Promoting the core role of sports organizations

Over the years, the activities of sports organizations from the provincial to grassroots levels have played an important role in the development of the provincial sports movement. The province currently has 4 provincial sports organizations and 355 grassroots clubs.

Development in both quantity and quality

Chairman of the Provincial Karate Federation Duong Manh Hung said that after the 1st Congress of the Quang Tri Provincial Karate Federation, term 2023-2028 in May 2023, the federation has focused on consolidating the grassroots movement, taking clubs and martial arts schools as the center, and the forces participating in training as the core to develop the Karate movement in localities and schools, associated with improving professional quality, creating strong development for the following years.

The Provincial Sports Cycling Club actively practices to participate in the Peace Parade Day, the 2024 Quang Tri Provincial Cycling Race "Hoa Binh Destination" taking place in June 2024 - Photo: M.Đ

Implement well the policy of socializing physical education and sports for Karate; improve the quality of coach training to gradually improve the professional level of martial arts students, access the best training methods and new teaching techniques to improve the quality of the movement. Always combine the improvement of professional training quality at clubs with moral education and life skills, improving the physical fitness of martial arts students.

Strengthen exchanges between clubs in the federation, expand exchanges with localities to select athletes, focus on specialized training to participate in tournaments organized by industries, localities and countries.

Up to now, the Provincial Karate Federation has a complete organizational system from the provincial to the district and club levels; the Executive Committee includes martial artists, prestigious people in Karate activities and heads of district-level branches.

Currently, the province has 9/10 districts, towns and cities with Karate branches; under the branches there are 38 clubs, with more than 1,200 martial artists. The clubs focus on organizing tournaments to learn from each other; organize and coordinate the organization of professional training courses, belt and rank exams...

The province currently has 4 sports organizations, including: Provincial Karate Federation, Provincial Traditional Martial Arts Association, Provincial Tennis Federation, Provincial Sports Cycling Club operating in accordance with the set principles and goals, strongly spreading the spirit of health training in the community.

In particular, the highlight of the quality of grassroots sports organizations is that many athletes and coaches who once competed at the highest level in their sports careers have now returned to their hometowns to open clubs, continuing to contribute to the province's sports, of which Mr. Nguyen Truc is an example.

During the years 1995-1997, Mr. Nguyen Truc achieved many outstanding achievements in individual chess competitions at provincial tournaments. At the National Sports Festival in Hanoi in 1995, he was awarded the title of National Level 1 Athlete. Passionate about chess and wanting to pass on his passion to the younger generation, Mr. Truc founded the Dong Le Chess Club with 65 members. He is also the founder and administrator of the Facebook page "Chess Group" with more than 34,500 members. The club is focusing on training members to develop their skills, creating good cores to develop the chess movement widely throughout the province.

According to records, the number of grassroots sports clubs in the province has increased rapidly and is constantly developing in quality as well as diversifying operating models. Currently, there are 355 grassroots sports clubs operating effectively in many different sports such as volleyball, football, badminton, table tennis, zumba, aerobics..., contributing to creating more living environments and places for regular sports practice for the people. In addition, the whole province has more than 150 enterprises and business households operating in the field of production and business of sports services, contributing more resources to the development of sports.

Promote the core role

Along with promoting the development of the Karate movement at the grassroots level, the Provincial Karate Federation always pays attention to training good athletes to participate in regional and national sports competitions; at the same time, coordinates with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize many provincial sports competitions.

Promoting the core role of sports organizations

The Karate Club of the Provincial Children's House is the place to train and nurture many key players for the Quang Tri Provincial Karate Team - Photo: M.Đ

In 2023, the Federation will organize the Provincial Karate Age Group Tournament, gathering 304 athletes from 16 delegations, competing for 65 sets of medals in Kumite and Kata; coordinate with the Department of Education and Training to organize a Karate demonstration at the opening ceremony and Karate competition - the 7th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival in April 2024.

In addition, the Provincial Karate Federation also cooperates with the Provincial Sports Training and Competition Center to participate in many national high-performance sports tournaments such as: National Youth Karate Championship, National Karate Championship of Strong Clubs, Central - Central Highlands Karate Championship...

Head coach of the Provincial Karate Team Le Chi Vu shared: “The fact that the Provincial Karate Federation plays a core role in training athletes and organizing provincial sports competitions for martial artists helps us select the best athletes for the Provincial Karate Team.

Athletes who grew up from the clubs and were then trained in the Provincial Karate Team have competed and achieved many high results in regional and national sports competitions. Recently, the Provincial Karate Team competed in the 2024 Central Highlands Karate Championship and won 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, and 7 bronze medals. Currently, the team has 13 athletes, including athlete Le Thi Thuy Ngan, who is honored to wear the Vietnam Youth Karate Team jersey.

The strong mark of the sports organizations in the whole province is the training of better quality athletes and organizing high-quality tournaments for Quang Tri sports. Typically, the Provincial Traditional Martial Arts Association and the Provincial Tennis Federation organize provincial tournaments; many clubs organize internal sports tournaments and expand to attract athletes from all over the country to compete. From the talent training system and through these tournaments, many good athletes have been selected for Quang Tri sports to participate in regional, national and international tournaments with high achievements.

Notably, martial artist Ngoc Phuong of the Provincial Traditional Martial Arts Association won 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal at the 7th International Festival of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts; athlete Tran Van Nhat of the Gio Linh District Traditional Martial Arts Association won 2 gold medals at the Vietnam Young Talent Martial Arts Tournament in 2022, 2023 and 1 gold medal at the Hoang Long Traditional Martial Arts Cup in 2024.

Head of the Department of Sports Management, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Do Nhu Hoai said that sports organizations from the province to the grassroots level are operating effectively, creating momentum for the province's sports movement to continue to develop.

Through the activities and movements, enthusiastic and widespread, talented and qualified athletes have been discovered and selected to join the province's high-performance sports team; gradually improving the qualifications of referees and coaches in terms of technical and tactical systems, becoming active cores in building and developing the mass sports movement.

In the coming time, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue to direct, guide and support sports organizations to operate more strongly and effectively; at the same time, encourage spontaneous sports organizations and clubs with full facilities and conditions to complete procedures in accordance with regulations to submit to superiors for decisions to establish official associations, federations and clubs; organize and operate activities with high professionalism, thereby contributing to bringing the position of Quang Tri sports to new heights.

Nguyen Minh Duc

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