The New Year’s Indoor Football Gala will take place on Saturday, January 8, at the sports hall in Nowogrodziec. The event is organized by the City and Municipality of Nowogrodziec and MLKS Chrobry Nowogrodziec. The gala is being produced by: Dariusz Wojtowicz, Zbigniew Skawrek and Damian Sawczak. The event will feature players from Zagłębie Lubin (and other top-flight football teams), the multiple-time Polish women’s football champions KS AZS Wrocław, pop music stars Sumptuastic, members of the Bolesławiec County Council and a team made up of the gala organizers’ former trainees.
The matches will be preceded by an indoor football tournament for junior players, featuring 100 young footballers from teams including Amico Lubin, UKP Zielona Góra, Górnik Polkowice, Baszty Wałbrzych, Górnik/Zagłębie Wałbrzych, Victoria Wałbrzych, Top Talent Wrocław and Chrobry Nowogrodziec. The Górnik/Zagłębie Wałbrzych team will be coached by 29-time Poland international Włodzimierz Ciołek.
In 2006, the event’s originators organized the football gala “Stars for Children”, and in 2008, the gala “Champions for Children”.
Gala program:
- 10:00–15:00 Junior Football Tournament for the Mayor of the City and Municipality of Nowogrodziec Cup
- 15:00–17:30 New Year’s Football Gala
- official opening of the event and presentation of prizes to the junior tournament winners
- exhibition match: Sumptuastic versus Polish football stars
- exhibition tournament for the Mayor of the City and Municipality of Nowogrodziec Cup.
The event’s media patron is the IstotneInformacje.pl portal and newspaper.
(SawSport/ii information)