Floorball thrown in schools in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Floorball continues to grow in China. On December 21, 2021, the Sports Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region held an event for “Floorball Launching Ceremony” at Tongshun Street Elementary School, Yuquan District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
– In order to enrich students’ extracurricular sports activities at the compulsory education stage, the Sports Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region took floorball as a promotion pilot project and selected 5 primary and secondary schools as the first group of pilot schools to gradually promote the popularization and development of floorball in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This time, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sports Bureau donated the full set of equipment to the floorball team of each of the 5 pilot schools. Inner Mongoli Hockey Institutean autonomous region will provide significant support for the subsequent training of coaches and referees for these schools, said Mr. Yue Liya, secretary general of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hockey Institute.
The following five schools were chosen for this pilot project:
- Hohhot Hui Middle School
- Yuquan District Ethnic Elementary School
- Tongshun Elementary School, Yuquan District
- Education Group Xiaoheihe Campus of Wutasi East Primary School, Yuquan District
- Baotou Jiuyuan District Ethnic Elementary School
It was an important step in bringing floorball to this region as well and the ceremony was joined by several officials who made this project work:
- Ms. Fujing from the Youth Department of the Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sports of China
- Mr. Jin Mancang, (Party Secretary and Sports Bureau Director of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
- Mr. Li Zhiyou, (Party Group Member and Deputy Director of Sports Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
- Mr. Shi Xiaoping, (Director of Youth Sports Division of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sports Bureau)
- Mr. Cai Tielei, (Party Secretary and Director of Hohhot Sports Bureau)
- Mr. Huang Yongsheng, (Inspector of Hohhot Education Bureau)
- Mr. Yue Liya, Secretary General of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hockey Institute
- Mayor of Yuquan District, Hohhot
- Party Secretary and Director of Yuquan District Education Office, Hohhot
Source: Floorball China