“Gdynia, as a birthplace of Polish armwrestling, organizes the armwrestling tournaments for the following time. This time the 10th  Jubilee Polish Armwrestling Championships – Gdynia 2010 are going to take place in sports hall of GSaRC at Olimpijska 5/9 Street. On the 10th and 11th of April 2010 over 250 Polish armwrestlers will come to Gdynia to fight in multiple weight and age classes. Also experienced sportsmen will take part in the tournaments. There will be no accidental competitors. The best Polish armwrestlers will compete for the title of the Polish Champion and the permission to start at European and World Championships” – that is how the organizers’ representative - Paweł Podlewski begun a press conference in Gdynia Town Council today (29-03-2010).

“Gdynia is the place where the first Polish Championships took place and where the first professional armwrestling club UKS Złoty Tur- Gdynia, which is still running, has been created. So it’s no wonder that we have decided to organize the 10th Polish Armwrestling Championships in Gdynia.

And with the cooperation and support, also the financial one, of the President of the city of Gdynia it is possible” - Paweł Podlewski continued.

The special guest of the conference was the strongest Pole of 2008 and 2009, the representative of the hosts - Grzegorz Nowak from Gdynia. He is the one who was asked the most questions about him and our sports disciline by the journalists.

“I got to know about Armwrestling by the accident. After a car accident, when I had a tough and long rehabilitation  (note: Grzegorz has one leg shorter), because of my disability not all the sports disciplines were possible for me to practise. I got to like Armwrestling from the very beginning. At the beginning I practised just for fun. I did not even wanted to take part in the competitions. Then the first successes at the table and training ones came. Tough trainings and my stubbornness made me achieve so much” – said Grzegorz Nowak inter alia.

The 10th Polish Championships will take place soon in the sports hall of Gdynia Sports and Recreation Centre in Gdynia. On the 10th of April right hand rivalry will take place. One day later the left hand rivalry will take place. The starts will begin at 11.00 a.m. and the semi finals and cup-finals will take place in the afternoon. Admission free.

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