The third, district-level, stage of the Side by Side All-Ukrainian School Leagues project has come to an end. We remind you that this is the largest competition for schoolchildren involving students in grades 4-9. Teams determine the strongest in five stages. The school, territorial and district stages have already taken place, and the regional and all-Ukrainian stages are ahead.
The third stage of the Side by Side All-Ukrainian School Leagues project involved 326 teams in basketball, volleyball, futsal, cheerleading and orienteering, which is more than 4,596 children.
Volleyball brought together 59 girls’ teams (708 children) and 68 boys’ teams (816 participants).
🔸Basketball was played by 27 girls’ teams (432 participants) and 48 boys’ teams (768 children).🔸 Orienteering brought together 22 teams (264 participants).
🔸 Cheerleading saw 33 teams (792 children) determine the strongest.
“I took part in a basketball competition, and our school won first place. The opponents were all strong, but we prepared and trained. We have ten people playing, we divide into teams and play 5v5 under the guidance of a teacher. We are looking forward to the regional stage and want to win. I really like Side by Side, every school wants to win. We have a tense atmosphere on the site, but we have friendly relations with each other. At the third stage, we made friends with students from other schools,” says Nazar Krupa, a 10th-grader at Mostyske Secondary School No. 2. Nazar Krupa.
The most athletic students are those from Mostyska School No. 2 and Sokal School No. 2, schools in the Pomorianska Territorial Community, Khodorivska School No. 2, Chervonohrad Gymnasium No. 12, and Ivan Franko Lyceum No. 1 in Drohobych.
“The children really liked the colours of the certificates, diplomas and banners. It was bright and interesting. The musical accompaniment was driving, you could feel the energy,” says Taras Bilyi, chief specialist of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Novoyavoriv City Council.
“The fourth, regional stage of the project starts on 14 May. The winners of the regional stage in five sports and seven disciplines will take part in this part of the competition. In addition to these teams, seven teams from Lviv will compete for the right to represent Lviv region at the all-Ukrainian final.
The plan is to involve 54 teams in basketball, volleyball, futsal, cheerleading and orienteering, which is more than 800 children,” said Roman Khimyak, head of the Youth and Sports Department of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.