The 4th Shaanxi Provincial Youth Ice Hockey Open in 2021 will be held wonderfully
2021-12-11 16:49:35Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network News On December 11, the “Association Cup” hosted by the Shaanxi Provincial Winter Sports Association and undertaken by the Shaanxi Provincial Winter Sports Association Ice Hockey Committee, the 4th Shaanxi Provincial Youth Ice Hockey Open in 2021 was held at Tai Olympic Plaza, West Second Ring Road, Xi’an. The Jiazhen Ice Rink was held wonderfully. This competition attracted more than 300 participants from 6 age groups and 33 teams across the province. This is the fourth consecutive year that our province has held a provincial ice hockey event. The number of participating teams and the number of participants both hit a record high.
Regarding the organization of this event, Li Jianxi, director of the Shaanxi Provincial Winter Sports Management Center and president of the Provincial Winter Sports Association, said: “With 55 days before the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, we will host this’Association Cup’ Shaanxi Youth The Ice Hockey Open is to implement the spirit of ‘300 million people participating in ice and snow sports‘, implement the ‘1155’ development strategy of the Provincial Sports Bureau, and complete the important practice of the goal of ‘5 million people participating in ice and snow sports‘ in our province. We hope such events It can further promote the popularization of ice and snow sports and show the new achievements and new atmosphere of the development of mass sports in Shaanxi!” It is understood that in addition to different groups according to the age of the contestants, the competition also specifically stipulates that each team can be mixed for men and women. The purpose of forming a team is also to further expand the influence of ice hockey in the province and encourage more young players to participate. Among the teams registered this time, in addition to the Xi’an City team, there are also a number of youth ice hockey teams from Hanzhong City and Weinan City.
Regarding the development of ice hockey in our province, Wang Ao, head of the ice hockey project of Xi’an Aojia Ice Sports Club, who has been engaged in ice hockey youth training for many years, said: “Since Beijing’s successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015, there have been many domestic ice hockey projects. At its climax, the ice hockey event also took this Dongfeng to take root in the land of Sanqin, and is loved by more and more people. In 2018, Shaanxi hosted the first ice hockey league, filling the gap in ice sports events in our province. In the past two years, ice sports, including ice hockey, have become more popular among the public and among young people. Through the holding of various events, children’s competitive level and enthusiasm for ice and snow sports will undoubtedly continue to improve. .”
Among the young players participating in the competition, the reporter did spot many girls. Among them, Xu Shuo from the U8 group ice hockey team of Qujiang Nanhu Primary School is a third-grade elementary school student. Long, but I especially like the feeling of wearing competition clothes, boarding skates, and rushing into the arena with a hockey stick in hand. It makes me happy to encourage each other and make progress together with my teammates!” After some competition, U10 The champion of the age group was won by the Qin Warriors ice hockey team of Xi’an Aojia Ice Sports Club, and the champions of other groups also belonged to each other.
After the game, Zhao Feng, director of the Science and Education Division of the Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, said frankly: “Ice hockey, like other collective sports, emphasizes the unity, cooperation, mutual encouragement and cooperation between the players. Through the game, let the children understand in the fierce competition. When encountering challenges, we must rely more on the strength of the team. I believe that with the continuous improvement and improvement of the number and quality of games in the future, more young people will go to the real ice rink and enjoy playing ice hockey.”
Jin Peng, All-Media Reporter of Xi’an Press
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