DAVID BALBIRNIE, SECRETARY GENERAL OF EUROPEAN HOCKEY
FEDERATION, VISITS ARMENIA
25-06-2007 18:00:00 | Armenia | Sport
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 22, Mikayel Ispirian,
the Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, received David
Balbirnie (Irland), the Secretary General of the European Hockey
Federation. The Deputy Minister told the Secretary General about
the hockey kind of sport registered in Armenia still in the
1-2nd centuries, the sizes of the playground and the rules of
the game. He also mentioned the fact that Armenians are quick at
acquiring skilfulness in hockey and added that Armenian teams
have won prizes and cups in all-union championships, and Sos
Hayrapetian from Yerevan was included in the world symbolic team
as the best half-back of the world eight times.
David Balbirnie mentioned that he is acquainted with
Armenian hockey and its traditions to some extent and that he is
eager to see the representative teams of Armenia in
international tournaments. He also stated that the European
Federation will send equipment and belongings to Armenia to
contribute to the further development of this kind of sport.