Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland

Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland

Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic
of Poland
„Orlik Volleymania” is started!
2011-06-07
On 7 June 2011, the first edition of the volleyball tournament for children and youth “Orlik
Volleymania” was officially started. The event was held at one of the sports fields built under
the programme “My Sports Field – ORLIK 2012”, at Primary School No. 53 in Warsaw. It was
attended by Mr Ryszard Stachurski, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism,
Mr Mirosław Przedpełski, President of the Polish Volleyball Federation, Mr Piotr Gruszka,
European champion and world vice-champion, Mr Tomasz Lenkiewicz, director of COS
Central Sports Centre, and Mr Rafał Miastowski, Mayor of the Bielany district.
The organiser of the “Orlik Volleymania” tournament is the Ministry of Sport and Tourism; its
main partner is the Polish Volleyball Federation and the media partners are: Polskie Radio
Channel 1, TVP Sport, Gazeta Wyborcza daily and sport.pl.
The project’s sports patron is Mr Piotr Gruszka, many-time national representative of Poland,
European champion and world vice-champion, record holder of the largest number of
matches played in the national team, and MVP in the last European Championships.
The “Orlik Volleymania” tournament will be held in the period 1.09 – 9.10.2011 in two age
categories, separately for boys and for girls: 12-13 (kids born in 1998-1999) and 14-15 (kids
born in 1996-1997). The competition is open to teams representing schools, school classes,
school students’ clubs as well as teams formed by local communities and organisations
working with children and youth. Each 8-player volleyball team is welcome by the
tournament’s organisers.
The matches will be played on 32 “Orlik Fields” in four Voivodships (provinces): mazowieckie,
łódzkie, wielkopolskie and pomorskie.
The tournament will start with qualifying matches on the municipal level and will continue
through Voivodship-level finals (in four Voivodships). The best teams will qualify to the great
finals to be held on 8 and 9 October in Gdańsk.
The idea behind the project is to promote sports activity and fair-play principles among
children and youth, to activate local communities and to encourage them to jointly organise
various sporting activities at sports fields built under the programme “My Sports Field –
ORLIK 2012”.