31-May-2011

My Favourite Sports and Games

Participating Countries

An e-Twinning Project

Croatia Italy Slovakia Turkey

Inside this issue:

The Project National Sports Quiz Time Krklareli Sport in Our Lives Fun Time Traditional Games No. 1 Sports Person The Schools 3 5 9 11 13 20 22 26 30 My Favourite Sports and Games is an e-Twinning project designed in order for different countries to come together to discuss and present their unilateral love of sports and games. The four countries currently involved are: Croatia, Italy, Slovakia and Turkey. The project is currently under-way with students joining international groups with the same likes (i.e. football, swimming etc) to discuss with each other how they will present their sport. This magazine is just a little extra side-project which the students can read and enjoy with their other friends

Editorial

Ian Flaherty English (TESOL) Teacher Editor

My Favourite Sports and Games project was started in mid-March by Slovakia and Turkey. The idea was to get students to communicate with each other about their favourite sports and games and then to present them on TwinSpace in whatever format they decided (slideshows, photographs, video, web links etc). Shortly after we were joined by Italy and Croatia and the project got underway. Firstly each student produced a slideshow to introduce themselves and tell everyone a little about their hobbies and sports/games and who, in the sportsworld, they liked, be it a team or an individual. After this the students were then encouraged to start communicating with each other, either using forums or via live chat sessions. This was so the students could firstly practice their English communcation skills and secondly start to form groups of similar likes in order to work on presentations about the sports they have in common. The end product is to create multi-lateral presentations concerning sports, games and the healthy lifestyles associated with these so as to give all students and teachers a more positive outlook towards health and sports. The students also showed interest in producing a magazine that they could contribute to and show their classmates and thus that brings us here . To our international magazine for My Favourite Sports and Games. Thanks to all the students and teachers involved in this project witjh a special thank you to Saban Canan Head Teacher of Krklareli Merkez Ticaret Meslek Lisesi for allowing his students to participate.

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Project Objectives
Students will collaborate in international pairs or groups and present their common favourite sports or games, which they like doing, playing and/or watching. Students will use different tools of their own choice. Depending on their abilities and skills, they can make their presentation in more or less details (photos, pictures, videos, rules, healthy lifestyle, diet etc....). Each student chooses his/her favourite sports or games and identifies why it is attractive for him/her. Students contact with their peers in the partner countries and introduce themselves and their topic to each other. Students make international pairs or threes and collaborate on presenting their common topic. Mixed pairs or groups of students will present results of their collaboration to others on TwinSpace (pictures, photos, videos, rules, links to relevant websites...) and let them discuss and/or comment on them.

Expected Results
The expected results are to widespread and support healthy lifestyle of students/ teachers improve communication skills in English as a foreign language improve ICT skills share views/opinions/experiences in the area of sports/ games with peers from partner countries make presentations of various sports and games (published on the project TwinSpace) in collaboration within international project teams.

Work Process
March 2011: Teachers invite students into the project TwinSpace; students introduce themselves and their choice of their favourite sport/game. April 2011: Students from partner countries contact one another and make international pairs/groups based on common or similar topic and collaborate together to present their favourite sport/game in their own way on TwinSpace. May 2011: Students and teachers evaluate their project activities (questionnaires/surveys). Magazine is created as a final presentation

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PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
TURKEY CROATIA ITALY SLOVAKIA

Participating Students:

Participating Students:

Participating Students:

Participating Students:

Alper Gelir Berkant Tezeren Betl Arn Burin Gr Bilge Ylmaz Cerem Biliciolu Didem Akl Gke Arat Ibrahim Uncu Murat Karal Nevzat Karaday Nur zl Pelin Tezbaaran Seda Kksal Suat Uan Uur zece Yamur Kran Yamur Yl Yaprak Karaka Yasin Yavuz Yusuf Can nler

Anja Kruselj Antonio Grgic Danijela Genc Guberac Iris Ivona Crnac Kristina Borovac Lucija Svarc Marko Ivancan Martina Gabaj Martina Vukovic Mateja Jaki Natalija Keleminec Petra Salak Stella Sestak Tanja Borscak Tijano Igrec

Alexandria Buta Andrea Scanferla Anna Rigutto Bianca Fotache Camilla Bacciolo Emanuele Minio Francesco Garbo Gioacchino Ferrotta Luca Giacomelli Mattia Callegher Morena Ficotto Nicola Disegna Nicola DEste Nicolo Granziero Silvia Antonazzi Simone Ronzano

Lukas Neuschl Marian Kapun Martin Trebaticky Matej Fackovec Matus Tremko Pavol Kravarik Rudolf Ondreicko

Participating Teachers:

Participating Teachers:

Participating Teachers:

Participating Teachers:

Aya Ural Flaherty Even Sancar Ece Civan Hatice Filiz Suba

Bruno Boric

Maria Luisa Tonin

Peter Rebro

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A Message From Our E-Twinning Coordinator

