The competitions were organized by the Association of Former Soldiers of the 62nd Special Commando Company, with the support of the 23rd Silesian Artillery Regiment. Twenty-four teams representing schools from Lower Silesia and Lubusz Voivodeships that educate young people in uniformed classes took part in the sporting competition—nearly 300 students in total.

View photo: Shooting tournament and sports-and-defense competitions marking the centenary of the restoration of independence at the training facilities of the 23rd Silesian Artillery Regiment in Bolesławiec View photo: Shooting tournament and sports-and-defense competitions marking the centenary of the restoration of independence at the training facilities of the 23rd Silesian Artillery Regiment in Bolesławiec View photo: Shooting tournament and sports-and-defense competitions marking the centenary of the restoration of independence at the training facilities of the 23rd Silesian Artillery Regiment in Bolesławiec

From the morning hours, the young participants competed in shooting with long- and short-barreled air guns. At the fitness stations, students also had to demonstrate their knowledge of the construction, disassembly and assembly of weapons, the construction of hand grenades, and timed magazine loading and unloading.

At subsequent stations, they completed a sapper course, threw grenades and practiced individual and team drill. The several-hour competition concluded with the Independence Run.

Summing up the shooting tournament and sports-and-defense competitions, the acting commander of the 23rd Artillery Regiment, Lt. Col. Witold Zawadzki, and the vice-president of the Association of Former Soldiers of the 62nd Special Commando Company, Bogdan Fiałkowski, thanked the participants for the sporting rivalry and fighting spirit, referring to the centenary celebrations of the restoration of independence. The winners of the individual events were honored with trophies and material prizes.

The tournament concluded with a hand-to-hand combat demonstration performed by soldiers of the 23rd Artillery Regiment and American soldiers stationed in the Bolesławiec barracks. Soldiers of both nations practice combat elements and other close-combat techniques under the supervision of military instructor Senior Private Mateusz Gawura, and the demonstration received considerable appreciation from both the students and the competition organizers.

The competition produced the following results in the overall classification of the shooting tournament:

  1. Complex of Economic and Technical Schools named after the Combatants of the Lwówek Land in Rakowice Wielkie (team no. 12)
  2. Complex of Economic and Technical Schools named after the Combatants of the Lwówek Land in Rakowice Wielkie (team no. 11)
  3. Complex of Technical and Secondary Schools in Piechowice (team no. 5).

Results in the overall classification of the girls’ march run:

  1. Patrycja Taratura from the Uniformed Services High School in Wrocław
  2. Sandra Sidorowicz from the Uniformed Services High School in Wrocław
  3. Wiktoria Kroczak from the Uniformed Services High School in Wrocław.

In the overall classification of the boys’ march run:

  1. Bartosz Stępień from the Logistics Schools Complex in Wrocław
  2. Filip Nowacki from the Complex of Economic and Technical Schools named after the Combatants of the Lwówek Land in Rakowice Wielkie
  3. Aleksander Zawada from the Complex of Economic and Technical Schools named after the Combatants of the Lwówek Land in Rakowice Wielkie.

The shooting tournament and sports-and-defense competitions marking the centenary of the restoration of independence were co-financed by the Ministry of National Defence.