The XXV Spartakiade of oil, gas and chemical industry workers organized by the “Neftchi Sports Club” has begun today.Our club organizes competitions on various kinds of sport among oil, gas and chemical industry workers on memorable days of the year.One of these events is Spartakiade held each year in September, on the eve of the professional holiday of oil workers with the aim of Popularization of sport, healthy growth of young people, and the organization of leisure time of the oil workers ( 20 September – Oil Workers Day).This year, the XXV Spartakiade of oil, gas and chemistry workers are being held. 31 teams of the company are taking part in the event. In this prestigious competition, More than 1238 (201 women) participants will compete in 14 kinds of sports (mini-football, athletics, swimming, volleyball, streetball, stonelifting, chess, checker, backgammon, table tennis, darts, rope pulling, shooting and foot tennis). The competitions will be held at the Garadagh Training Base, located in Lokbatan, swimming competitions will be held at the”Start” Sport Complex (near “Neftchilar” Metro station) and shooting competitions will be held at the Training-Sports Complex named after Tofig Ismailov, Surakhani. The Spartakiade, which started on the 11th September, will finish on the 17th day of the month.The grand opening ceremony of the spartakiade will be organized at the Garadagh Training Base, located in Lokbatan on the 12th September at 16:00.