Little Athletes Rewarded in Yıldırım

Yıldırım Municipality School Sports District Festival was organized in partnership with Yıldırım Municipality, Yıldırım District Governorate, Youth and Sports District Directorate and National Education District Directorate. Yıldırım Mayor Oktay Yılmaz, Yıldırım District Governor Metin Esen, District National Education Director Mustafa Sevinç, District Youth and Sports Director Mehmet Demirci, school principals and athletes participated. While awards were given to the students who ranked highest at the primary school level, sports equipment was distributed to all schools participating in the competition by Yıldırım Municipality. 39 students from 890 schools in the primary school category participated in the School Sports District Festival.

In the final match of the primary school competitions where the Final Competitions were held, the students of Naz Özdilek Primary School and Hasan Öztimur 75. Yıl Primary School faced each other. Naz Özdilek Primary School became the champion with a narrow margin. The winners among 944 athletes participating in the secondary school category will receive their trophies with the final program to be held next week. Stating that they will introduce sports to a total of 4 thousand 142 children with the School Sports District Festivals, Yıldırım Mayor Oktay Yılmaz said, “Our children and young people; Sports have a special importance in their physical, social and emotional development. For this reason, we continue our efforts to make Yıldırım a sports city and to spread sports to the grassroots. Since we took office in 2019, we have implemented 22 sports facilities, especially Bursa's largest sports complex, Naim Süleymanoğlu Sports Complex. We have 8 new projects in the coming period to make Yıldırım a shining city in sports. We will complete them and put them at the service of our fellow citizens. "Yıldırım is better with young people who do sports," he said.

SPORTS AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO 259 THOUSAND 458 PEOPLE

Stating that they have seen the fruits of their sports investments, Mayor Oktay Yılmaz said, “We are working for Yıldırım, where everyone from 7 to 70 can do sports and benefit from sports facilities. As of 2024; While the number of licensed athletes was 4 thousand 454, our athletes won 3 thousand 440 medals and 198 trophies. Sports and education services to 11 thousand 20 children in 169 different branches in the summer and winter sports schools we organize in 941 facilities, 32 thousand 166 children in social responsibility projects, 636 children with special needs and their families, 55 thousand 704 women in our women's sports centers, and a total of 259 thousand 458 citizens. we gave. The tournament we organized together with our Yıldırım District Governorate, Youth and Sports District Directorate and National Education District Directorate is extremely important in terms of revealing the point Yıldırım has reached in sports. "I would like to thank our schools and teachers who participated in the tournament, and I congratulate our children who had the courage to participate in the competition, regardless of whether they were successful or not," he said. Yıldırım District Governor Metin Esen said, "I would like to thank our Yıldırım Mayor for his support to sports." The program ended with the football competition and the giving of awards to the students who were successful in the skill track.