Dear young e-twinners who combine the beauty of e-twinning with their keen enthusiasm and all the kind teachers of Krklareli who made time for this project. I am writing this, not as an ending to a project, but as a new beginning to a bright future, as we sow the seeds of a new era. Today the new generation are not only scholars but are embracing the cultures of the world around them and this project-closing magazine is proof of this. The work that has been put into this project is important but the friendships that have been made and the cultural bridges that have been crossed must surely be of more importance. The aim of e-twinning is to assist students on their voyage through the virtual world of friendships, and this project shows that this is possible. Being a European is not a degeneration process but an understanding and respect of other cultures so as to embrace each nation on their own terms, and the e-twinning projects are the best way to introduce our youth to this. The Our Favourite Sports and Games project gave the students a chance to work in teams and the responsibilities that are involved in team-work. We must applaud these students for facing this challenge where so many others would not. We must thank the teachers involved for making the time to work on this as we know they have busy schedules, surely this is an epic saga. While most people are scratching their heads thinking what e-twinning is, this group from Krklareli have successfully completed this project. Because of this I, as an employee of the R&D Unit of the Education Department and an twinning coordinator, am very thankful. I think that the students involved will be eager to start more projects and their friends will want to be involved too. I wish all those on this e-twinning project health, love, happiness and keep up the sports until we meet in the next project. Hasan Hseyin KOAR Krklareli e-twinning coordinator

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Turkeys National Sport

Oil Wrestling
Oil wrestling is a traditional Turkish sport. In fact it is Turkeys national sport. The wrestlers wear leather or buffalo skin tight trousers. The wrestlers are lubricated with olive oil. This makes it difficult to grip and hold your opponent, because of this, oil wrestling is a sport that requires great strength and skill. Each year, in June, at the historic district of Edirne they hold the annual wrestling event called Krkpnar, it is the oldest continuing sporting event in the world. Almost 1,000 entrants from throughout Turkey compete in a threeday elimination tournament. The year 1360 is adapted by the organizers of the Edirne Krkpnar as the date Ottoman soldiers started to organize annual oil-wrestling tournaments in Krkpnar and it is held to commemorate the heroism of the conquering warriors Unlike Olympic wrestling, oil wrestling matches may be won by achieving an effective hold of the kisbet. Thus, the pehlivan aims to control his opponent by putting his arm through the latter's kisbet. To win by this move is called paa kazk Originally, matches had no set duration and could go on for one or two days, until one man was able to establish superiority, but in 1975 the duration was capped at 40 minutes for the baspehlivan and 30 minutes for the pehlivan category. If no winner is determined, another 15 minutes (10 minutes for the pehlivan category) of wrestling ensues, wherein scores are kept to determine the victor By: Murat KARAL Nevzat KARADAYI brahim UNCU Uur ZECE Suat UAN

The legendary oilwrestler Kurtdereli Mehmet, an oilwrestler from the village of Kurtdere, was famous all over the world. Mehmet said in an interview in 1931 that he pictured the Turkish nation supporting him in every match. He pleased president Mustafa Kemal Atatrk very much with his words.

Photos supplied by: Murat Karal, Nevzat Karaday, brahim Uncu, Uur zece and Suat Uan

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Croatias National Sport

HandBall
Handball is a team sport with the ball, which is competing with two teams with 7 players ( 6 field players + 1 goalkeeper) on each side, the main goal of the game, is ball hit the goal area so marked, the ball is between the player adds his hands like a basketball, but with a slyghtly smaller ball, and with different rules of keeping the ball Anja KRUSELJ One of the most popular sport in Croatia is handball. Our team is in enviable shape. We have many medals. The game is quite fast and includes body contact as the defenders try to stop the attackers from approaching the goal. Any contact from the side or especially from behind is Handball is a team sport in considered dangerous and is usually met with penalties. which two teams of seven Modern handball is usually played players each (six outfield indoors, but outdoor variants exist players and a goalkeeper) in the forms of field handball and pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team. beach handball (also called sandball) The team with the most goals after two periods of Kristina BOROVAC 30 minutes wins. Guberac IRIS

Goals are scored quite frequently; usually both teams score at least 20 goals each, and it is not uncommon for both teams to score more than 30 goals. This was not true in the earliest history of the game, when the scores were more akin to that of ice hockey[clarification needed]. But, as offensive play has improved since the late 1980s, particularly the use of counterattacks (fast breaks) after a failed attack from the other team, goal scoring has increased.
Natalija KELEMINEC

Photos supplied by: Tijana IGREC, Anja KRUSELJ, Guberac IRIS

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Italys National Sport

Football
Football is the most popular Sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times (1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), trailing only Brazil (with 5). Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football. The Italian national team, called Azzurri or squadra azzurra for their blue shirts, are the second-most successful national team in the world. During the 1970s to early 1990s Italy became famous for their catenaccio, thus heralding a long line of world class defenders such as Virginio Rosetta, Pietro Rava, Carlo Parola, Giacinto Facchetti, Armando Picchi, Gaetano Scirea, Antonio Cabrini, Claudio Gentile, Franco Baresi, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Maldini and Fabio Cannavaro.

