Penza schoolchildren performed well at the tourist rally

The competition program of the Meeting began with a serious test: the participants passed the distance in sports orienteering in the discipline of “choice”. Young tourists had to find 20 checkpoints on the six-kilometer highway. All the teams did the job.

In the individual standings, the winners and prize-winners were representatives of Brest, Grodno and Minsk regions, as well as Kaluga, Bryansk and Tambov regions. In the team standings in the top three leaders - teams of the Tambov region, Minsk and Vitebsk region.

The team of the Penza region showed a decent result and took 7th place among the 37 participating teams.

The evening program was creative. At the contest of the teams’ representations “People – unity, that birds – wings”, the participants showed artistry, a high level of training, originality and cohesion of the teams.

Today promises to be no less intense. The main event will be a historical moment: for the first time in the history of the rally, a mixed relay at pedestrian distances will be held for the prizes of the President of the Federation of Sports Tourism of Russia Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov.

In addition, competitions in sports tourism in the discipline “distance-pedestrian-group”, a competition of local historians will be held and the presentation of teams will continue.