On the 9th of December 2009, thanks to the coopereation of Students’ Sports Złoty Tur Gdynia Club and the Cooling and Electronic Schools Complex (Zespołem Szkół Chłodniczych i Elektronicznych) in Gdynia at Sambora 48 Street and the physical education teacher - mgr Maciej Sośnicki we have managed to organize the Gdynia School Championships, more precisely the 9th Gdynia Post Gymnasium Armwrestling Championships ant the 6th Gdynia Gymnasium Armwrestling Championships.

At this year’s rivalry of the students of schools from Gdynia we could observe the sportsmen from Gdynia at the armwrestling table many times. Many of the physical education teachers organized  domestic tournaments as a form of training and the way to select representatives of each school before the championships in December. In the assembly hall of ZCHiE on the 9th of December the best of the best from each school to start off. In four age classes of gymnasium students (boys 2nd, 3rd and Open class, girls 2nd, 3rd and Open class) 26 of them started. Whereas in 7 weight classes of post gymnasium students (boys: up to 63, up to 70, up to 78, up to 86 and over 86kg, and girls: up to 55, over 55kg) 55 of them started. The competitors fought off only for right hand and each school could have only one representative in each class.

The whole rivalry took place at two tables simultaneously and was very matched. Many of young talents, who often reached podium turned up themselves in the discipline. Predominance over the others had as usually the competitors training in UKS Złoty Tur Gdynia Club. That proves that only the hard work can work a dream.

Apart from the individual rivalry, where young sportsman could medals, diplomas, and material prizes founded by the Gdynia Town Council, GOSiR and Evi-Med company from Gdynia, school in the general team classification contended for the main prize which was the professional armwrestling table founded by Mazurenko Armwrestling Promotion Sp. z o.o. company from Gdynia and the company producing supplements for sportsmen – FitMax with Igor Mazurenko and Janusz Piechowski in the vanguard. The great winner for the first time was the 4th Grammar School in Gdynia. In their hands went the new professional full-scale armwrestling table. The host so the Cooling and Electronic Schools Complex (Zespołem Szkół Chłodniczych i Elektronicznych) in Gdynia ranked second. The brown medal of team classification of 2009 went to the Building Schools Complex (Zespołowi Szkół Budowlanych).

Among gymnasiums, the 13th Gymnasium turned to be the best. The second was the Bajano Gymnasium and the third was the 13th Gymnasium. Congratulations!

Scores available at: SCORES section of our web site.