A first national competition organized by the Italian Federation of Gymnastics (F.N.G.I.) was played in 1896 and won by the S. Udinese G.S. team from Udine (north east Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region). In 1897, a second national gymnasticfootball tournament was staged by the FNGI and was won by S.G. Torinese. In 1898 the Federation Italienne du Football (FIF FIGC) was finally formed and the first national championship was organized, with regional tournaments and playoffs. This is considered to be the first proper national football championship and was won by Genoa. Photos supplied by: Emanuele Mimio and Simone Ronzano

Their honours include: 4 FIFA World Cups 1 European Football Championship 1 Olympic Gold Medal 5 European Championships U21 3 European Championships U18 2 European Championships U16 7 Summer Universiades 8 World Military Championships 1 European Futsal Championship They have been finalists in: 2 World Cups 1 European Championship 2 Bronze medals at Olympic Games 2 European Championship U21 1 European Championship U19 4 European Championship U18 3 European Championship U16 2 Summer Universiades 4 World Military Championships

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Slovakias National Sport

Ice Hockey
In 1929 the first official tournament took place in Slovakia. The Tatra Cup is the second oldest tournament in Europe, after the Spengler Cup in Switzerland. The first organization of Slovak ice hockey was established under the name of Slovensk upa kanadskho adovho hokeja as a part of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation in what was then Czechoslovakia. The first organized competition was held in 1930. Throughout the course of ice hockey history in Czechoslovakia, many Slovak players became eligible to play for the Czechoslovakian national team. Among those who were able achieve this was Ladislav Trojk; A native of Koice who left for Prague to play for the LTC Praha at those times considered to be the best ice hockey team in the countryin 1934. From there he was only a step away from playing for the national team. Czechoslovakia and its successor states are rated as being among the leading nations on the international scene, thanks to their triumphs in the Winter Olympic Games and the World Championships.

Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use their sticks to hit a puck into the opponent's net. It is a fast-paced physical sport. Ice hockey is most This kind of sport is, for popular in areas that are me, optimal. Ice hockey is sufficiently cold for natural fast, creative and impulsive reliable seasonal ice cover, game. I like on this sport such as Canada, the Czech creativity and individuality Republic, Latvia, the Nordic for some players, but the countries (especially Finland best adrenalin for watch is and Sweden), Russia, some skirmish or full Slovakia, Slovenia, Germany, hockey fight. Austria, Switzerland, and the northern latitudes of the Marian KOPUN United States.

Photos supplied by: Marian Kopun

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Quiz Time
SPORTS WORD SEARCH Find the hidden words listed below in the word search. All answers are horizontal or vertical but be careful some may be backwards

T A B L E T E N N I S B N N A C D D

A A F L E E S Z S I E A O H F J K S

W M D D S D E N J O A X R L P N R A J J T Y I B Q S G N

L R L E K R I T

V E Y F S D L C

D T T F E E Q I Y R P U N K I E S B

I Y B O B L N P D B L V D S K T K

O I P O O L F E H V H

S O T T O A K H Y O Y

F M B B L W Y T I L C F L R

T Q A A F I R S S L K I O U J C G E

Y H T L S N N R G E

M X A T L S P L N

A G

H G N O

L L L O

T I E R T F G L F L

R D S T E T B A S K

C I S S N B Y

V N G A N H S

A G H

E K I

G L O R S E H H

F B N B B

F X C T C

W E W P B R T D K L S

W E M L R E O T I E

W E I X K S H N S D U G T U

M A N R O U

W W S I W T D T G B A L D G D P S

W I P V D T D B O X I L

M W T U Y L B U I L L D S P S F A V N

M L B L H G J L S L X E L T

W A A A A T E B H E E R R D

M T M F M I F K P Y L F O C

W M Y O B E E E V L S R W C Z R R L I N

W J P L S

W E S L L N J T T H B L E A O Z

W E A B S L R T B A L L

M T K S J A J C F S D H T C

W I N G E N A I O

M A E L R Y I R V

W T D Y I U C O U L F B D H

W E A K S E T B B E

W G L P K Y O L Y T

M V V I N H N W

W Q L R Y I

W N W G

W T P O

M F L A

M R E K

M N

BASEBALL BOXING FOOTBALL HOCKEY SKIING TENNIS

BASKETBALL CYCLING GOLF POOL SWIMMING VOLLEYBALL

BOWLING FISHING HANG GLIDING RUGBY TABLE TENNIS

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Can you name these football teams from their club logos??

Question Time

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Who won the 2011 Champions league final? In what sport would you hear these terms: birdy, eagle, bogey? In which sport would you use a puck instead of a ball? How many sports can you name that do not use a round ball? What sport would you associate with The Harlem Globe Trotters? Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe are stars from which sport? Which popular game would you find kings, queens, knights and bishops in? Bridge is a type of which popular game? One of the worlds most popular games has playing pieces including a dog, a boot and a car. What is it? How long is an Olympic swimming pool?

