“When a child laughs, the whole world laughs” – the words of Janusz Korczak best reflect the importance of Children’s Day in Sportowo, which this year will have a special face. On 1 June, the Gdańsk Shipyard Sports Club, Primary School No. 35 with sports departments and Olivia Business Centre have the honour to invite the youngest to participate in numerous sports competitions, which are usually held during the Olympic Games. The competition will have a unique character, because its goal is great family fun, this time with the active participation of well-known and titled athletes from the Tri-City.

Young participants will have the opportunity to try their hand at football and badminton pitches, find out that athletics and roller hockey are just as exciting as cycling, rugby, gymnastics, rowing and sailing.

“We are glad that together with Olivia Business Centre and School No. 35 we can prepare a festival with so many different family attractions for the residents of Gdańsk. We focus on activity and preventive healthcare, so it is hardly surprising that sport is the main theme of our joint event – explains Marek Kostecki, President of GKS Stoczniowiec.

Energy and laughter will happen in every nook and cranny of the sports town. No one will be able to get bored here, because this important day will be full of attractions. On the stage there will be shows, presentations, meetings with interesting and amazing guests who are admired by the fans.

“We hope that the meeting with outstanding figures from the world of sport will instill a desire to be active. Children’s Day in Oliwa will be a great opportunity to find out what’s going on in the sports grass – reveals Dagmara Rybicka, Communication Manager at Olivia Business Centre.

Among the partners of the event we will see m.in. badminton star Kamila Augustyn , a participant of the Olympic Games in Beijing and London, who will face the daredevils of precise darts shots. Adrianna Dadci-Smoliniec, an Olympian from Athens, European Champion and multimedalist of the Polish Championships, will convince the participants that judo is fun. There will be a symbolic boxing ring, with Marcin ” Express” Marczak, a professional boxer and organizer of popular boxing galas. There’s something for everyone, so when you get bored with shadow fighting, it’s best to try spectacular free exercises, jumps and balance elements under the supervision of experienced coaches and MKS Gdańsk players. Fans of two wheels will be able to enjoy the RowerOver Association, which, in addition to insane attractions, has prepared an obstacle course and a workshop on how to move safely in road traffic.

The strength of the teams will be demonstrated by the basketball and futsal teams of AZS University of Gdańsk, Rugby Club Lechia Gdańsk, Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańskand School No. 35 , which for years has been referred to as a forge of talents in handball, figure skating and ice hockey. It is here, at the Gdańsk Shipyard ice rink in the Olivia Hall, that many world sports stars started their careers, with whom we will also meet on 1 June.

– The cooperation of our club with Olivia Business Centre is growing and tightening year by year, and in 2019 we are celebrating exactly half a century of cooperation with School No. 35. For my part, I assure you that we will take care of the “master” side of the project. I confirm the participation of GKS Stoczniowiec speed skaters, national champions, participants of the European and World Championships and the last Polish Games in Pyongchang, as well as representatives of our hockey teams, which celebrated the vice-championship of Poland in their age categories. I hope that the weather will be good for us, but if it rains, we are also prepared for this variant, then the festival will take place in the large Olivia Hall – says Marek Kostecki, President of GKS Stoczniowiec.

Children will be reminded that summer is approaching by water sports enthusiasts from the Gdańsk Sailing Club, specializing in windsurfing and the Optimists. The importance of daily activity will be explained by instructors from CityFit, who will conduct open fitness classes and competition on rowing ergometers. The referee in the duel will be Cezary Mrozowicz, medalist of the World Championships in the lightweight “eight”.

Watching it while cheering on the little ones in the game will be unique mascots. The Gdańsk Zoo has taken care of such a surprise for the youngest. There will be not only joint frolics, but also an opportunity to “high-five” a llama and a giraffe, compete in a race with a kangaroo, or take a photo with the lion king.

Young and old certainly already feel that sport is health. However, who knows how to put out a fire in the throat and if we have a lemon in our stomach? Who knows for sure how a bee sees? The answers to these and many other questions await the youngest in the world of science in the BayLab – Bayer Better Life zone, from which in a fraction of a second we will be able to move to a world full of adventure in virtual reality, being inside the human body, or hovering like a bee flying over a meadow.

Such a fantastic Children’s Day in Oliwa will end with fun on inflatables loved by the little ones and the most delicious ice cream, which always tastes special on June 1st! The multitude of attractions will surely bring joy and provide great fun, and a smile will stay on the faces of the participants of the event for a long time.

Children’s Day in Olivia was held under the Honorary Patronage of the Mayor of Gdańsk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz.

Detailed information about the attractions during Children’s Day at Sportowo can be found

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Partners:

Arrow Poland (official partner of the event); Bayer; Primary School No. 35 with sports classes in Gdańsk Oliwa; AZS University of Gdańsk – women’s basketball; AZS UG Futsal; UKS ADA JUDO FUN; Ring3city; MKS Gdansk; Garrison Badminton Club; AZS University of Gdansk; RC Lechia Gdansk; White and Green Ladies Gdansk; Gdansk Sailing Club; RowerOver; CityFit; gdansk.pl; Radio Gdańsk S.A.; Radio ESKA; Radio Golden Hits; Together Magazine – the hometown of the Tri-City; Stara Oliwa; Prestige Tri-City Magazine; Gdansk Community; Private Kindergarten “White Kitten”; Gdansk Zoological Garden;

Media patronage:

gdansk.pl; Radio Gdansk; Radio Eska; Radio Golden Hits; Together Magazine; Stara Oliwa; Prestige Magazine