Two oldies in the great final “Down Under”

By Karl-Johan Mattsson

The two best tennis players of all time met each other in a great battle in the Australian Open final. Who would have thought that? 

New sports disciplines

by Karolina Łosoń
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu


       Each of our project international meetings involves games and sports competitions. Are you aware that though, there is a wide range of sports disciplines, the number is still increasing? For example, in the Olympic Games in Tokyo (2020) five new categories are going to be introduced:
baseball (very popular in Japan), karate (with Japanese origins), skateboarding, climbing and surfing.

AN IDOL IN MY LIFE: Javier Gómez Noya, five times World Champion in triathlon.

By Lucía Loureiro Cela (4th year ESO).

Javier Gómez Noya was born in Basilea (Switzerland), in March 25th, 1983, but he moved to Ferrol, Spain, when he was 3 months old.
Javier studied and started practising sports in Pontevedra.

He discovered triathlon in 1998. He made his debut in the Olympic-distance triathlon at the age of 15. Javi's evolution was extremely fast; he won practically all the triathlon contests in which he participated in his category.

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However, he has gone through more than one obstacle on his climb to the top.

Sport in Bieruń

Bartłomiej Blacha
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu


I love sport especially swimming and skiing, so I was glad when I heard that international sports activities would be among main issues of the project. I took part in some of them during the mobility in Bieruń. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much time for sport due to a variety of project tasks. We have managed to use only the sports hall. Yet our town has got a wide range of places where you can do sport.

A sport born from the film: The Salute of the Jugger, by André Rey Vidal.

Jugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 movie The Salute of the Jugger, in which a game of the same name is played. The transformation into a real sport happened independently in Germany and in Australia.
 
                  

Criticized Championship

By Hannes Pitkänen & Anton Winnansson

The handball World Championship in Qatar 2015 played between 15^th January and 1^st February has in advance been characterized by rumours and scandals. Slavery and bribes are only a few examples of what has been talked about before the championship.

THE DROWNER'S RUN

by Sara Miernik, Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu


Every year at the beginning of January there is a huge charity festival in Poland. It is called the Grand Finale of Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. Without any doubts, it has become the biggest money collection event in our country. The day of Finale is very joyful with lots of free concerts and feasts. About 120 000 volunteers help to raise the money, which are spent for medical equipment and for supporting different medical national programmes.

THE HOMELESS PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS

by Daria Blacha, Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu

Winter came and the temperature in Poland often falls down below 0° C. Cold weather kills many people, mostly the homeless. At least 38 people have died in Poland since November.

According to the European Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA), there are at least 200,000 homeless people in Poland. “Only 10-15 percent of those people are able to find accommodation provided by organizations working with the homeless,” the group said. “The homeless often find themselves with no options for shelter or social services.”

A WORLD CHAMPION IN FERROL

By Pablo Loureiro Cela
4º DC - IES de Catabois - Ferrol (SPAIN)

   The Triathlon World Champion is one of us, people from Ferrol. Javier Gómez Noya won in Edmonton and got his fourth world title.

Javier Gómez Noya reaching the goal