30.01.2009
A table tennis competition amongst officers and lower officers of the Russian Pacific Fleet kicked off yesterday at a station of the Fleet in Vladivostok. The competition is part of games that will pit members of the military apparatus of the Fleet and service staff against each other.
The games are meant to instill in officers and lower officers of the Fleet the practice of sport and improve their fitness, said Aleksei Pivachev, the head of physical education and sports at the Fleet. Such an approach would help officers and lower officers to better prepare to meet the physical requirements set before them and improve overall health.
Volleyball, mini-football, gymnastics, track and field and other competitions will be next. They will allow to determine the best collectives in the leadership and service staff of the Fleet.
Source:
On information provided by the information service of the Russian Pacific Fleet
Translation:
RusNavy.com
