international magazine

8/6/2019 International Magazine

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Inside this issue:

The Project 3

National Sports 5

Quiz Time 9

Krklareli 11

Sport in Our Lives 13

Fun Time 20

Traditional Games 22

No. 1 Sports Person 26

The Schools 30

My Favourite Sports andGames

ParticipatingCountries

Croatia

Italy

Slovakia

Turkey

An e-Twinning Project

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

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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 CananHead

Teacher of Krklareli Merkez Ticaret Meslek Lisesi for allowing his students to participate.

Editorial


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Expected Results

The expected results are towidespread and support healthy lifestyle of students/teachers

improve communication skills in English as a foreignlanguage

improve ICT skillsshare views/opinions/experiences in the area of sports/games with peers from partner countries

make presentations of various sports and games (publishedon the project TwinSpace) in collaboration within

international project teams.

Work Process

March 2011: Teachers invite students into the projectTwinSpace; students introduce themselves and their choice

of their favourite sport/game.

April 2011: Students from partner countries contact oneanother 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 projectactivities (questionnaires/surveys). Magazine is created as a

final presentation

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.

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Participating Teachers:

Aya Ural Flaherty

Even Sancar

Ece Civan

Hatice Filiz Suba

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

TURKEY CROATIA ITALY SLOVAKIA

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES


Bruno Boric


Maria Luisa Tonin


Peter Rebro



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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 voyagethrough the virtual world of friendships, and this projectshows 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 thestudents 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, surelythis is an epic saga.

While most people are scratching their heads thinking what

e-twinning is, this group from Krklareli have successfullycompleted this project. Because of this I, as an employee of

the R&D Unit of the Education Department and antwinningcoordinator, 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

A Message From Our E-Twinning Coordinator



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Oil wrestling is a traditional

Turkish sport. In fact it is

Turkeys national sport. Thewrestlers 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 ofthis, 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 oldestcontinuing sporting event in

the world. Almost 1,000

entrants from throughout

Turkey compete in a three-day elimination tournament.

The year 1360 is adapted by

the organizers of the Edirne

Krkpnar as the dateOttoman soldiers started to

organize annual oil-wrestling

tournaments in Krkpnarand it is held to

commemorate the heroism of

the conquering warriors

The legendary oilwrestler

Kurtdereli Mehmet, an oil-

wrestler 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.

Oil Wrestling

Turkeys National Sport

By:

Murat KARAL

Nevzat KARADAYI

brahim UNCU

Uur ZECE

Suat UAN

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 pehlivancategory) of wrestling ensues,

wherein scores are kept to

determine the victor

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



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Handballis 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.

Handball is a team sport inwhich two teams of seven

players each (six outfield

players and a goalkeeper)pass a ball to throw it into

the goal of the other team.

The team with the most

goals after two periods of

30 minutes wins.

Guberac IRIS

HandBall

Croatias National Sport

Goals are scored quitefrequently; 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

The game is quite fast and includes

body contact as the defenders try tostop the attackers from approaching

the goal.

Any contact from the side or

especially from behind is

considered dangerous and is usually

met with penalties.

Modern handball is usually played

indoors, but outdoor variants existin the forms of field handball and

beach handball (also called sand-

ball)

Kristina BOROVAC



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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 Europeannation in the subject of

football.

Football

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 gymnastic-

football tournament was

staged by the FNGI and waswon by S.G. Torinese. In 1898

the Federation Italienne du

Football (FIFFIGC) wasfinally 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.

The Italian national team,

calledAzzurri orsquadra

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

theircatenaccio, thus herald-

ing a long line of world class

defenders such as VirginioRosetta, Pietro Rava, Carlo

Parola, Giacinto Facchetti,

Armando Picchi, Gaetano

Scirea, Antonio Cabrini,

Claudio Gentile, Franco

Baresi, Giuseppe Bergomi,

Paolo Maldini and Fabio

Cannavaro.

