These competitions took place in our country for the first time. Among the participants were students of interest groups of institutions of additional education for kids and young people in physical education and sports. The initiators of the event were the Ministry of Education and the Republican Center for Physical Education and Sports of Pupils and Students. The main goal is to introduce schoolchildren to a healthy lifestyle.
The project kicked off December 1, 2023. Every oblast has been hosting qualifiers until May 31. Winners of the second qualification stage made it through to the finals and did their best to represent their oblasts and Minsk. This event was the first of that kind for the majority of the competitors.
The event organizers provided comfortable accommodation conditions for the young athletes. Meals were provided at general secondary education institutions in Minsk within walking distance from their place of residence. The boys demonstrated their chess skills at the physical education and sports center for children and youth of the Sovietsky district of Minsk. Volleyball battles took place at secondary school No. 180 and gymnasium No. 29. These battles were full of excitement.
Based on the results of the competitions, the best of the best were determined. In the volleyball competition among boys' teams, the first place went to secondary school No. 9 Zhodino, the second place went to the Grodno district center for children and youth creativity, and the third place went to the Klichev center for additional education for children and youth. In the volleyball competition among girls' teams, representatives of secondary school No. 6 Zhodino emerged as the winners. Second place went to the gymnasium named after I.M. Yerashova Lepelya, third place – physical education and sports center for children and youth of the Leninsky district of Minsk.
In chess, according to the results of the final starts of the event, there were no rivals to the students of the Grodno State Regional Palace of Children and Youth Creativity. The second place was taken by the guys from the Brest State Regional Center for Youth Creativity, the third place – the center for children and youth creativity "Svitanak" of the Pukhovichi district.