Winter Sport Camp in SLOVAKIA
We organized Winter Sport Camp for 23 people between 18-35 years old – foreigners living in Slovakia and Slovaks together. We wanted to give them chance to meet people from different background, countries, cultures and learn various winter sports together!
We learnt skiing and snowboarding together 🙂 In the afternoon and evenings, we had various getting-know each other activities, teambuilding games, interactive competitions, building snowmans, exploring nature etc. In the evenings we danced, chatted, explored our cultures and countries
Very positive feedback from participants gained through anonymous questionnaires or public reviews on social media make us encouraged to organize similar camps in the future.
Winter Sport Camp in Croatia
Rijeka Ski Club organized a ski school on Platak , winter 2019., for those who are least able to afford sports activities like skiing. 13 children attended the ski school. With the Center for the Culture of Dialogue and its leader Sandra Grozdanov, cooperation was provided and a targeted group of children was ensured, primarily those living in poor socio-economic conditions and unable to afford sports and recreational activities such as skiing. Through a five-day stay at Platak and a ski school, children did have the opportunity to develop motor skills, stay in the snow, learn to ski and strengthen their confidence, all with the instructors and professors of kinesiology from the Rijeka Ski Club.
Departure from Rijeka at 8:00 in front of the Ski Club Rijeka, arrival on Platak 8:30, rent and inspection of equipment. Duration of ski school from 9:30 to 14:30 (5 hours). Lunch 2:30 pm-3:30pm. Rental of equipment. Last day organization and skiing competition on the Radeševo ski lane. Competition duration 50 min. The rest of the day exercising a ski technique.
The program includes: transportation between Rijeka and Platak – Rijeka, all-day skiing school, ski pass, equipment rental, final sports competition, graduation, full board at the boarding house, breakfast, lunch and dinner, supervision, guiding and organizing trips. We have provided complete ski equipment for children from the financial assistance of this project.
We had a chance to take the kids to the Ski World Cup competition in Croatia, called the Audi FIS Ski World Cup “Snow Queen Trophy” 2020, which took place at the Sljeme Ski Resort in Zagreb, on Saturday 04 January 2020, in the slalom for women, and on Sunday , 05 January 2020, in the slalom for men. Member of our ski club “Rijeka” representative Ida Štimac participated in the competition so the experience was even greater!
WINTER SPORT CAMP BULGARIA
In the period 09 – 14 of February 2021, in the mountain resort of Borovets, Bulgaria. Borovets resort is one of the largest ski centers AND the oldest mountain resort in Bulgaria. It is situated at 1,300 meters above sea level on the northern slopes of Rila Mountain, about 70 kilometers from Sofia city.
Bulgarian sports development association organized Winter Sports Camp for 18 people between 18-35 years old. Participants in the Camp were young people with disadvantaged backgrounds and limited opportunities. The participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the magic of snow sports, try different snow sports such as skiing, snowboarding, and participate in several NFE sessions.
Aim of the Winter Sports Camp was to provide the opportunity to participants to meet people from different cities with different backgrounds and levels of education living in Bulgaria and to get acquainted with the assistance of experienced experts in the field of winter and snow sports with various winter and snow sports together.
Learning the winter sports approach was based on lectures, discussions, question and answer sessions, video sessions and presentations by experienced speakers, different practical sessions, outdoor winter sports practice, winter sport contest, final evaluation, and first steps in skiing and snowboarding. In their free time, the participants had the opportunity to participate in various NFE sessions, mountain trips, and exchange good practices, ideas, and impressions from winter and snow sports. Participants had the opportunity to meet Bulgarian athletes in skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and biathlon, from whom they received various and valuable information.
During the winter sports camp, the following sports and training sessions were held – teambuilding activities, how to survive in the mountains, rules and behavior during snowstorms and heavy snowfall, first aid, introduction to informal learning, first steps in winter sports, theory and practice in alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing by experienced and proven experts in winter sports. The focus of the program and training sessions was to encourage the attitude and motivation of young people to participate in winter and ice sports and, at the same time, explore the educational dimension of winter sports.
WINTER SPORT CAMP ITALY
Participants who come from rural areas had the opportunity to practice various activities and winter sports. For example:
Getting to know each other and icebreaking games
Cross country skiing – explanation of basic technic and practice
SNOWSHOEING – explanation of basic techniques, snowshoe walking in a dedicated course
Various leisure activities in the snow – walk in the snow, snowman competition, homemade
sleigh, thermoregulation.
Before & After online activities
MVNGO organized two online meetings with the participants of Winter Sports Camp. The goal of the PREPARATORY MEETING was to introduce the project, its aims and goals and the Winter Sports Camp program; to provide practical information; and answer participants’ questions. The goal of the CONCLUSIVE MEETING was to gather feedback from the participants regarding
practical matters; to go through what participants learned; to provide an overall evaluation of the Winter Sports Camp.
MVNGO thanks Erasmus+ for the financial support in organizing the project WINTER SPORT IS COMING; the staff of Bielmonte Ski Club for providing equipment, technical explanation and support in general; all participants to the Winter Sports Camp in Bielmonte for their enthusiasm!