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 Champion-

ships U21 3 European Champion-

ships U18 2 European Champion-ships U16 7 Summer Universiades 8 World Military Champi-

onships1 European Futsal Champion-

shipThey have been finalists in:

2 World Cups 1 European Championship 2 Bronze medals at Olym-

pic Games 2 European Championship

U21 1 European Championship



U16 2 Summer Universiades4 World Military Champion-ships

Italys National Sport



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In 1929 the first officialtournament took place in

Slovakia. The Tatra Cup is

the second oldest

tournament in Europe, after

the Spengler Cup in

Switzerland. The firstorganization of Slovak ice

hockey was established

under the name of

Slovensk upakanadskho adovhohokeja as a part of theSlovak Ice Hockey

Federation in what was

then Czechoslovakia.

This kind of sport is, for

me, optimal. Ice hockey is

fast, creative and impulsive

game. I like on this sport

creativity and individualityfor some players, but the

best adrenalin for watch is

some skirmish or full

hockey fight.

Marian KOPUN

Ice Hockey

Slovakias National Sport

Ice hockey is a team sportplayed 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

popular in areas that are

sufficiently cold for natural

reliable seasonal ice cover,

such as Canada, the Czech

Republic, Latvia, the Nordiccountries (especially Finland

and Sweden), Russia,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Germany,

Austria, Switzerland, and the

northern latitudes of the

United States.

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 thosewho were able achieve this was

Ladislav Trojk; A native of

Koice who left for Prague toplay for the LTC Prahaatthose times considered to be the

best ice hockey team in thecountryin 1934. From therehe was only a step away from

playing for the national team.

Czechoslovakia and its

successor states are rated as

being among the leading nationson the international scene,

thanks to their triumphs in the

Winter Olympic Games and the

World Championships.

Photos supplied by: Marian Kopun



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Football,5.Basketball,6.Tennis,7.Chess,8.Cards,9.Monopoly,10.50metres(164ft)

Question Time

1. Who won the 2011 Champions league final?

2. In what sport would you hear these terms: birdy, eagle, bogey?

3. In which sport would you use a puck instead of a ball?

4. How many sports can you name that do not use a round ball?

5. What sport would you associate with The Harlem Globe Trotters?

6. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe are stars from which sport?

7. Which popular game would you find kings, queens, knights and bishops in?

8. Bridge is a type of which popular game?

9. One of the worlds most popular games has playing pieces including a dog, a boot and a car. What is it?

10. How long is an Olympic swimming pool?

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

Spot The Difference



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They defeated Orhangazi

Sport on 15th May 2011 in

Bursa and became league

champions and will now

proceed once again to the

2nd league.

They played in this leaguetill 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 TurkishFootball Association.

Football players have been

transferred from stanbul,Malatya and DiyarbakrThey tried to be successful to

play in the 3rd league and

they achieved this aim.

Volkan Can became the new

president of Krklareli SportFootball Club.

After they played in amateurleague 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 1999-

2000 season and they startedto 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 2002-

2003 season they were

relegated to the amateur

league.

Krklarelispor

Krklareli Sport Football Club was established in 1968. Theteam colours are green and white. They joined the 3rd league

in the 1969-1970 season. They played in the 2nd and the 3rdleague 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.

Krklareli Sport FootballTeam defeated Sanayi Sportand 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 2009-2010season. They had a chance

to play in the 3rd league in

the 2010-2011 season.

By: brahim UNCU



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Symbols of KrklareliA look at what Krklareli is famous for in pictures

by Even Sancar

KIRKLAREL

Meatballs (Kfte) White Cheese Grape Juice (Hardaliye)

Dupnisa Cave Longoz Forest

Longoz National Park

Sprgecilik(The art of broom making)

Sunflowers Culture, Art and the KakavaFestival



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Sport in our School....

I started to play table tennis at the age of ten. I love

playing table tennis. This is me playing table tennis atmy school.

