The jubilee Twentieth Sports Festival with International Participation was held from June 5 to June 9, 2024, in Sts. Constantine and Helena Resort, Bulgaria. The festival was organized by Bulgarian Workers’ Federation “Sport and Health” with cooperation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB).
900 persons from 40 organizations participated in the festival, representing 8 countries: Bulgaria, Israel, Lithuania, Mexico, Northern Macedonia, Portugal, Romania and Serbia.
The festival program included competitions in 16 kinds of sports: mini football, volleyball, beach volleyball, bowling, basketball (streetball), swimming, tennis, beach tennis, table tennis, chess, bridge, darts, petanque, sports backgammon, tug of war and relay “Fast together”.
The complex ranking by nations was won by the representatives of NPP Kozloduy, who gathered a total of 171 points. The second place was taken by INDET (Mexico) with 35 points, and the third by Sindicatul Energia Moldova (Romania) with 13 points. The Fairplay Cup of Nations was won by Sindicatul Energia Moldova (Romania) for men and Clube Portugal Telecom (Portugal) for women.
The complex ranking for the “Prof. Dr. Zhelyazko Hristov” Cup was won by the players of Workers’ Club “Sport and Health – Kardjali” with 102 points, followed by TPP Maritsa Iztok 2 with 67 points and Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure with 41 points. The “Prof. Dr. Zhelyazko Hristov” Fairplay Cup was won by Bulgarian National Television for men and Eurobank Bulgaria for women.
The winners in the competitions received their awards from Mrs. Daniela Alexieva – Vice-President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), Mrs. Desislava Yagodin – President of Bulgarian Workers’ Federation “Sport and Health”, Mrs. Anastasia Taskova – member of the Managing Board of Bulgarian Workers’ Federation “Sport and Health”, Prof. Pablo Reyes Osorio – Executive Secretary of INDET (Mexico), Ramón Humberto Ojeda Silva – former President of Mexico’s Work Congress, Mr. Marius Dinca – Secretary General of A.C.S. ELECTRICA (Romania), Eng. Ilian Milev – Chairman of WSDS Ruse, Mrs. Ivanka Karakoleva – President of Workers’ Club “Sport and Health – Kardjali”, Mr. Vasil Pavlov – President of Workers’ Club “Sport and Health – Marek” (Dupnitsa) and Mr. Ludmil Hristov – President of Workers’ Club “Sport and Health – Ruse”.