Spot The Difference

ANSWERS: Football logos - Real Madrid, Galatasaray, AC Milan, Trabzonspor, France, Beikta, Barcelona........ Question Time1.Barcelona, 2.Golf, 3.Ice Hockey, 4.Rugby, American Football, Australian Rules Football, 5.Basketball, 6.Tennis, 7.Chess, 8.Cards, 9.Monopoly, 10. 50 metres (164 ft)

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Krklarelispor

Krklareli Sport Football Club was established in 1968. The team colours are green and white. They joined the 3rd league in the 1969-1970 season. They played in the 2nd and the 3rd league for a long time but in the 1992-1993 season, they played badly and as a result of this, they had to play in amateur league. After they played in amateur league for two years, they returned back to the 3rd league in the 1994-1995 season. They became champions in the 3rd league in 8th group in the 19992000 season and they started to play in the 2nd league. After they had played in this league for two years, they were relegated to the 3rd league in the 2001-2002 season and then in the 20022003 season they were relegated to the amateur league. They played in this league till 2003. Good football players have been transferred to the team in order to make the team stronger than it was. It has been apparent that they will be successful to play in the 3rd league of Turkish Football Association. Football players have been transferred from stanbul, Malatya and Diyarbakr They tried to be successful to play in the 3rd league and they achieved this aim. Volkan Can became the new president of Krklareli Sport Football Club.

Krklareli Sport Football Team defeated Sanayi Sport and they had a chance to play the final match in new season. They were one of the teams who became champions in upward matches in the 2009-2010 season. They had a chance to play in the 3rd league in the 2010-2011 season.

They defeated Orhangazi Sport on 15th May 2011 in Bursa and became league champions and will now proceed once again to the 2nd league.

By: brahim UNCU

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KIRKLAREL
Symbols of KrklareliA look at what Krklareli is famous for in pictures by Even Sancar

Meatballs (Kfte)

White Cheese

Grape Juice (Hardaliye)

Longoz National Park

Dupnisa Cave

Longoz Forest

Sprgecilik (The art of broom making)

Sunflowers

Culture, Art and the Kakava Festival

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Sport in our School....

Playing chess with my friends Me and my School Volleyball team Nur ZL Murat KARAL

Sport also gives you a healthy lifestyle. It makes you physically and mentally stronger. As a tennis player I always watch my diet as it is so important to be healthy in sports. Yasin YAVUZ

Sport reduces stress. There are two benefits of doing sport. 1. Causes physiological changes in the body 2. Gives psycholoical support to people Doing sport * increases the flexibility of lungs * helps you to get rid of insomnia * relieves you spiritually Berkant TEZEREN

I started to play table tennis at the age of ten. I love playing table tennis. This is me playing table tennis at my school. Bilge YILMAZ

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My Handball team :) Ana KRUSELJ

Women volleyball team KOPRIVNICA We started playing together about a year ago and we are the youngest team in the league I am a setter and I really like my position Im also the captain of my team We have trainings three times a week and a match every Saturday I get on with my team players and i think that we are a good team Ivona CRNAC When I was 8 years old, my parents took me to the handball training, and since than handball is very important part of my life. I played for handball club Podravka Vegeta. In 8 years I have met many people, gained a lot of great friends and travelled all over the Croatia and another countries. My team was state champion three years in a row. Anywhere we went, we made a great results. Martina GABAJ

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....and in our free-time

I enjoy playing billiards (pool) as a sport and for fitness Murat KARAL

I enjoy playing billiards in my spare time. We think it is a fun game and very competitive. Uur ZECE My favourite sport is billiards (pool), I just love to play this sport. I have enjoyed playing pool games since the age of 12. Nevzat KARADAYI

I enjoy fishing. It is a very relaxing past-time....

I like horse-riding in my free time. I always try to find time to be with the horses, they are gentle creatures. Yamur YIL

... But you need a lot of patience to sit and wait to catch the fish :) brahim UNCU

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my favourite sports are volleyball, handball and tennis I train volleyball for around 4 months I also trained tennis for 2 and a half years Danijela GENC

I love all kinds of sports, but lets say that handball is my favorite (I have trained it for 3 years) Kristina BOROVAC I dont expect to become a professional volleyball player, I only play for fun and cause I enjoy it I really think that everyone should play some sports cause it is healthy and it brings people together Ivona CRNAC

I like volleyball because it is a team sport and I enjoy it. I trained volleyball two years and I want to continue to practice this sport. Since there is a volleyball on sand I like to go with my friends play friendly matches at the city pool on which is a court for beach volleyball Stella.SESTAK

Im playing tennis for almost 5 years. In Koprivnica we have tennis club with 5 tennis courts. Lucija SVARC

Except handball, my second favourite sport is volleyball. I play volleyball for school team for two years, and I like it a lot! In a spare time, I go to the gym, cycle, rollerblading and I always find some way for recreation. Martina GABAJ

One of my favourite sport is running. I was in some competitions in Primary School. On last competition I won 3rd place. Every day in my free time I run with my friends. I just love to run. I also like tennis. In my village there are tennis courts. I play tennis with my friends every weekend. We also have tennis tournaments. Winners win a free hour of playing tennis. We have so much fun. Petra SALAK

