“Neftchi Sports 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 XXIV Spartakiade of
oil, gas and chemistry workers are being held.29 teams of the company are taking
part in the event. In this prestigious competition, More than 1241 (235 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 armwrestling). The competitions
will be held in the Training-Sports Complex named after Tofig Ismailov,
Surakhani settlement, in the kind of swimming competitions will be held in the”Start”
Sport Complex (near “Neftchilar” Metro station). The Spartakiade, which
started on 5 September, will finish its works on the 11th day of the month.The grand opening ceremony of the spartakiade will be held inTofig
Ismayilov Olympic Training-Sports Complex on September 6 at 16:00.