A regular meeting of the Lepel District Council of Deputies was dedicated to the consideration of a number of pressing issues. The first of these was devoted to the topic "On the organisation of physical culture and health-improving work with the population, the development of sports and tourism, and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in the territory of Slobodsky rural council".
Participants of the field meeting of the presidium of the district council familiarised themselves with the organisation of physical culture and health-improving services in the agro-town of Sloboda.
The sports hall, a comprehensive sports ground – a football field with a running track, volleyball and basketball courts, and a gymnastics area, as well as a adapted room for fitness classes, are operational at the Sloboda secondary school-kindergarten.
Both schoolchildren and adults gladly attend sections and clubs for football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and fitness. Rural teams regularly participate in various competitions and sports games. Year-round sports games among rural councils and agro-towns have gained great popularity among the local population.
This year, the team of the agro-town of Sloboda took first place in the athletics relay race for the prizes of the district newspaper "Lepelsky Krai", and also repeatedly took prize-winning places in various competitions and tournaments.
On that day, a rural sports game was organised at the stadium of the agro-town of Sloboda, in which seven teams from agro-towns – Bobrovo, Kamen, Staroye Lyadno, Stay, Gorok, etc. – participated. Rural athletes demonstrated their physical fitness in mini-football competitions and athletics, and took part in a combined relay race. Thus, in mini-football, the team of the agro-town of Kamen took first place, Sloboda took second, and the team of Gorok took third. In the overall team standings, first place was awarded to the team of the agro-town of Sloboda, second to Gorok, and third to Staroye Lyadno. For prize-winning places in the respective stages of the sports game, the teams received Diplomas from the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, as well as medals. The teams that took prize-winning places in the overall team standings received Diplomas and commemorative gifts.