From 29th till 31st of August, a basketball tournament was held in the sports hall of Valka Jānis Cimze gymnasium, which is one of the activities of the Estonia-Latvia program project “Together in sports”.
Athletes from Valga, Valka and Smiltene municipalities participated in the tournament, as well as teams from Gulbene, Riga and the basketball team "Kadrina Karud” from Estonia. A total of 7 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament served as a series of friendly games so that the athletes could properly prepare for the upcoming basketball season, and also gave the teams an opportunity to improve their interplay as well as gain valuable game experience before the start of the season.
The basketball tournament is one of the Estonia-Latvia program projects “Together in sports”, No. EE-LV00009" activities. The project is implemented by Valka Municipality as the leading project partner together with the project partners Smiltene and Valga municipalities between 1st of August, 2023 and 30th of November, 2024.
Experience exchange visits for coaches and young athletes to Ventspils, coaches to Tartu – Otepi – Pärnu, a floorball tournament in Valka, a competition for track and field athletes in Valka, Valga and Smiltene, camps for football players and track and field athletes in Kääriku (Estonia) and a camp for basketball players in Alūksne have already been organized as part of the project.
The total budget of the project is EUR 87 500, including ERDF funding of EUR 70 000 or 80%, co-financing of project partners EUR 17 500 or 20%.
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