Healthy Lifestyle
It is the tradition of UBC Commission
on Sport to award annual grants for the organisation of
sporting events. While allocating the grants, the Commission
takes into consideration various priorities being in accordance
with topical tendencies.
 In
2005 the Commission on Sport paid special attention to sports
projects promoting healthy lifestyle, which complied with
the topic of the 10th Jubilee Annual Meeting of Commission
on Sport, namely Healthy Lifestyle through Sport. The meeting
was held this April in Klaipeda (Lithuania).
Healthy Lifestyle through Sport grants people
were awarded to raise awareness of the importance of sport
as an integral element of healthy lifestyle and to promote
healthy lifestyle practices, particularly in connection
with sport. Their aim was to encourage people, especially
the young, to lead a healthy lifestyle by playing sports
as well as to reinforce importance of sports in maintaining
health.
During this year's meeting the Commission
allocated grants of total amount of 5 000 EUR for the realisation
of the following five sports projects:
- Table Tennis a Way to Healthy Lifestyle, organised in
Koszalin, Poland from May 15 to June 11, 2005 (awarded
1000 EUR)
- Summer Beach Tournaments, organised in Gdynia (Poland)
from June 27 to August 26, 2005 (awarded 1000 EUR)
- Liepaja Sporting Weekend, organised in Liepaja (Latvia)
on July 16, 2005 (awarded 1000 EUR)
- International Youth Day 2005, organised in Parnu (Estonia)
onAugust 12, 2005 (awarded 1000 EUR)
- Go in f or Sports and You Will Live Healthy, organised
in Panevezys (Lithuania) on August 10-28, 2005 (awarded
1000 EUR) Altogether 4740 competitors participated in
sporting activities organised within the awarded projects.
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