The autumn festival "Marathon of Sports and Health" ended at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

During the past working week, sports excitement covered staff and students of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. The arena for sports battles was the stadium in the campus at Zakharova Street, 32.
On the last day of the sports marathon, teams at the stadium fought in various directions! Kupala representatives played in a bocce, volleyball and football competitions, spun hoolahups. They found out who is the most apt, knocking out the "apples" in the darts. The combined relay was large-scale and spectacular. As Irina Kiturko, rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, noted that sports meetings have become a good tradition for us.
"I want to thank everyone for participating in the marathon, contributing to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and strengthening of corporate culture. In the last year, we live in difficult epidemiological conditions, and in the open air we have the opportunity to communicate more freely and not hide smiles behind masks. Today's competitions have become special, because for the first time in the framework of one team, both professors and students united, which further strengthens our corporate spirit and confirms that we are members of our University - one big family", Irina Kiturko said.
6 teams participated in the marathon. The first included representatives of the faculties of Economics and Management, Innovative Mechanic Engineering, Philology and Military Faculties. Representatives of the Faculty of Physical Education and Pre-University Training, as well as Pedagogy and Engineering and Constraction Faculties, made up the second group. In group number three were representatives of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, the Faculty of Psychology and Physico-Technical Faculty. The fourth group gathered under its number representatives of Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism, Faculty of Arts and Design, Biology and Ecology, and Faculty of Law. The fifth group included representatives of Humanities and Technology Colleges of Yanka Kupala State University. The sixth group consisted of representatives of the rectory, university-wide structural divisions, the students' trade union committee, BRYU members, and the Student Coordinating Council.
The Dean of Faculty of Physical Education Vitaly Khramov emphasized that the atmosphere at the autumn festival "Marathon of Sports and Health" is friendly and charging. And the weather is excellent, has an active pastime.
Yanka Kupala State University pays great attention to a healthy lifestyle. Students and professors have the opportunity to visit the sports halls of the buildings and stadiums, and the trade union provides a discount on subscriptions to the pool, gyms and sections. Olga Rusilko, secretary of the primary organization of the BRYU of YKSUG, always tries to keep her strength up.
"The mood is excellent and gambling. Despite the fact that we are all colleagues, a competitive spirit was present. It's great that so many participants gathered at the marathon! We competed, and talked. The atmosphere is friendly, it's wonderful that professors and students have the opportunity to fight together for sports victories", Olga shared.
The autumn festival "Marathon of Sports and Health" undoubtedly charged everyone with a positive and good mood. On the fifth last day of the competition, the team "the gold" went to the second group. The silver owners were participants from the first group, and participants of the third group won the bronze. In addition, teams in each sports discipline were separately awarded.
By the way, not only the final day of the autumn marathon was saturated. Sports competitions were held from September 6 to 10. On Monday, September 6, a 3x3 basketball tournament was held on the basketball court of Yanka Kupala State University. On Tuesday, our people found out which of them was the best in table tennis. Wednesday was the day of beach volleyball, and Thursday - of mini football. In total, more than 300 members of our university took part in the marathon.