Taizhou, May 24th (Reporter Wang Yanhui) The "Passion Leading" (Pastoral College Cup) National Farmers' Sports Fitness Competition, sponsored by China Farmers' Sports Association and hosted by Jiangsu Agriculture Committee, Jiangsu Farmers' Sports Association and Jiangsu Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Vocational College, started grandly in Taizhou, Jiangsu yesterday (23rd). More than 200 farmers from 23 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) gathered together to compete for fitness skills and enjoy sports fun, showing the good spirit of farmers' courage to struggle, unity and cooperation in the new era.
The purpose of this competition is to further implement the National Fitness Program (20 16-2020), run well the sports events around farmers and enrich their spiritual and cultural life.
According to reports, this competition highlights the characteristics of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" and selects competition items. * * * Five events, shuttlecock kicking, fixed-point shooting, track and field events, darts and football shooting, 14 event. * * * In the track and field events, five events were set up, namely, rubbing corn skillfully to send relatives, sowing a bumper harvest, catching fish in the pond for more fun, harvesting a bumper harvest on the threshing floor and running towards a well-off society hand in hand. The design of competition projects integrates farming, interest and interest into track and field sports, which not only enhances the interest and appreciation of the activities, but also highlights the characteristics of farmers' physique and inherits the traditional farming culture.
Shuttlecock kicking, darts, fixed-point shooting and football shooting have less restrictions on venues, equipment and the number of participants. Suitable for individual exercise and small-scale competition, with strong flexibility and interest, and remarkable fitness effect, and suitable for active participation and long-term persistence after work. Through this activity, we will further establish and spread the concept of regular fitness to farmers.
Most of the athletes participating in this competition are rural grassroots cadres, leaders of new agricultural management entities and new professional farmers. They are not only the backbone of agricultural modernization and the construction of new socialist countryside, but also the practitioners, organizers and promoters of farmers' physical fitness. By participating in the activities, everyone further enhanced their awareness of fitness, experienced the happiness brought by the activities, tempered their will to fight bravely, carried forward the spirit of unity and cooperation, played a leading role in demonstration, and effectively promoted the cultivation of the comprehensive quality of new professional farmers and the improvement of their physical quality.