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Mini Transat: Radek Kowalczyk finishes fifteenth in stage one
David Beaudart, sailing the yacht Flexirub 865, has won stage one of Mini Transat in the Proto category on the Douarnenez-Lanzarote route. He sailed 1250 sea miles on board of the 6.5-metre-long yacht in 6 days 19 hours and 4 minutes. He finished the race with a 9-hour advantage over runner-up Axel Trehin (Aleph Racing 716). The Proto category featured 26 yachts. During the stage, 5 sailors withdrew from the competition. The serial-yachts category involved 46 watercraft; one participant turned back to port, and one dropped out in the course of the race. The first ten serial yachts have alread
Szczecin is brimming with flowers
Anna Drożdż won in the 'Gardens' category, Maksymilian Jędrzejczyk took the second prize, while the third prize was given to Joanna and Ryszard Kuzon. The laureates were awarded with commemorative cups, albums and gardening tools. The 'Balcony' category was won by Anna and Jerzy Pruski and the runner-up was Beata Użarowska.
The Szczecin European Film Festival
Like every year, autumn in Szczecin will be a time for the cinema – thanks to another running of the Szczecin European Film Festival! Starting on 17 October, this is the biggest film festival in the Polish-German borderland. The festival will screen more than 150 films, including 40 premieres! Competitions showcasing the latest documentary films are an essential part of the Szczecin European Film Festival. This year saw the all-time highest number of almost 1,800 submissions. The European Competition Committee, composed of Tomasz Raczek, Muriel Montini and Claus Löser, will eval
The first tag-rugby pitch in Poland
The families of the students of the “Nawigator” all-boys elementary school are celebrating a new sporting venue. The pitch has lines designed specifically for tag rugby – a non-contact variation of rugby union. It will also serve as a football pitch and a basketball and volleyball court. This is an open-access venue but to use it, you need to contact the school.