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I started dancing when I was seven. My mother signed me in a dance class because all my classmates went there, too. I went one day, and as the days passed I liked it more and more ... I love dancing!! Anna RIGGUTTO

Rugby is my favourite sport!!! Its beautiful because I like running for the whole pitch and tackling opponents! The rugby gives lots of emotions! And teaches teamwork! Andrea SCANFERLA My favourite sport is parkour!! Its a wonderful because it gives many emotion! You feel free! No one can control you just decideand you get a crazy adrenaline rush! Luca GIACOMELLI I love swimming because I love competing. I swim because it makes me happy and I relax. I swim with my friends and with my ex boyfriend. We are bonded by a great team spirit, and we are a good swimming team! Silvia ANTONIAZZI

My favourite sport is football, I have practiced it for eight years and I really like it because I like being part of a team. The team where I play is called the Stimma Don Bosco. We are really strong! Giaocchino FERROTTA

My favourite sport is soccer, because when I play I seem to be in another world. I practice this sport and when I play I really enjoy it! Emanuele MINIO

I like football , and I cheer juventus . I play football in treporti in category giovanissimi and in this league we havent a second post Simone RONZANO

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I play football and active in the junior team. For sports I like, that sometimes it is very emotional, especially when it comes to the team as practice and as players, who sometimes go beyond their best Pavol KRAVARIK

My Passion You know, when I walked to the pitch, breathe the clean air, I forget the stress and then i have a choice to have fun with game and then i feel absolutely free Therefore i love it ....... Martin TREBATICKY

My favorite sport is inline skating. Its really fast and maybe sometimes dangerous sport. Lukas NEUSCHL

My favorite sport is boxing. Boxing is very fast and enough dangerous. Im boxing about one year. I think boxer must have a good condition and good reflexes. Milos TREMKO

My favorite sport is soccer. I play soccer actively from my 6 years until now. Football is one of the most popular sport in the world Matej FACKOVEC

My favorite sport is chess. I can play it only rarely because it do not have to play with because my brother goes to high and when it is at home so he has to learn. Matus JAROS

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Fun Time
I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father Greg Norman

When Maradona was asked about his new beard. I grew it because my dog almost ate my mouth and left me a big scar.

Darrin Weinberg Remember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Hey, thats cheating!

Swimming is the best sport!! Nevzat, I have some bad news ... Our son needs new sports shoes!

"Right leg hospital, left leg cemetery." (Mirko "Cro Cop" Filopivic, on his kickboxing ability).

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I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church. ~ Robin Williams, 1982 ~

Emo Philips A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming. ~ Johnny Bench ~ SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

George Orwell Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona. ~ Mark Draper ~

Wrestling is ballet with violence. ~ Jesse Ventura ~

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Turkeys Traditional Game

Backgammon (Tavla)
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and players win by removing all of their pieces from the board. There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world. Although luck is involved and factors into the outcome, strategy plays a more important role in the long run. With each roll of the The objective is to remove (bear off) all of one's own checkers from the board before one's opponent can do the same. The checkers are scattered at first and may be blocked or hit by the opponent. As the playing time for each individual game is short, it is often played in matches, where victory is awarded to the first player to reach a certain number of points. dice players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible countermoves by the opponent. Players may raise the stakes during the game. There is an established repertoire of common tactics and occurrences. Like chess, backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists. Owing to this research, backgammon software has been developed capable of beating worldclass human players. Paths of movement for red and black, with checkers in the starting position

Backgammon playing pieces are known variously as checkers, draughts, stones, men, counters, pawns, or chips.

"Backgammon is like lifeanything can happen at any time. You can be way behind on points and catch a couple of good rolls and win. You can be way ahead and catch a couple of bad rolls and lose.

Backgammon is still a very popular game in Turkey, and it is customary to name the dice rolls with their Persian number names: yek (1), d (2), se (3), cehar (4), penc (5), e (6). Atatrk enjoyed books and music as well as dancing, horse riding and swimming. He was extremely interested in Zeybek dances, wrestling and the Rumelia folk songs. Games of billards and backgammon gave him great pleasure.

