the province of Trento, in the heart of Trentino-Alto Adige.

This is not a race for specialists: it is a village run, designed to get entire families moving. The championship is open to everyone — children, teenagers, moms, dads, and grandparents — with athletes divided into numerous male and female categories, from minicuccioli (starting from age 4) to pioneers, the oldest age groups. It is this inclusive spirit, more than the stopwatch, that makes the event so beloved in the valleys.

Who organizes it

The Sporminore stage is organized by US Robur Sporminore, a local amateur sports club founded in 1954 and built on volunteer work. Originally focused on village festivals and theater, since the mid-nineties it has dedicated itself exclusively to sports and currently manages soccer, five-a-side football, tennis, tamburello, and running in one of the most appreciated sports centers in the province.

The championship as a whole is linked to the CSI (Italian Sports Center) of Trento and is carried out by a group of valley associations: SC Fondisti, US Robur, USAM Baitona, Romallo Running, and ASD Atletica Rotaliana. The stages rotate from year to year among the different villages, so that each community can take turns hosting the celebration of running.

How the championship works

Each edition consists of several stages distributed between April and June. In each race, athletes accumulate points based on their category placement; at the end of the calendar, the final ranking by category and the club standings are drawn up, rewarding the association with the highest overall score.

• Categories: from minicuccioli (from age 4) to pioneers, male and female.
• «Marco Battan» Special Prize: dedicated to the memory of a member of the great Valligiano family, it goes to the sporting families who total the highest score.
• Broad participation: local social cooperatives also take part in the races, in the spirit of sport for all.

A Val di Non tradition

Running a stage of the Valligiano in Sporminore means experiencing a day of village life: afternoon start, cheering along the route, children and seniors at the same finish line. It is the community spirit that for half a century has held the municipalities of Val di Non together around a simple passion: running. The event is part of the rich spring running calendar of Trentino.