Rector`s Cup «ABAI UNIVERSITY CUP» among schoolchildren

This year, various events are held at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University as part of the Year of Volunteers. So, on January 25, 2020, the futsal tournament for the Rector`s Cup «ABAI UNIVERSITY CUP» was completed, which was attended by 250 students from 16 schools from 8 districts of Almaty.

The purpose of the traditional event is to support the interest of schoolchildren in sports, to increase the importance of domestic football.

Rector Takir Balykbayev, opening the tournament, said that this year was declared the Year of Volunteers by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, and that this year many significant events will be held at the university. Since last year, at the initiative of the Student Directorate, traditional futsal competitions have been held among 16 schools selected from all regions of Almaty. This helps to increase the interest of students in sports, the pursuit of knowledge.

Two schools reached the final - No. 131 and No. 17 of the Turksib district.

The «best striker» of the official group meetings at the stage of the tournament was Seif Popov, student of secondary school No. 17, «Best goalkeeper» - Miras Kubeev, student of secondary school No. 31, «Best defender» - Rauan Nurbolat, student of lyceum No. 178. All the best players were awarded a prize of 10,000 tenge.

Among the main participating schools, the first place was taken by the team of lyceum No. 178 of the Alatau district, the second place was taken by the team of secondary school No. 31 of the Turksib district. As a result of the tournament, the Rector`s Cup of Abai KazNPU was won by the team of secondary school No. 17 of the Turksib district.

On the part of the organizers, special diplomas, cups and cash prizes were awarded to athletes of all schools, and letters of thanks were given to teachers and school leaders.

It is worth noting that the event space of the Rector`s Cup «ABAI UNIVERSITY CUP» covers not only sports, but also other areas of interest of creative and intellectual youth of the country.