Bilge YILMAZ

Sport reduces stress. Thereare 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 ofinsomnia

* relieves you spiritually

Berkant TEZEREN

Me and my School Volleyball team

Nur ZL

Playing chess with my friends

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



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My Handball team :)

Ana KRUSELJ

Women volleyball team

KOPRIVNICA

We started playing together about a year agoand 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 in my

spare time. We think it is a fun

game and very competitive.

Uur ZECE

I like horse-riding in my free time. I alwaystry 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

I enjoy fishing.

It is a very relaxingpast-time....

I enjoy playing billiards (pool)

as a sport and for fitness

Murat KARAL

My favourite sport is billiards

(pool), I just love toplay this

sport.

I have enjoyed playing pool

games since the age of 12.

Nevzat KARADAYI



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my favourite sports are volleyball,

handball and tennisI train volleyball for around 4 months

I also trained tennis for 2 and a half

years

Danijela GENC

I dont expect to become a

professional volleyball player, Ionly 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 love all kinds of sports, but lets

say that handball is my favorite (I

have trained it for 3 years)

Kristina BOROVAC

Im playing tennis for

almost 5 years.

In Koprivnica we have

tennis club with 5 tenniscourts.

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 runwith my friends. I just love to run.

I also like tennis. In my village there are tennis courts. I play tennis with myfriends every weekend. We also have tennis tournaments. Winners win a free

hour of playing tennis. We have so much fun.

Petra SALAK

I like volleyball because

it is a team sport and Ienjoy it. I trained volley-

ball 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



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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

I like football , and I cheer

juventus .

I play football in treporti in category

giovanissimi and in this league we

havent a second postSimone RONZANO

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

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 calledthe Stimma Don Bosco.

We are really strong!

Giaocchino FERROTTA

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

I love swimming because I love competing.

I swim because it makes me happy and Irelax.

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 parkour!!

Its a wonderful because it givesmany emotion!

You feel free! No one can

control you just decideandyou get a crazy adrenaline rush!

Luca GIACOMELLI

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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 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

My favorite sport is boxing.

Boxing is very fast and enough dangerous.Imboxing 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

ofthe most popular sport

in the world

Matej FACKOVEC



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I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother andfather Greg Norman

Fun Time

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

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

Nevzat, I have some badnews ... Our son needsnew sports shoes!

Hey, thats cheating!

Swimming is the best sport!!

Darrin WeinbergRemember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; whatmatters is whether I win or lose.



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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled amuscle vacuuming.~ Johnny Bench ~

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

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

Wrestling is ballet with violence.~ Jesse Ventura ~

Emo PhilipsA computer once beat me at chess, but it was nomatch for me at kick boxing.

George OrwellSerious sport is war minus

the shooting.



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Backgammon is one of theoldest 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. Thereare many variants of

backgammon, most of which

share common traits.

Backgammon is a member of

the tables family, one of theoldest classes of board

games in the world.

Although luck is involved

and factors into the outcome,

strategy plays a more

important role in the longrun. With each roll of the

dice players must choosefrom numerous options for

moving their checkers and

anticipate possible counter-

moves by the opponent.

Players may raise the stakes

during the game. There is anestablished repertoire of

common tactics and

occurrences.

Like chess, backgammon has

been studied with greatinterest by computer

scientists. Owing to this

research, backgammon

software has been developed

capable of beating world-

class human players.

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 gavehim great pleasure.

Backgammon is still a very popular game in Turkey, and it is customary to name the dice rolls with their Persian numbernames: yek (1), d (2), se (3), cehar (4), penc (5), e (6).

Backgammon (Tavla)

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 firstplayer to reach a certain

number of points.

Turkeys Traditional Game

Backgammon

playing pieces are

known variously as

checkers, draughts,

stones, men,

counters, pawns, or

chips.

Paths of movement

for red and black,

with checkers in the

starting position

"Backgammon is like

lifeanything can happenat 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.



