President watches finals of The Best Sporting Family-2014 competition

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan watched the finals of the 11th annual “The Best Sporting Family-2014” competition conducted for the RA Presidential Award at the stadium of Tsaghkadzor General Sport Complex.

“The Best Sporting Family-2014” competition was conducted in three rounds for four age groups in 6-7 sport categories. 2067 families from the Republic of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are participating in the competition this year compared to 2041 families last year. 144 families which had successfully passed all the preliminary stages appeared in the finals.

For the first time, 16 families with disabled members from the marzes of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan and Artsakh are also participating in the finals.

The Armenian President congratulated the winners of the “The Best Sporting Family-2014” competition, awarded them certificates, monetary awards and souvenirs. In addition, the leaders of the delegations of Yerevan, the RA and NKR marzes with the highest total scores were handed cups. The president also gave the children of the 144 finalist families sports clothing and gifts.

President Serzh Sargsyan welcomed both the winners and all the participants of “The Sporting Family” competition and noted that there are no losers in such completions, only winners.

“Each sporting family is the wealth of our country because a sporting family means a healthy family and a family which is in an optimistic mood. A healthy family means healthy children and healthy relationships. You are distinguished from others by creating a mood not only for yourselves but also for others. And nowadays, such a mood is vital,” said the RA President.

Stressing the role of professional sports and the achievements of Armenian athletes in the international arena, Serzh Sargsyan underscored at the same time that the activities promoted by the participants of “The Sporting Family” competition are as much important as those of our professional athletes.