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Croatias Traditional Game

Picigin
Picigin (pronounced "pih-tsihgheen") is an amateur sport game played on some beaches in Croatia and Montenegro, but also widely popular in Novi Sad, Serbia where it is being played on a Danube river beach. It is played with a ball. In Croatia, it is very popular, especially in Dalmatia and Split, where it is played by people of all ages and both sexes. Since some years ago the game has been exported to other places like Cala Graci in Ibiza. Description The game involves several players in a circle passing around a small ball and keeping it in the air and out of the water for as long as possible. As such, the game somewhat resembles volleyball but it is played with a much smaller ball, the size of a tennis ball. There are usually five players and much running and diving in the shallow water. Picigin is a non-competitive sport: there are no opposing sides, no points, neither winners nor losers. It is a relaxing game where players start slowly and speed up when they want to. In the heat of the game, players are forced to run fast through the water and make acrobatic manoeuvres to keep the ball in play. Players don't catch the ball, they bounce it around with the palm of the hand. Rules Since picigin is an amateur sport, there are no strict or formal rules, but it is played according to tradition, with little variation. Players There are 5 players in the game. Two of them are called sidruni (sidro = anchor, they are called so because they do not move from their places) and the other three are runners (trkai). The groups are often mixed both by gender and age. Terrain Picigin must be played on a sandy beach in shallow water. The beach must be sandy because otherwise players could easily get hurt. It's best if the water is nkle-deep, because of mobility and also to soften falls, which are common because there's a lot of jumping around trying to reach the ball. Ball The traditional ball, called balun (otherwhise a dialectic name for a ball, but this name is strictly used, especially by expert players) in picigin is actually a peeled tennis ball, polished off a few milimetres. This kind of ball is best suited for bouncing. It is smooth and lighter than a normal tennis ball.

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Italys Traditional Game

Briscola
Briscola is a trick taking game - that is, the object of the game is to take cards which gives you (or your team) a high score. It is popular in Italy and it uses the Italian 40 card deck. It is often played with Italian cards, which have suits of coins, cups, batons and swords, but you may play using a standard international 52card deck, just by removing the Jokers, eights, nines and tens. Briscola is often played with Italian cards with suits of swords (spade), clubs (bastoni), cups (coppe) and coins (danari). In this case the picture cards rank in the order King (re) (4 points), Horse (cavallo) (3 points), Jack (fante) (2 points). In North America, Italian cards in various regional patterns can be obtained from TaroBear's Lair As you see, the total value of cards in the deck adds up to 120 points. The player (or team) which scores at least 61 points in a game wins. Games can end in a draw when both reach the same point total (60), and usually Briscola is played to the best of three or five games.

Briscola may be played with two, three, four or six players. There is a special version for five players, which is strongly recommended.

Two player Briscola The game starts. The first to play is the player to the right of the dealer. In the two player version, this means that the non-dealer (A) will start. A leads one of his three cards, face up. B plays one of his cards, and wins or loses the trick according to these three simple rules:

If B plays a card of the same suit as the card led by A, then the trick is won by whoever played the higher card - the winner takes both cards away, and puts them, face down, in a pile near him. If B plays a card which has a different suit from the card which A led, but neither card is a Briscola (trump), A wins the trick, and the cards will go to A, even if B's card was of higher rank. If B plays a card of a different suit from A's, and one of the cards is a Briscola (trump), then the player of the Briscola wins the trick.

Rank and value of cards In order to define which card wins a particular trick, we must first define a card ranking, given from highest to lowest: ace, three, king, queen, jack, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2. Also, the cards have a point value: ace: 11 points three: 10 points King: 4 points Queen: 3 points Jack: 2 points The remaining cards have no point value.

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Slovakias Traditional Game

Mari
Mari is the most popular card game in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia. It is closely related to the Hungarian game Ulti.

Mari is a point trick game of the marriage group played with the Czech 32-card German suited pack. The basic and most popular version of is for three players, but it can also be played by four or (as a last resort) by two. In the three-player game, in each hand one player plays alone against the other two in partnership. Normally the lone player's objective is to win more card points than the other two players together; card points are obtained for winning aces and tens in tricks,

for winning the last trick, and for holding the king and the over-knave of a suit together in your hand. There are bonuses for winning the last trick with the trump seven and for taking 100 or more card points, and the value of these bonues can be increased by announcing in advance in advance that you are playing for them. As an alternative to playing to win card points, it is possible for a player to undertake a contract whose objective is to win all the tricks or to lose all the tricks.

The 32 card pack consists of four suits: hearts or red (erven), bells or balls (kule), acorns (aludy) and leaves or green (zelen), each with eight cards: ace (eso), king (krl), over-knave (svrek or filek), under-knave (spodek), 10 (deset), 9 (devt), 8 (osm), 7 (sedm).

The player to the dealer's left is known as forehand (forhont). Forehand receives extra cards in the deal, chooses the trump suit, and is the lone player in the event that a trump contract is played. The dealer gives a packet of seven cards face-down to forehand, and continues dealing clockwise in packets of five, so that after two rounds of dealing forehand has 12 cards and the other two players each have 10

The lone player leads to the first trick. Each trick is won by the highest trump in it, or if it contains no trumps, by the highest card of the suit led. Any card can be led to a trick, but the other players are forced to follow suit, to trump if unable to follow, and to head the trick whenever possible subject to those rules

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The No.1 Sports Person of Turkey

Derya Bykuncu (born July 2, 1976) is an olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey, who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Beijing 2008 was his fifth Olympic Games. He won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships, behind America's Neil Walker and Cuba's Rodolfo Falcon Lisbon 1999 he won silver For the first time in Bulgaria in 1985 as a national swimmer participated in the Balkan Age Group Swimming Championship, took the bronze medal at the age of 9 and 12 age group competing. In the same year in Turkey 10 years of age group swimming races broke all records for Turkey. In 1986, Greece, the Balkans Age Group Swimming Championship two gold medals, while the races held in Turkey in the age of 10 and 11 broke all records. medal for 100m backstroke at the European short course championships. Istanbul 2009 he broke the Turkish 200m backstroke record Yamur YIL

