The Regional Athletics Games and Motor Skills Day, organized for the fifteenth time by Powiatowy Zespół Szkół i Placówek Specjalnych in Bolesławiec, took place on May 22 at Zespół Szkół Handlowych i Usługowych. The event was held under the honorary patronage of the county head Cezary Przybylski.
The following helped conduct the competition: Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji, Międzyszkolny Klub Sportowy „Boleslavia” and the Sports Department at Powiatowe Centrum Edukacji i Kształcenia Kadr.
Participants in the games included those supported by Warsztaty Terapii Zajęciowej in Bolesławiec, II Środowiskowy Dom Samopomocy in Bolesławiec, Zespół Placówek Edukacyjno-Wychowawczych in Lwówek Śl., Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy in Zgorzelec and Zespół Szkół i Placówek Oświatowych in Lubin.
The event aimed to integrate communities of children and young people with intellectual disabilities and provide an opportunity to showcase the motor skills of people with physical disabilities. Competitors took part in events such as target throwing, tug-of-war, obstacle-course races, tunnel races and ball rolling. They also competed in the 60-metre race, the 400-metre race (girls), the 800-metre race (boys), the long jump and the medicine-ball throw.
The games were enhanced by a performance from the hosts—students of PZSiPS and winners of the 11th Regional Recitation Competition. Sports-themed poems were recited by: Jacek Gąsieniec, Tomasz Bochenek and Martyna Białowąs.
(information: Starostwo Powiatowe w Bolesławcu/ii)