European Week of Sports, Our Part - #BeActive

On a sunny day in 2022, the garden of Şemsettin Fatma Çamoğlu Middle School played host to a truly special event as part of the European Week of Sports: a wheelchair basketball match featuring Turkish and Greek disabled athletes. Organized in partnership with sports clubs that work on international projects under the Erasmus+ Sport Program of the European Commission, the friendly match drew a large crowd of excited students and teachers.

The Friendly Match Between The Two Teams

The match was officiated by Georgios Makris, former captain of the Greek National Wheelchair Basketball Team, and featured participation from the Greek Club of Physical Disabilities Sports, Çanakkale Boğazgücü Disabilities Youth and Sports Club, Active Youth and Sports Club, and Esenler Youth and Sports Club, in addition to the host Şemsettin Fatma Çamoğlu Middle School. In the end, friendship was the true winner of the match, with all players receiving support and encouragement from the entire student and teacher body of Şemsettin Fatma Çamoğlu Middle School.The match was officiated by Georgios Makris, former captain of the Greek National Wheelchair Basketball Team, and featured participation from the Greek Club of Physical Disabilities Sports, Çanakkale Boğazgücü Disabilities Youth and Sports Club, Active Youth and Sports Club, and Esenler Youth and Sports Club, in addition to the host Şemsettin Fatma Çamoğlu Middle School. In the end, friendship was the true winner of the match, with all players receiving support and encouragement from the entire student and teacher body of Şemsettin Fatma Çamoğlu Middle School.

Even the administrators, including school director Şuayip Akman and the presidents of the Greek Club of Physical Disabilities Sports and the Çanakkale Boğazgücü Disabilities Youth and Sports Club, Kostas Siachos and Ali Yasin Zengin, respectively, were in attendance to show their support as spectators. It was a truly heartwarming and inspiring event, made possible by the hard work and dedication of all involved.

What is the European Week of Sport?

Every year from 23 to 30 September, the European Week of Sport promotes more active, healthier lifestyles to millions of people in Europe and beyond.

About the European Week of Sport

#BeActive all year long - not just for The Week. Every year, the European Week of Sport helps to tackle the inactivity crisis by encouraging Europeans to embrace a healthy and active lifestyle. The European Week of Sport was launched in 2015 to respond to the growing crisis of inactivity. Sport and physical activity makes a significant contribution to the well-being of European citizens.

Unfortunately, the level of physical activity is stagnating and even declining in some countries.

No matter who we are and what we do, even slight increases in regular, physical activity can have a profound impact on our long-term health.

The Week exists to improve awareness of the importance an active lifestyle has for everyone.

The European Week of Sport is designed to give people around Europe and across the world a springboard into being active.

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