Provincial Youth Dryland Curling Classic kicks off in the ancient city
2022-06-18 17:49:41Source: Xi’an News Network
On June 18, the annual “Shaanxi Province Dryland Curling Elite Tournament”, hosted by the Shaanxi Provincial Winter Sports Association and the Shaanxi Provincial Student Association, and the Shaanxi Provincial Winter Sports Management Center as the guiding unit, kicked off in the gymnasium of the No. 3 Middle School in Yanta District, Xi’an City. This competition attracted more than 270 participants from 16 teams from all over our province, and the scale of the competition and the number of participants reached a new high.
Liu Yuchao, Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Winter Sports Association and Director of the Curling Professional Committee, was at the competition.
“This competition was originally scheduled to be held in the winter of last year, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the competition has been postponed to now. This annual elite competition lasts for two days and has established groups such as Junior A, Junior B, Youth and Parent-Child. , each group is divided into men’s teams, women’s teams and men’s and women’s mixed teams.” According to Liu Yuchao, deputy secretary-general of the Provincial Winter Sports Association and director of the Curling Professional Committee, this competition aims to implement Shaanxi sports. The “1155” development strategy will help our province achieve the goal of “5 million people participating in ice and snow sports“, promote the promotion and popularization of ice and snow sports across the province, and allow the majority of young people to fully experience the charm and fun of winter sports.
Yin Guorui cherishes this opportunity to participate very much.
“I will be graduating from primary school soon. This may be the last time I will participate in the dryland curling competition, so I cherish it and hope to make up for the regret of not winning the last competition!” Yin Guorui, a sixth-grade student from Xi’an Gaoxin No. 6 Primary School He said that the experience of losing in the last final and winning the runner-up has made him train hard for the past six months, and in this year’s competition, he is eager to stand on the top podium with his teammates.
Xu Yunlin (first from left) with her teammates.
Like Yin Guorui, who is eager to win the championship, there is also Xu Yunlin from the third grade, second grade, Jingyang County, Xianqian Primary School, who made a special trip from her hometown to the ancient city to compete. Coming to Xi’an, we performed well in the last competition, and this time, we hope to bring back the championship trophy.” As the captain of the school’s dryland curling junior women’s team, Xu Yunlin took the initiative to organize teammates during the Beijing Winter Olympics Watching the broadcast of the Winter Olympics curling competition together, “I feel that the level of the Winter Olympics curling competition is very high. We passed the customs and watched and learned a lot of tactics and skills. Everyone also wants to train well. In the future, if we can represent the motherland to go It would be great to participate in the Winter Olympics!” As a physical education teacher and the coach of the school’s dryland curling team, Dong Mengmeng said: “Dryland curling is a popular version of the Winter Olympics curling event. The competition equipment and rules are similar to curling. At the same time, the ball is lighter, and it breaks through the limitation of the venue. Adhering to weekly training has also attracted dozens of students to participate, which has well stimulated the sports atmosphere of the whole school, and also allowed the children to have a better understanding of the Winter Olympics and ice and snow sports.”
The teachers and students of the dryland curling team of Chanba No. 2 Primary School participated happily.
The dryland curling team of Chanba No. 2 Primary School in Xi’an also participated in the competition under the leadership of Peng Dan, a physical education teacher and school team leader. “Our school is the first time to participate in the provincial elite competition. I came here with an attitude of more participation and more learning. The dryland curling project can cultivate and improve children’s personal skills, intelligence and teamwork ability through team tactics, so children like it very much, and we also hope Through the joint efforts of everyone, we will achieve good results in this competition. We also hope that more high-level dryland curling competitions can be held in the province and the whole city in the future, so as to provide students with opportunities to communicate with each other and learn skills, so that They fully feel the charm and fun of ice and snow events.”
Volunteer teams from colleges and universities participated in the judging work of this competition.
It is worth mentioning that many college student volunteers appeared in the referee and worker team of the Provincial Youth Dryland Curling Classic. Guan Yue, a freshman from Shaanxi Institute of Fashion Engineering, said: “After training, I and several classmates became volunteers for this competition. Everyone made careful preparations before the competition, in order to hope that with our efforts, , which can ensure the smooth and successful holding of the competition.” Guan Yue said frankly that as a college student majoring in “primary education”, this competition also provided her with a good opportunity for social practice. , interpreting the spirit of perseverance and never-say-die in sports with practical actions, we college student volunteers are also quite moved.”
Text/Photo by Jin Peng, an all-media reporter from Xi’an Press