Ruini Firenze
Gruppo Sportivo Vigili del Fuoco Otello Ruini known simply as Ruini Firenze is a sports club founded by the body of the Fire Department of Florence, practicing disciplines such as rowing, wrestling, skiing, kick boxing and more importantly, volleyball, sports in which excelled nationally during the sixties and seventies.
History
The Sports Group was born in September 17, 1962 on the initiative of the Fire Department of Florence, being named Otello Ruini, officer died in 1958 at the consequences of a fire. A few months after its establishment absorbed the Moose, Florentine society militant in Serie A volleyball, getting the chance to play in the national championship.
In the coming years the Ruini, led by Aldo Bellagambi, became a major volleyball club in Italy, winning five league titles (1963–64, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73). After the relegation of 1974-75 the team experienced a rapid decline, which led to the abandonment of volleyball in 1980.
Ruini was revived in the early nineties; currently it plays in amateur categories of Tuscan and turns its attention especially to the youth sector. After years with poor results in series D male, in the 2007/2008 season he earned promotion to Serie C, the first step in the rebirth of a historical society.
The following season (2008/2009), while maintaining a rose almost unchanged, the team of firefighters reached, with great satisfaction of the company, the playoffs for promotion to B2, but did not succeed in boarding.
For the 2009/2010 season the team has been considerably reinforced by two grafts superior; all this with the hope of doing well but avoid making the mistakes of the past. In the 2011/2012 season again dispute the series D.
Honours
- Winners (5): 1963-64, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73
- Runners-up (1): 1971-72