A total of 474 teams have registered in the district.
The Sambir district is actively preparing for the second stage of the all-Ukrainian school leagues “Side by Side”. A total of 474 teams have been registered in the district, which will participate in five different sports: basketball, futsal, volleyball, orienteering, and cheerleading.
According to the Department of Youth and Sports of the Lviv Regional State Administration, Rudkivska, Borynska, Dobromylska, Strilkivska and Ralivska communities have been particularly active in preparing for the competition.
To date, 146 teams have already taken part in the exciting competition.
“I wish the participants endurance, successful performances and incredible emotions from every moment of the game!” wished Roman Khimyak, head of the Youth and Sports Department of the Lviv Oblast State Administration.
It should be noted that Lviv region is the leader in the number of registered teams in the “Side by Side All-Ukrainian School Leagues” project. A total of 2875 teams have registered.
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“School Leagues Side by Side is the largest sports competition among schoolchildren, organized jointly by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Education and Science at the initiative of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
By the order of the head of the Lviv Regional State Administration of January 19, 2024, №62/0/5-24VA “On the implementation of the project “Side by Side All-Ukrainian School Leagues” in the Lviv region”, the Department of Youth and Sports in partnership with the Department of Education and Science and with the support of the Department of Communications and Internal Policy was appointed as the project coordinator.
The project’s ambassadors in the region are candidates for the Ukrainian national team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (France):
Oksana Livach – Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine in freestyle wrestling, participant of the Olympic Games (2022), silver medalist of the European Games, World Cup winner, bronze medalist of the World Championship, winner and medalist of European Championships;
Khrystyna Pohranichna – Master of Sports of Ukraine, finalist of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, silver medalist of the III Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires (2018, Argentina), all-around champion of the 34th European Junior Championships (2018, Guadalajara, Spain), absolute champion of the XVII World Summer Gymnasium, 2018 (Marrakech, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco), Ukrainian junior rhythmic gymnastics champion in 2017 and 2018, vice-champion of Ukraine in 2019 and 2021.
Yuliia Tkach – Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine in freestyle wrestling, participant of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012, 2016), champion and medalist of the European Games, World Cup winner, multiple champion and medalist of the World and European Championships.
Valeriia Tereta – International Master of Sports in canoeing, European Games champion, bronze medalist of the European Championships, holder of a license to participate in the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024. She is a holder of the Order of Princess Olga of the III degree.
This year’s “School Leagues Side by Side” are held under the slogan “TOGETHER WE WILL WIN”!
We remind you that the participating teams first competed at the school stage of the School Leagues, and then at the territorial, district, regional and all-Ukrainian stages.