"Solnechny-2022" – a holiday of sports in Bendery

The traditional futsal tournament among non-professionals Solnechny-2022 was held in the Solnechny microdistrict in Bendery. It has been running since 2010. The organizers of the tournament are Alexander Korshunov, deputy from constituency No. 1 Solnechny, Chairman of the PMR Supreme Council, and Vyacheslav Nazarov, Alexander Marchenko, Gennady Nikolin, Mikhail Vladutsa, Oleg Tarasov, deputies of the Bendery City Council.

This year's tournament breaks all records. 16 teams fought for the right to be called the best. This is more than 150 participants. A new sports ground has appeared in Solnechny recently. This immediately affected the quality of the game according to the organizers of the tournament.

It began to rain in the midst of the competition for the first time in the history of the tournament. However, bad weather did not prevent the participants from showing beautiful football and great goals. The tournament turned out to be emotional. The fight for prizes in all age categories was carried on until the very end.

There are those among the participants who literally grew up with the tournament. Maxim Ponomarev has been playing for a long time. This year, his team "Galyorka" played in the senior age category for the first time and in a bitter struggle took the honorable 3rd place.

The winners of the tournament were awarded with medals, certificates and valuable prizes. Prize cups were presented to the winners personally by the speaker of the Pridnestrovian Parliament. Prizes were won by the teams "Spartak", "Soker" and "Legend" in the junior age category. The teams "Valgala", "Arthouse" and "SPEK" took the podium in the age category from 15 to 17 years. The first place among the seniors was won by the BAM team – multiple champions of this tournament. The second and third places were taken by the Solnechny and Galerka teams.