On September 15, in the conference hall of the university, the rector of Lesya Ukrainka National University Anatolii Tsos and the president of the basketball club “Staryi Lutsk – University” Oleksii Melnyk signed a cooperation agreement.
During the meeting, the head of the higher education institution Anatolii Tsos, the president of the club Oleksii Melnyk, the vice president Dmytro Chaikovskyi and the coach of Lutsk basketball players Volodymyr Zhurzhii discussed all possible options of cooperation on mutually beneficial terms.
“We continue to work intensively to transform the University into a centre not only of education, but also of culture, science and sports of our native land. Today we signed an agreement with the club "Staryi Lutsk", according to which we create good conditions for the team to train, and it in return works to promote, shape the image of the university and attract the best players to study at Lesya Ukrainka University,” noticed Anatolii Tsos.
The president of the basketball club Oleksii Melnyk, for his part, noted that it is very pleasurable that the University is developing new sports, but does not forget about the traditional ones. “We hope that our cooperation will be mutually beneficial,” summed up Oleksii Volodymyrovych.
The dean of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Sports and Health Vasyl Pantik emphasized the close connection of the university with the basketball club, as many of its players are our students or graduates: “The faculty was, is and will be a powerful centre of sports in Volyn. I thank the founders of the club, the city council, the administration of the University for the opportunity to cooperate. We will do everything in our power to ensure that our cooperation continues and becomes efficient. "
Representatives of the city authorities - Deputy Mayor of Lutsk Kostiantyn Petrochuk and Head of the Department of Family, Youth and Sports Volodymyr Zakhozhyi were also present at the signing of the agreement. Kostiantin Petrochuk assured that the city council will continue to support the team.
After that, the parties signed an agreement under which the club and the University will hold sports competitions, training meetings and other sporting events, which will increase the level of sportsmanship of students.
At the end of the event, Anatolii Tsos, Vasyl Pantik, Volodymyr Zakhozhyi, and Kostiantyn Petrochuk received souvenir personalized T-shirts from representatives of the” Staryi Lutsk-University” basketball club.
Public Relations Department