OREANDA-NEWS. September 7, 2011. Anapa hosted today a festive opening of the 4th Summer Children's Spartakiada Games of Gazprom.

Taking part in the ceremony were Mikhail Sereda, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee – Head of the Management Committee Administration of Gazprom; Rim Suleimanov – Director General of Gazprom dobycha Urengoy and Tatyana Yevsikova – Head of Anapa resort city municipality.

The Spartakiada Games brought together teams from 20 subsidiary companies and organizations of Gazprom. They will compete in four kinds of sports: track and field athletics, swimming, table tennis and foosball. The total number of the Spartakiada Games participants and guests exceeds 1,000 people.
Background

Gazprom holds Winter and Summer Spartakiada Games annually. The events take place in cities with the presence of Gazprom's subsidiaries. Both senior and junior Spartakiada Games are held among the employees of Gazprom's subsidiaries and units, and among children active in sports clubs of Gazprom's subsidiaries, respectively.

The main aim of the Spartakiada Games is establishing a healthy lifestyle of Gazprom's team, and young generation as well. The Spartakiada Games provide for sharing the experience in the development of physical training and mass sports, maintaining sports traditions.

Gazprom dobycha Urengoy is the initiator of the 4th Summer Children's Spartakiada Games of Gazprom.