Derya Bykuncu
In 1987, the Balkan Age Group Swimming Championships in Izmir, the five gold medals and a bronze medal in Swimming Championships in Luxembourg, while all the records in Turkey 11 years of age, for ages 12 and 13 broke several records. 5 gold medals in 1988 in Bulgaria, the Balkans, as well as Age Group Swimming Championship at the age of 12, became the owner of record of the Balkans. Swimming Championships in In the same year, in Romania, the Balkan Junior Swimming Championships gold medals and three world record 100 m backstroke style and three new Balkan Youth Turkey, broke the world record. Balkan Junior Swimming Championships record-breaking field of more than three gold medals and achieved the title of the first Turkish swimmer. Luxembourg in the same year, two silver medals in the age group of 14 was obtained.Edward I. International Swimming Championship in Greece, received four gold medals in the competition, was awarded the best athlete award of Championship Also in 1988, all records in Turkey 12 years of age swimming championships, broke records in a variety of ages 13 and 14

The European Swimming Championships in 1999, was the second of 100 m backstroke and was the first of 100 m backstroke in the World Cup there. Betul ARIN Nur ZL Berkant TEZEREN Didem AKIL

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The No.1 Sports Person of Croatia

Ivano Bali (born April 1, 1979 in Split) is a Croatian handballer, world and Olympic champion. He is considered to be the best handball player in the world. He was voted 6 times in a row most valuable player in major international competitions.

Ivano Bali
Before playing handball Bali trained with the basketball club KK Split. He began his handball career with RK Split. Bali was a member of the Croatian national team that won the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia. Bali was declared the IHF World Player of the Year in 2003 and 2006 as well as the best player in Croatia 2003. After playing for RK Metkovi he moved to Portland San Antonio. Honours Club Liga ASOBAL: 2004/05 EHF Champions League Runner-up: 2005/06 Croatian Cup Runner-up: 2002 National Olympic Games Gold: 2004 World Championship Winner: 2003 Runner-up: 2005, 2009 At the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland he was declared the tournament MVP. Even though Croatia won the 5th place on the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany, he was declared the tournament's MVP. In the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship he was the equal top scorer with 44 goals as he led Croatia to a silver medal and was also voted to be in the All-Star Team for the tournament.

European Championship Runner-up: 2008, 2010 Individual IHF World Player of the Year: 2003, 2006 Croatian Sportsman of the year: 2006 IHF - Best Male Handball Player Of All Time: 2010

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The No.1 Sports Person of Italy

Giuseppi Meazza
The greatest Italian player of all time goes back to the1930s era. Giuseppi Meazza scored two hundred and forty three goals in three hundred and sixty one appearances.. Meazza scored two goals on his debut for Inter Milan at the age of seventeen, and he still holds the record for most goals scored in a debut season with thirty one. Meazza played for Italy in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups which Italy won. He scored a total of thirty three goals in fifty three appearances for the Italian national side.

Valentino Mazzola
(January 26, 1919 - May 4, 1949) was an Italian footballer and captain of the legendary Grande Torino side killed in the Superga air disaster. He is considered one of the best football players of all time and perhaps the first modern all-around footballer, as he was an attacking midfielder who could score, tackle, defend and lead his teammates to victory with his charismatic presence (Mazzola was famous for raising his shirt's sleeves when his team was not playing well as a signal to his teammates and the fans).

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INTERNATIONAL CAREER Italy Years: 1930-39 Appearances: 53 Goals: 33 Debut: 09/02/1930 v Switzerland (H) W 4-2 Last Cap: 20/07/1939 v Finland (A) W 3-2 Major Championships: World Cup 1934 (ITA): Winners (5 games, 2 goals) World Cup 1938 (FRA): Winners (4 games, 1 goal)

INTERNATIONAL CAREER Italy Years: 1942-49 Appearances: 12 Goals: 4 Debut: 05/04/1942 v Croatia (H) W 4-0 Last Cap: 27/03/1949 v Spain (A) W 3-1

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The No.1 Sports Person of Slovakia

Miroslav atan born October 22, 1974) is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger whose last club was the KHL's UHC Dynamo Moscow.

Pre-NHL In 1991-92, he played for the local HC Topolcany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division within the same year. When he became 18, he joined HC Dukla Trenn rather than enter compulsory army service for Slovakia (which stopped in 2006). He played there in the 1992-93 and 93-94 seasons, honing his craft as a forward.

Edmonton Oilers atan was drafted 111th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Prior to his entry into the NHL, he played in the Czechoslovak and Slovak leagues and he had scored nine goals in eight games representing Slovakia at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.

