Inspirational and joyful, but also warm and moving, the recently released movie "Roof Football" tells the story of a group of girls deep in the mountains, because of their love for football, using the roof as a stadium and using grapefruit as a ball. Despite the poor environment, they fought tenaciously for their dreams, and the heat and sincerity were moving.
Over the years, in order to allow children in mountainous areas to get in touch with professional football equipment, with high-quality football sports conditions and education courses, the sports lottery around the country uphold the original intention of public welfare, so that the sports lottery community chest radiates to the vast countryside, to help children realize their football dreams.
Let Love Root: Funding the construction of football fields
Wuyang Town, Jiangxi Province, located in the southwest of Ruijin City, is a remote rural area with backward sports infrastructure. In September last year, after the track and field field in Wuyang Town was put into use, it became the focus of the town in one fell swoop, and the town with a population of only tens of thousands suddenly set off a football boom.
With the support of the Sports Lottery Community Chest, the Wuyang Town Athletics Stadium has become the football sports and fitness venue with the highest standard and the most complete facilities in the townships of Ruijin City. The children in the town have practiced basic football skills, carried out after-school football courses, organized football clubs and class leagues and other activities on this field, and the level of football has improved significantly. The football team of Wuyang Middle School also passed all the way in the football competition of primary and secondary school students in the city and won the runner-up.
"The schools in the town have never had professional sports fields and football fields, and the completion of this track and field field allows rural children to run on professional fields and have better conditions and venues to receive professional training. Ruijin City Education and Sports Bureau Group Unit Chief Chen Qiang introduced, thanks to the investment of 4.5 million yuan in the sports lottery public welfare fund, the follow-up will continue to improve the construction of sports facilities in the field, so that it can cover more sports.
In addition to the track and field field in Wuyang Town, the Sports Lottery Community Chest also supported the construction of 7 other rural football fields in Ruijin City, including the Baicun Football Field in Huangbai Township and the Community Seven-a-side Football Field in Jiubao Town. Under the grass and warm sun, these venues not only have the sassy and heroic posture of children playing football, but also the figures of villagers exercising, and the cultural and sports life of the countryside has become rich, and at the same time, it has also promoted sports exchanges and economic development between urban and rural areas.
Let Love Sprout: Donate football equipment to schools in need
In order to make up for the lack of sports facilities in remote and backward areas, the single content of physical education courses, and the backward situation of physical education teachers, the "Public Welfare Sports Lottery Happy Playground" activity moved forward with love, and last year sent sports equipment worth 20,000 yuan to Mingde Primary School in Wuxing Township, Puyang County, Puyang City, Henan Province.
It is understood that this school was recognized by the Ministry of Education as a national youth campus football characteristic school in 2021. With the development of the school, the existing sports equipment is difficult to meet the current needs of sports and education and teaching. The donation of sports lottery can be said to be "charcoal in the snow", which greatly improves the lack of sports equipment in schools.
"Thanks to the care of Henan Sports Lottery Center for the school, we will make good use of this batch of equipment to cultivate children's interest in football, and cultivate children's all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor. Ma Wei, the principal of the school, said excitedly at the donation ceremony.
In this donation activity, Henan Sports Lottery also specially invited Zhao Lina, the former national team goalkeeper, to bring a "football special training class" to the children. Demonstrating warm-up movements and teaching football skills, Zhao Lina, as a referee, also started a unique football match with the children, doubling the joy of this physical education class.
As of the end of 2023, the national sports lottery has invested 75.32 million yuan to send urgently needed equipment and public welfare physical education classes to 4162 primary and secondary schools, and wish every rural child can bravely pursue their dreams and stand on a bigger stage.
Let the love continue: Carry out the organization of football events
With professional football venues, equipment and teaching courses, how can there be no lack of building a competitive platform, and the "Sports Lottery Cup" football tournament has already blossomed all over the country......
On April 16th, the 24th Guilin Futsal Match of the "Ticai Cup" was grandly opened in the football field of Guilin Jiatianxia Convention and Exhibition Center, covering 8 groups such as primary school, junior high school and high school, and university. In the next month or so, 94 teams and 1,043 players from all over the city will compete in 216 exciting competitions on the green field.
"China Sports Lottery" Shandong Yongxiu County's first primary and secondary school students' campus football league and football reserve talent selection tournament opened on April 18, the county's 26 teams, more than 370 athletes signed up for the competition. The lively and lovely football players not only gained the joy of sports and the sense of honor of team competition, but also showed the healthy physique of primary and secondary school students and the spirit of teenagers in the new era.
Recently, the 2024 Wucheng County "Sports Lottery Cup" Primary and Secondary School Football League came to a successful conclusion. A total of 26 teams and 376 athletes from primary and junior high schools in Wucheng County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province competed fiercely, with superb footwork, smooth dribbling, sharp shooting, and wonderful cooperation, making the game exciting. "On the field, each of us has contributed our strength to the team, and no matter what the result is, we will cherish this experience and continue to improve and surpass!" said one of the participating students excitedly.
"Yin" is for you, and "foot" is wonderful enough. In the context of deepening the integration of education and sports and promoting the healthy development of young people, the investment of the Sports Lottery Community Chest has injected a strong impetus into rural football, selected more outstanding football reserve talents for the country, and laid a solid foundation for the future development of Chinese football. In the future, China Sports Lottery will continue to contribute to the opportunity for rural children to participate in football, fall in love with football, chase their dreams in the arena, and build a sports power to "ignite the future".