Provincial leader visits and motivates athletes competing at the National Sports Festival

04/12/2018 14:10

(BNP) – In the afternoon of December 3rd, Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, Vice Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee visited and motivated Bac Ninh sports delegation to compete in the 8th National Sports Festival in Hanoi.

Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Phong awards VND 20 million to coach and wrestler Pham Sy Thu.

The 8th National Sports Festival took place from November 11th to December 10th and attracted more than 11,700 athletes, coaches and referees. The Festival held 36 sports with 743 competition contents.

Bac Ninh sports delegation sent 20 coaches and 87 athletes to compete in 10 out of 36 sports, setting goal of 6-7 gold medals. On December 3rd, Bac Ninh sports delegation competed in 8 out of 10 sports and won 11 medals of all kinds (1 gold medal, 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals).

 After directly participating in encouraging the athletes of the Bac Ninh sports delegation to compete in Karate, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phong met and motivated the board of coaches and athletes of the Bac Ninh sports delegation as well as hoped the coaches, athletes to continue overcoming all difficulties to accomplish the goal set out.

On this occasion, the Vice Chairman awarded a hot prize of VND 20 million to coach and athlete Pham Sy Thu, who just brought the first gold medal for Bac Ninh sports.