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Croatias Traditional Game

Picigin

Picigin (pronounced "pih-tsih-gheen") 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, itis 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.

DescriptionThe game involves several

players in a circle passing around

a small ball and keeping it in theair and out of the water for aslong 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 andspeed 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 inplay. Players don't catch the ball,

they bounce it around with the

palm of the hand.

RulesSince picigin is an amateur

sport, there are no strict or

formal rules, but it is playedaccording to tradition, with

little variation.

Players

There are 5 players in the

game. Two of them arecalledsidruni (sidro =anchor, they are called so

because they do not move

from their places) and the

other three are runners

(trkai). The groups are oftenmixed both by gender and

age.

Terrain

Picigin must be played on a

sandy beach in shallowwater. 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 softenfalls, which are common

because there's a lot of

jumping around trying to

reach the ball.

Ball

The traditional ball, called

balun (otherwhise a dialecticname 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 ofball 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 objectof 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 playedwith Italian cards, which

have suits of coins, cups,

batons and swords, but

you may play using astandard international 52-

card deck, just byremoving the Jokers,

eights, nines and tens.

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

recommended.

Rank and value of cardsIn 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.

Briscola is often played with

Italian cards with suits ofswords (spade), clubs(bastoni), cups (coppe) andcoins (danari). In this casethe 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 fromTaroBear's Lair

As you see, the total value of

cards in the deck adds up to120 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 usuallyBriscola is played to the best

of three or five games.

Two player BriscolaThe 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 thetrick 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 winnertakes 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 thecards is a Briscola (trump), then the player of the Briscola wins

the trick.



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Slovakias Traditional Game

Mari

Mari is the most popular cardgame in the Czech Republic and

in Slovakia. It is closely related

to the Hungarian game Ulti.

Mari is a point trick game of themarriage 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 toundertake 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 (svrekorfilek), under-knave (spodek), 10 (deset), 9 (devt), 8 (osm), 7(sedm).

The player to the dealer's left isknown 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, andcontinues 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 trumpin 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

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The No.1 Sports Person of Turkey

Derya Bykuncu (born July2, 1976) is an olympic

backstroke and butterfly

swimmer from Turkey, who

competed in five consecutive

Summer Olympics for his

native country, starting in1992.

Beijing 2008 was his fifth

Olympic Games. He won the

bronze medal in the 100 m

backstroke at the 2000 FINA

Short Course WorldChampionships, behind

America's Neil Walker and

Cuba's Rodolfo Falcon

Lisbon 1999 he won silver

medal for 100m backstrokeat the European short course

championships.

Istanbul 2009 he broke the

Turkish 200m backstroke

record

Yamur YIL

In the same year, inRomania, the Balkan Junior

Swimming Championships

gold medals and three world

record 100 m backstroke

style and three new Balkan

Youth Turkey, broke theworld record. Balkan Junior

Swimming Championships

record-breaking field of

more than three gold medalsand achieved the title of thefirst Turkish swimmer.

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

Luxembourg in the sameyear, two silver medals in

the age group of 14 was

obtained.Edward I.

International Swimming

Championship in Greece,

received four gold medals inthe 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

Derya BykuncuIn 1987, the Balkan AgeGroup Swimming

Championships in Izmir, the

five gold medals and a

bronze medal in Swimming

Championships in

Luxembourg, while all therecords 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. SwimmingChampionships in

For the first time inBulgaria 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.



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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.

HonoursClubLiga ASOBAL: 2004/05EHF Champions LeagueRunner-up: 2005/06

Croatian CupRunner-up: 2002

NationalOlympic GamesGold: 2004

World ChampionshipWinner: 2003

Runner-up: 2005, 2009

European ChampionshipRunner-up: 2008, 2010

IndividualIHF World Player of theYear: 2003, 2006Croatian Sportsman of theyear: 2006IHF - Best Male Handball

Player Of All Time: 2010

At the 2006 EuropeanChampionship in Switzerland he

was declared the tournamentMVP. Even though Croatia won

the 5th place on the 2007 World

Men's Handball Championship in

Germany, he was declared thetournament'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 wasalso voted to be in the All-Star

Team for the tournament.

