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Mrs. Silvia Gašparovičová introduced to public the pilot project of her foundation in the field of sport „Let´s open the doors of golf courts to children“. This press conference took place on 15th February 2007 in the Hotel ECHO in Bratislava.
„We are convinced we will push our youth into the nature for doing some sport and also realize the the idea of golf as mass sport for everybody“, said Mrs. Gašparovičová at the beginning of the presentation of the pilot project „Let´s open the doors of golf courts to children“.
The Slovak Foundation of Silvia Gašparovičová – Education and Health for Everybody has as one of its aims the improvement of sport and sporting activities of children and youth. Many own projects are prepared and many sport projects were already supported. Aim of the presented project is to get golf into schools as a part of the education process by creating sport classes aimed at golf with curriculums for all types of schools. The first class aimed at golf will start in September 2007 at the Private Slavic Gymnasium in Bratislava.
Many other schools want to become a part of this project – they create areas for a driving range and mini golf courts. Students show big interest for golf playing and playing at golf tournaments at golf courts in Slovakia. The Slovak Foundation of Silvia Gašparovičová – Education and Health for Everybody together with other co-workers dediced to found the Junior Golf Association of Slovakia (AJGOS) for roofing and uniting these activities. This association will be a part of the Slovak Golf Association (SKGA) who supports this project.
At the press conference Mrs. Gašparovičová and other representatives of the foundation, SKGA and the Slavic gymnasium highlighted the fact that golf is a healthy sport that offers the possibility of spending free-time with active movement in a beautiful nature. We have to overcome the persuasion golf is an „elite sport“ in Slovakia. In the whole Europe this sport is a mass sport for all classes of age. In Czech Republic propagation of golf possibilities is a part of tourism propagation of the whole country. |
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