There was a grand opening final part of V All-Ukrainian Spartakiad among people’s deputies, deputies of regional, district, city, town and village councils

Press Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
08 June 2016, 16:25

The ceremony on June 7 in the town of Chornomorsk of Odessa region was attended by the first deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on family, youth policy, sports and tourism Mykola Velichkovych, mayor of the Chornomorsk city council Khmelniuk Valerii, deputy chairman of Odessa regional state administration Salomiia Bobrovska, deputy chairman of the Odessa regional council Yuriy Dimchohlo and others.

Mykola Velichkovych on behalf of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andri Parubii welcomed the participants and at the same time stressed that such measures unite, give a chance to communicate and exchange experiences. "Sport - is not only good health and good spirits, but, above all, the formation of team spirit, positive, necessary to perform the tasks assigned by our voters," - he said.

People’s deputy also stressed that the Spartakiad will be a momentum for the development of mass physical culture and sports, a good example for the citizens of Ukraine, will contribute to the education of young people and enlarge the circle of sports fans.

The opening ceremony was attended by about 400 deputies (including the head of Cherkassy, ??Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk regional councils, five of first deputy heads of regional councils and 22 regional deputies, 90 - district 42 - city, 47 – town  and 138 village councils) who represented 17 regions of Ukraine. Competitions will be held in five sports: football, volleyball, table tennis, chess, drafts - and will last until 11 June.