10:06, 26/06/2013

Sacombank run for community health in Nha Trang

“Sacombank run for community health”, held every summer for 6 six years, has contributed in developing sports movement in Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa.

“Sacombank run for community health”, held every summer for 6 six years, has contributed in developing sports movement in Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa. This year, the tournament has improved its quality and the number of participants, creating a competitive atmosphere.

The tournament, taking place on June 21, was competed by more than 600 runners from 30 units in Nha Trang. There were 6 events, including run in team, run for journalists, run for individual teenagers, run for teenager teams, run for children and run for child teams. The athletes took three races of 1 kilometer, 2 kilometers and 4 kilometers.

The new feature of this year’s tournament was the run for journalists in the province. “In previous years, Sacombank run was only for children and teenagers to promote run movement. The additional run this year aims to create a playground for journalists”, said Nguyen Tuan Thanh, director of Nha Trang Culture – Sports Center.

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Two journalists of Khanh Hoa Newspaper  at the run.

During the tournament, the atheles played with all their strength and got good result, raising the quality of the competition. The active competition of the journalists made the tournament more interesting.

Head of Phuoc Dong Commune team Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh said, “In comparison with previous years, the quality this year has risen obviously. There is no too big gap between movement runners and trained athletes. The higher prizes also have encouraged the competition. It’s a useful playground for children and teenagers in the summer.”

Finally, beside individual prizes, the organization board presented the first prize for team to Phuoc Dong Commune. The second and the third belonged to Vinh Phuoc Ward and SOS Village.

T.T