Ukraine News

[Bronco Rob]

This is absolutely fantastic news and massive for the game in the Ukraine and what a great job Arthur Martyrosyan and his cohorts are doing there. The Ukraine can be a force in years to come let's just hope that their political unrest can get sorted soon.

I thought I'd make a thread devoted to anything from the Ukraine rather than having several smaller threads which I'd like to see for most nations rather than having a thread just for one piece of news.

Rugby League accepted into government sports schools in Ukraine

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By Phil Caplan, Date: 28/1/14
The Ukrainian Rugby League Federation (UFRL) has struck an agreement with the authorities to include specific rugby league content in the state’s 45 sports schools.
In what the UFRL describes as, “a major victory” for the sport, the move follows rugby league’s official recognition by the government in 2012.
"For rugby league in the Ukraine this is a massive achievement,” said UFRL president Artur Martyrosyan. “Now that we have an official rugby league study programme, every sports school can help develop the game.”
“In the near future we can hope to have youth competitions between about 2,000 participants."
The breakthrough also means that the UFRL can begin development work in previously virgin territories by conducting coach education courses for the various state sports school teachers.
The number of age group teams playing in each school will vary but could be up to four

http://www.nospam18.com/rlp-nations...ted-into-government-sports-schools-in-ukraine

 

[taipan]

That is one hell of a move,securing rugby league in so many sporting schools.
Get ëm"while they are young is the answer.I can see Ukraine being a top flight rugby league country down the line.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Great news for the cossacks

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Wonderful news.

Big well done all round.

 

[IowaRL]

I hate to seem like a downer, but with the upheaval in the Ukraine ATM, I hope this lasts past the current administration.

 

[taipan]

I hate to seem like a downer, but with the upheaval in the Ukraine ATM, I hope this lasts past the current administration.

If rugby league can survive and grow in Lebanon with all the inherent dramas,I am sure it can do likewise in Ukraine.

 

[Bronco Rob]

Rugby League in Ukraine powers on despite political crisis

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http://www.nospam18.com/images/nations/ukraine/ukraine-rugby-league.jpgBy Phil Caplan, Date: 7/4/14
The Ukrainian Championship has begun despite the ongoing political crisis that has already forced their European Championship B tie against Russia to be switched from its original venue, Kharkov.
Last season, six clubs competed in the top division.
The UFRL expanded it to eight for 2014, playing in two regional divisions with the top two from each going on to play in a finals series but two Group B clubs - KEPU from Simferopol and Patriot from Sevastopol - are from the Crimea and travel is now more complicated than it was before the crisis.
If necessary, the UFRL will elevate two clubs from the second division to take their place.
UFRL president Artur Martyrosyan, himself a native of Kharkov, demonstrated the determination amongst Ukraine’s rugby league community to carry on despite the obstacles. “We assessed the situation in the country and the UFRL clubs decided to proceed with the competition in spite of the difficulties,” he said.
“‘Ukraine begins with us’ is the new slogan of the UFRL, and we are optimistic about the future,” he added.
The season got underway with matches in Kharkov and Kryvyi Rog.
Current champions Legion XIII from Kharkov beat Titan from Donetsk 60-8 to get their campaign off to a dominant start and in Ukraine’s steel city, Kryvyi Rog Rhinos were beaten by Krivbas RLFC.

http://www.nospam18.com/rlp-nations...in-ukraine-powers-on-despite-political-crisis

 

[deluded pom?]

http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1001/ukraine-rugby-league-federation-announce

 

[DC_fan]

http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1001/ukraine-rugby-league-federation-announce

Interesting news. How the season pans out I suppose depends a lot on Putin.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

The Crimea is lost to Ukraine, and so too is Donetsk unfortunately. Let us hope that Putin's army does not steal more territory from Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Rugby League needs to have several teams in Kiev (the national capital) if the game is to be funded by rich businessmen, and take off in a serious way. Also they should have teams in the southern city of Odessa and the nearby cities of Nikolayev and Kherson, which could be made into a separate division.

You could have four divisions:
(1) West (e.g. Lviv, Uzhgorod, Ivanovo-Frankivsk)
(2) Centre (Kiev, Vinnitsia),
(3) East (Kharkov, Dniepropetrovsk, Khivy Rog)
(4) South (Odessa, Kherson, Nikolayev).

Top 2 in each division play in quarter finals, then semi-finals, final.