Buffalo Sabres After two seasons with the Oilers, the winger was traded to the Buffalo Sabres for Craig Millar and Barrie Moore. He would lead the Sabres in scoring on six occasions. During the 2004 05 NHL labor dispute, atan played for Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga. After the lockout, atan was not offered a contract by the Sabres

Miroslav atan
New York Islanders atan signed as a free agent with the New York Islanders on August 3, 2005. He led the Islanders in goals in the 200506 season. His 35 goals during the season were his highest goal-output since the 200102 season with the Buffalo Sabres. Almost half his 35 goals came on the power play (17), also a career personal best. atan tied for the team lead in points with 66, shared with captain Alexei Yashin. Also in 2005 06, atan went seven for ten (70%) and was third in the league in shooting percentage in the shootout. Pittsburgh Penguins On July 3, 2008, atan signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguin. During the 2008-09 season, atan was placed on waivers by Pittsburgh on March 4, 2009, the same day as the NHL trade deadline, and not long after playing in his 1000th game. Having not been claimed by another team, atan was assigned to the Penguins' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In Wilkes-Barre, atan had three goals and nine points in 10 games. Various reports credited him with being upbeat and a good influence, especially with the younger players.

Boston Bruins On January 2, 2010, atan signed a US $700,000 deal with the Boston Bruins for the remainder of the 200910 season. The deal includes a no movement clause. He saw his first action in a game vs the Ottawa Senators on January 5 finishing as a plus two. He scored his first a goal as a Bruin on January 7, 2010 against Chicago Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi. On April 21, 2010 he scored the game winning goal in double overtime to beat the Buffalo Sabres to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. On April 26, 2010, Satan buried the series winning goal over the Buffalo Sabres with 5:11 remaining. Dynamo Moscow At the beginning of 2011, atan moved to the KHL's UHC Dynamo Moscow, signing a contract until the end of 2010-11 season. However, the club decided to not renew his contract upon its expiry.

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Krklareli Merkez Ticaret Meslek Lisesi

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECTS
The projects, whether done in groups or alone, are a very important part of the education process. The students learn better when doing things hands on. They research when working on it and they learn so much more than what is even in the textbook. Projects really broaden their knowledge. The students feel free and they communicate with each other in a flexible environment. Our Project helps our students to feel confident. Our students find a chance to use English outside classroom. They are eager to learn English, as well. As a headmaster, I support my students and my teachers to take part in such projects.

aban CANAN - Head Master

GAMES AND TEACHING ENGLISH In games,there are knowledge,ability participation, adaptation, sharing, being careful, making decisions, effective and moderate behaviour.In addition to be successful,to compete,to win and leadership are the achievements of a game. We,as educators,know that games provide students with an education environment to develop their skills which will be useful for their future life. Good learning atmosphere and method can guide the students to learn more and meaningful. To accomplish such condition,teacher must create attractive methods for the class.Games as a matter of fact,can help and encourage many students to sustain their interest and work. Playing games is a useful technique when teaching English to children and adults.Games can help with fluency and with using the language in a conversational way.Games can be used in a lesson,as a review prior to test to intrdoce new garmmar terms or vocabulary or can serve as way to help students remember what they have read. As a teacher of English, I use different kind of games in my lessons. My students love playing games. Therefore, my students do not get bored while learning and I reach my targets related to teaching English easily. Ece CVAN - English Teacher

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No matter how old we are, no matter in which position we are, we learn new things everyday. I have realized that our students are so willing to take part in projects while working on this Project. I am very pleased to work with this group. I want to take part in different kinds of projects in future. To be renewed helps us to feel younger. Even SANCAR - Chemistry Teacher

As a physicist I like to create different activities for my students. I like to show my students that physics can be fun. It was good for me and my students to participate in this project because it took us a step away from the rules and laws of physics into the fun world of sports and games. I am thankful for this project as it introduced me to new friends and happy that my pupils had more experience of using the international language of English. Aya URAL FLAHERTY - Physics Teacher

As a tutor of chess for 4 years it is so good to be involved in the many various sports and games that we have encountered on this project. I wanted to participate in this project to improve my mind, body and soul. I am very thankful to all the students who took the time to work on this project and hope that we can take part in many more projects so as to enlighten us to the world around us. Hatice FLZ SUBAI Office Management and Secretarial Teacher

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Srednja kola Koprivnica Croatia

I am very happy that me and my students could take part in this interesting sport project together with other students and their teachers from other countries. All countries have great sports and sport stars and it was a real pleasure to read about them from your presentations. I am very sorry that only a few of my students took part in this project. In the future I hope it will be much better than now. Bruno BORIC - Physical Education Teacher

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Elena Cornaro Vocational High School - Italy

Thanks to Maria Luisa Tonin for all her help especially with arranging the live chat sessions and creating all the wiki pages for the international teams.

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Stredn odborn kola, Bzinsk 11, Nov Mesto nad Vhom Slovakia
Thanks to Peter Rebro for imitialising the project. It was his ideas which got the project under-way and he did all the initial work of setting up the TwinSpace pages.

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The students have their own e-twinning notice board where pictures and updates of the project can be posted for all the school to see.