Sports As a Way of Life Program Begins
BY MEHMET ALİ SALMAN (MAN/III)
“Sports as a Way of Life” program launched on October 7 with an evening rally. The aim of the program is to encourage Bilkenters to participate in any kind of sports in their spare time. Because of bad weather conditions, the opening ceremony was moved to the Main Campus Sport Center instead of the Main Campus Football Field as planned before.
The ceremony began with speeches by Rector Abdullah Atalar and Prof. Hasan Erten, coordinator of the program. They both spoke about the importance of sports in everyone's life. They encouraged Bilkenters to keep active. After the speeches, trainers demonstrated two different sport activities to the audience: a skills course and tug-of-war. Volunteers from the audience tried the activities. Even Rector Atalar tried the skills course and completed successfully.
The Bilkent Frisbee team "Bilkent Goats" also participated in the ceremony by introducing the team and rules of the game.
They held an exhibition match between the team players and volunteers from the audience.
At the end of the exhibitions, team registration began for the participants. All coaches and trainers of the sports center invite all new Bilkenters to participate in the organization.
"Sports as a Way of Life" hopes to encourage people to integrate sports activities into their daily lives as part of a healthy lifestyle.
For more information on the "Sports as a Way of Life" Program, go to http://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/srs in the SRS menu click on "Sports as
a Way of Life" under the Services menu.
For any of your questions or suggestions please an e-mail to sporyasamdir@bilkent.edu.tr.
Here is the schedule of the program for this week:
FOOTBALL
Wednesday, October 13
Mini Field 1 (Halı Saha)
5 p.m.: Erciyes - Kaçkar
6 p.m.: Uludağ - Süphan
7 p.m.: Ağrı - Palandöken
8 p.m.: Bolkar - Ilgaz
Mini Field 2 (Halı Saha)
5 p.m.: Bozdağ - Nemrut
6 p.m.: Davroz - Köroğlu
7 p.m.: Munzur - Tendürek
8 p.m.: Küre - Toros
Friday, October 15
Mini Field 1 (Halı Saha)
5 p.m.: Uludağ - Erciyes
6 p.m.: Ağrı - Kaçkar
7 p.m.: Bolkar - Süphan
8 p.m.: Bozdağ - Palandöken
Mini Field 2 (Halı Saha)
5 p.m.: Davraz - Ilgaz
6 p.m.: Munzur - Nemrut
7 p.m.: Küre - Köroğlu
8 p.m.: Toros - Tendürek
BASKETBALL
East Sports Hall
Tuesday, October 12
5 p.m.: Bozdağ- Bolkar
6:30 p.m.: Davroz - Ağrı
Thursday, October 14
5 p.m.: Munzur - Uludağ
6:30 p.m.: Küre - Erciyes
VOLLEYBALL
East Sports Hall
Wednesday, October 13
5 p.m.: Kaçkar - Küre
6 p.m.: Süphan - Tendürek
7 p.m.: Palandöken - Köroğlu
8 p.m.: Ilgaz - Nemrut
FLAG RUN
Saturday, October 16
Main Campus Grass Field, 11 a.m.
TUG-OF-WAR
Saturday, October 16
Main Campus Grass Field, 12 p.m.
SKILLS COURSE
Saturday, October 16
Main Campus Grass Field, 1 p.m.
FRISBEE
Saturday, October 16
Main Campus Grass Field, 2:30 p.m.
BADMINTON
Main Sports Hall
Sunday, October 17
10:30 a.m
Kaçkar - Süphan
Palandöken - Ilgaz
Kaçkar - Ilgaz
Süphan - Palandöken
Kaçkar - Palandöken
Süphan - Ilgaz
TABLE TENNIS
Main Sports Hall
Tuesday, October 12
4:30 p.m.
Kaçkar - Süphan
Palandöken - Ilgaz
Kaçkar - Ilgaz
Thursday, October 14
4:30 p.m.
Süphan - Palandöken
Kaçkar - Palandöken
Süphan - Ilgaz
Note: As with any activity, please be sure to wear proper exercise attire and shoes.