On Saturday, 28 August, the 2nd Active Rehabilitation Sports Festival was held for the second consecutive year at the Water and Sports Centre on Spacerowa Street in Bolesławiec. Around 50 people took part in the event, including both children and adults from the Lower Silesian, Lubusz and Opole Voivodeships.

The event was organized by the Active Rehabilitation Foundation – Lower Silesian Region, the Bolesławiec County Office, the Municipal Sports and Recreation Centre in Bolesławiec, and the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport.

This year, participants in the Sports Festival could compete in disciplines including:

  • archery,
  • slalom,
  • obstacle slalom,
  • basketball,
  • a timed wheelchair race while blindfolded.

The sporting competition concluded with the Ceramic Cross, a wheelchair race. In addition to great fun, the organizers also prepared a demonstration of rehabilitation equipment and wheelchair servicing. Throughout the event, participants could have hot meals to regain their strength for the next competitions.

A huge surprise for the participants was a raffle in which two vouchers were awarded, each for two people, for a stay at the Milenium Complex in Kołobrzeg.

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The Sports Festival was not only an opportunity to meet and exchange experiences. It also offered a chance to spend time actively, experience genuine sporting competition and overcome personal weaknesses. The large number of athletes with disabilities showed that sport is an excellent form of social rehabilitation and an opportunity to break down stereotypes.

Bolesławiec County:

We sincerely thank all the volunteers, donors and organizers, and congratulate the winners! We hope that you will come to us in equally large numbers next year for another Active Rehabilitation Sports Festival!

The initiative prepared by the Active Rehabilitation Foundation was co-financed by funds from the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities transferred by Bolesławiec County.

List of winners in the individual categories:

SPORTS FESTIVAL

  • ages 4–10 – girls
    1. Agata Szlenkier
    2. Karolina Dul
    3. Julia Brauner
  • ages 4–10 – boys
    1. Adam Kliza
    2. Dawid Witczak
    3. Filip Gabrych
  • ages 11–16 – girls
    1. Julia Smusz
    2. Kinga Wójcik
    3. Magdalena Więcław
  • ages 11–16 – boys
    1. Adrian Rutkowski
    2. Paweł Bezruczka
    3. Oskar Piotrowski
  • ages 17+ – women
    1. Bogumiła Zając
    2. Patrycja Wiśniewska
    3. Dominika Jankowska
  • ages 17+ – men
    1. Kamil Pisarek
    2. Mariusz Adamczak
    3. Daniel Barczak.

CROSS

  • ages 4–10
    1. Dawid Witczak
    2. Karolina Dul
    3. Oskar Piotrowski
  • ages 11–16
    1. Magdalena Więcław
    2. Konrad Cyparski
    3. Kinga Wójcik
  • ages 17+
    1. Tomasz Łyko
    2. Mariusz Adamczak
    3. Kamil Pisarek.

We invite you to view the extensive photo report from the event!