As part of strengthening the team spirit, popularizing a healthy lifestyle and developing corporate culture, employees of the organizations of the Office of the President of the Republic of Belarus took part in 8 national teams based on industry principles in the annual summer sports contest.
Narochansky National Park has become a platform for active recreation, mutual communication and demonstration of sports and creative skills in such competitions as park volleyball, orienteering, “Sports relay race”, cycling, hiking and water tourism techniques, pair table tennis, tug of war. The heads of organizations included in the Administration system of the President of the Republic of Belarus proved themselves in competitions in table tennis, billiards, throwing a ball into a basketball hoop, small towns and darts. This year it was held in the format of a tourist rally.
A special atmosphere for the celebration was created by creative performances, which were demonstrated by the national teams at the opening of the Spartakiad. They were dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
For two days, the sports grounds were filled with excitement, a friendly atmosphere and a desire to win. During the competition, the participants demonstrated not only strength and agility, but also team spirit, mutual assistance and support.
It should be recalled that the Belarusian Press House is part of the United team (Team 7), which also includes such enterprises as the Minsk Printing House branch, the Department for Humanitarian Affairs, the Palace of the Republic, the Republican Cultural and Educational Center, the Belarusian Lotteries, Promtransinvest and BelExpo enterprises.
Thus, Sergey Kozlov, coordinator of the United national team, was awarded a special diploma and a prize for the best coordination of the national team.
For the best creative act, the diploma and the prize were awarded to the national team of “Fashion_Narodnae”.
The White Tigers team, led by its coordinator, Elena Moroz, was awarded for the best organization of the camp.
Natalia Karamzina, a member of the Guardians of the Forest team, was awarded for her will to win.
For a successful creative debut, a young performer who presented a number from the organizing committee, Eva Kraevskaya.
Nikolay Sherstnev, Deputy Managing Director of the President, was awarded for the best result in kettlebell lifting competitions, which were held in addition to the main program. He completed 71 lifts of a 16-kilogram kettlebell in 1 minute. Mikhail Kobral from the Agroholding team showed the second result with 60 lifts. The third result with 59 lifts was achieved by Vladimir Matskevich from the Molniya team.
The places on the podium in the basketball hoop competitions among the leaders were distributed as follows: Anton Kraevsky, Deputy Managing Director of the President, took 1st place (8 points), Valery Zhigunov, Director of TLC Ozerzo-Logistik, took 2nd place (7 points), and Valery Zhigunov, CEO of GPT, took 3rd place (6 points). “Belkhudozhpromysy” by Alexander Korbut.
In darts, Alexander Surty, Deputy Head of the Department of Natural Complexes, Industrial and Agricultural Production of the Presidential Administration, took 1st place (212 points), Anton Kraevsky, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, took 2nd place (189 points), and Andrey Prokoshin, Director of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, took 3rd place (180 points).
The best billiard players were: 1st place – Director of RUE “Belarusian Lotteries” Mikhail Denisenko, 2nd place – Director of RUE “Belstroyproekt” Vadim Koroto, 3rd place – Director of the Republican Cultural and Educational Center Alexander Sidorenko.
In table tennis among the leaders, the Magnificent Eight team won, represented by First Deputy Managing Director of the President Nikolai Shkred and Deputy Managing Director of the President Anton Krayevsky. The United team, consisting of Mikhail Denisenko, director of the Belarusian Lottery, and Alexander Sidorenko, Director of the Republican Cultural and Educational Center, took 2nd place. The Molniya team, consisting of Evgeny Galina, head of RUE GLAVUX, and Alexey Panichev, manager of RUE Repair and Construction Trust, took the podium.
The team “Keepers of the Forest”, consisting of Yuri Apanovich, Director of the Pripyatsky National Park, Yuri Krivtsov, Director of Krasnoselskoye State Agricultural University, and Sergey Turonk, Director of the Braslav Lakes National Park, won the leadership competition in Gorodki. The second place in the “towns” was taken by the Agroholding team consisting of Dmitry Astakhov, Director of JSC Machulishchi Greenhouse Plant, Anton Burnos, director of JSC Vasilishki, and Sergey Sholomitsky, director of the Nevel branch of the Pinsk Meat Processing Plant. The third place was taken by the Presidential Affairs Management team consisting of the Deputy Managing Director of the President.
By tradition, the tug of war competition was the most vivid and at the same time intense and emotional for all participants of the Spartakiad. In the fight for the 3rd place with the national team “Modnae_The victory was won by the team “Keepers of the Forest”. In the final, two teams representing agricultural workers, Agroholding and Kupalovskoye, competed for 1st place. As a result, in a very difficult and intense struggle for gold medals in this competition, the victory was snatched by the Agroholding team.
Following the results of the 5th anniversary Spartakiad, more than 200 people rose to the podium. The participants who showed themselves most vividly in various competitions and contests were awarded with medals, prizes and special diplomas.
According to the results of the team competition, the victory in the Spartakiad was won by the team “Keepers of the Forest”, silver by the team “White Tigers”, bronze by the team “Agroholding”.
Congratulations to the winners of the competition and wish you further success, both in sports and in your work! We are proud of the activity of our colleagues and thank all the participants for their participation, energy and positive attitude! We are confident that the tradition of holding sports contests will be continued, contributing to strengthening friendly ties and maintaining a high level of health among employees of the organizations of the Office of the President of the Republic of Belarus.