...We have 5 stages of Latvian Cup during a year and it was the 2nd stage of Latvian Cup 2010 on Saturday (27/March/2010). The 1st, 3rd and 5th stages are biathlon for men and snatch for women, but the 2nd and 4th stage is long cycle for both genders :) The only difference is that women perform the LC with one hand and allowed to switch hands once (as in snatch). So the past Saturday was the Long Cycle day :)
The organization of the competition was on the high level (as usual). We were surprised to find out that despite the hard economical situation in Latvia many sportsmen found a way to come to a little village to take part in the event. To be honest, I don't even remember the name of the place... I would call it "the middle of nowhere" :) It was 81 sportsman present: 3 young women under 18, 8 women, 31 young man and 39 men. But the most surprising thing was the relay race. We've got 5 junior teams and 8!!! adult teams (two teams had only 4 participants, but still competed). We never had so many before. It was fun to watch guys lifting because all the teams were very strong and kept the same tempo. I have a pleasure to announce that my team won :)
But there is another serious thing that happened after the competitions. We had General Meeting and Robert Innus announced that he is giving up the position of the Chairman of the Latvian Kettlebell Lifting Association. I already knew that he was going to do it, but it was sad to hear anyway. He's done a lot for GS in Latvia. And it was great to work with him and be in his team. It is very important for a new Chairman to be in Riga most of the time. But there is nobody in Riga who would be able to take his place. So we are on the threshold of a new era... I can only hope that the new Board Committee with the new head will retain the federation work at a high level...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
It's been a while...
Sorry, guys, for such a gap between posts. It's been a very busy time for me here. But it was also time to get new stories for you :)
The first thing I would love to tell about is Latvian Cup which happened in Daugavpils in Jan.30th.
It was only 50 participants (we usually have twice as much). But they managed to show good results and to break couple of Latvian records. The most exiting was to watch Santa Morozova breaking her own record and raising Latvian record for two reps (160 snatches with 16kg). Let me remind you that the girl is only 53kg and 21 y.o.
My team (Riga) did not participate, because we all are preparing for the next stage of Latvian Cup - long cycle. And it was a good idea not to participate, because the place did not have the central heating and some sportsmen got cold after the competition. It was the same situation last year. I did participate there and then spent three weeks in bed with flu. So this time I decided to leave my jacket on :) But I didn't just watch. I was working as the secretary again. But it is a usual thing for me to do :) It is always like that - there are people responsible for the organization of a competition in any given town, but in reality Riga's team comes to the place and organizes everything 2 hours before the event :) It was like that this time, too. People in Daugavpils provided the place, but then we came, set up score boards, managed the weighting and brought judges from Riga... But I like to know that we have a good team and can organize high level competitions quickly. Everyone knows his place and is doing the job without asking "what to do?", "where to go?" etc. I enjoy it!
Another thing I'd like to mention is Sport and Tourism Exhibition in Riga next weekend. We are going to perform power juggling and classical snatch and jerk exercises there. I think it is a very good way to popularize our sport. A lot of people are expected and we will have a chance to make the crowd to notice us.
We will have another exhibition like that in March. And it will be even bigger. So we are looking forward for these events. By the way, the second one will be on Sunday (March, 28th) and we will have 2nd stage of Latvian Cup on Saturday just before it (March, 27). So it will be Kettlbell Lifting weekend :) I promise to write another post about it later! :)
So, as you see, life is going on. We are having multiple GS events and are doing our best to popularize our sport. It is quite hard to do it during the economical crisis, but we are using any possibility we can get.
The first thing I would love to tell about is Latvian Cup which happened in Daugavpils in Jan.30th.
It was only 50 participants (we usually have twice as much). But they managed to show good results and to break couple of Latvian records. The most exiting was to watch Santa Morozova breaking her own record and raising Latvian record for two reps (160 snatches with 16kg). Let me remind you that the girl is only 53kg and 21 y.o.
My team (Riga) did not participate, because we all are preparing for the next stage of Latvian Cup - long cycle. And it was a good idea not to participate, because the place did not have the central heating and some sportsmen got cold after the competition. It was the same situation last year. I did participate there and then spent three weeks in bed with flu. So this time I decided to leave my jacket on :) But I didn't just watch. I was working as the secretary again. But it is a usual thing for me to do :) It is always like that - there are people responsible for the organization of a competition in any given town, but in reality Riga's team comes to the place and organizes everything 2 hours before the event :) It was like that this time, too. People in Daugavpils provided the place, but then we came, set up score boards, managed the weighting and brought judges from Riga... But I like to know that we have a good team and can organize high level competitions quickly. Everyone knows his place and is doing the job without asking "what to do?", "where to go?" etc. I enjoy it!
Another thing I'd like to mention is Sport and Tourism Exhibition in Riga next weekend. We are going to perform power juggling and classical snatch and jerk exercises there. I think it is a very good way to popularize our sport. A lot of people are expected and we will have a chance to make the crowd to notice us.
We will have another exhibition like that in March. And it will be even bigger. So we are looking forward for these events. By the way, the second one will be on Sunday (March, 28th) and we will have 2nd stage of Latvian Cup on Saturday just before it (March, 27). So it will be Kettlbell Lifting weekend :) I promise to write another post about it later! :)
So, as you see, life is going on. We are having multiple GS events and are doing our best to popularize our sport. It is quite hard to do it during the economical crisis, but we are using any possibility we can get.
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