Ivano Bali

Before playing handball Balitrained with the basketball club

KK Split. He began his handball

career with RK Split. Bali was amember of the Croatian national

team that won the 2003 World

Men's Handball Championship inPortugal. He won a gold medal at

the 2004 Summer Olympics and

silver at the 2005 World

Championship in Tunisia.

Bali was declared the IHFWorld 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.



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INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Italy

Years: 1942-49Appearances: 12 Goals: 4

Debut: 05/04/1942 v Croatia(H) W 4-0

Last Cap: 27/03/1949 v Spain(A) W 3-1

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 debutseason with thirty one. Meazza

played for Italy in the 1934 and

1938 World Cups which Italy

won. He scored a total of thirtythree goals in fifty three

appearances for the Italian

national side.

The No.1 Sports Person of Italy

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 attackingmidfielder 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).

Alexandra BUTA

VS

INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Italy

Years: 1930-39Appearances: 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): Win-ners (5 games, 2 goals)

World Cup 1938 (FRA): Win-ners (4 games, 1 goal)

http://www.world-football-legends.co.uk/wcup1934.phphttp://www.world-football-legends.co.uk/wcup1938.phphttp://www.world-football-legends.co.uk/wcup1938.phphttp://www.world-football-legends.co.uk/wcup1934.php


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

Moscow.

Miroslav atan

The No.1 Sports Person of Slovakia

Pre-NHLIn 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 compulsoryarmy 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 Oilersatan was drafted 111thoverall 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 OlympicGames.

Buffalo SabresAfter 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 200405 NHL labor dispute, atan

played for Slovan Bratislava

in the Slovak Extraliga. Afterthe lockout, atan was notoffered a contract by the

Sabres

New York Islandersatan signed as a free agentwith the New York Islanders

on August 3, 2005. He ledthe Islanders in goals in the

200506 season. His 35goals during the season were

his highest goal-output since

the 200102 season with theBuffalo Sabres. Almost halfhis 35 goals came on the

power play (17), also a career

personal best. atan tied forthe 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 theleague in shooting

percentage in the shootout.

Pittsburgh PenguinsOn July 3, 2008, atan signeda one-year contract with the

Pittsburgh Penguin. During the2008-09 season, atan wasplaced 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 wasassigned to the Penguins'

American Hockey League

(AHL) affiliate, the

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Penguins. In Wilkes-Barre,atan had three goals and ninepoints in 10 games. Various

reports credited him with

being upbeat and a good

influence, especially with theyounger players.

Boston BruinsOn January 2, 2010, atan signed a US $700,000 deal with the Boston Bruins for the remainder of the 200910 season. The dealincludes 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 MoscowAt 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

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 aneducation environment to develop their skills which will be

useful for their future life.

Good learning atmosphere and method can guide the students tolearn more and meaningful. To accomplish such

condition,teacher must create attractive methods for theclass.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 alesson,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, mystudents do not get bored while learning and I reach my targets

related to teaching English easily.

Ece CVAN - English Teacher

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 freeand they communicate with each other in a flexibleenvironment.

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 totake part in such projects.

aban CANAN - Head Master



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No matter how old we are, no matter in which position

we are, we learn new things everyday. I have realizedthat 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 differentkinds 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 befun. 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 en-countered 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 togetherwith 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 thelive chat sessions and creating all the

wiki pages for the international teams.



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Stredn odborn kola, Bzinsk 11, NovMesto nad VhomSlovakia

Thanks to Peter Rebro for

imitialising the project. It washis 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-twinningnotice board where pictures and updates ofthe project can be posted for all the school to

see.



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