The XIV All-Russian Table Tennis Tournament “Nurgali Minnikhanov Memorial” was held in Bogatye Saby

Traditional competitions are held on the threshold of the anniversary of the merited forester of the Russian Federation and the Tatar Autonomous SSR, a member of orders “Honour Badge” and “October Revolution”, the laureate of the state award of the Republic of Tatarstan, N.M. Minnikhanov.

Men and women, young men and women born in 2000 competed at the sports complex of Bogatye Saby village. All in all, more than 200 sportsmen from 19 districts and 4 cities of the Republic of Tatarstan, 16 regions of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and representatives of Kazakhstan took part in the competitions.

Head of Saby Municipal District Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan R. Minnikhanov, the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan A. Nazirov, Head of the Department of the State Road Traffic Safety Inspection under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov were among honorable guests of the competitions.

Participants of the competitions were welcomed by Igor Levitin, Chairperson of the Supervisory Committee of the Russian Table Tennis Federation. On delivering awards, he acknowledged that year after year the table tennis tournament becomes more and more popular.