The Federal Youth Games as a Sports Festival

At this year’s Federal Youth Games at Georg-Gassmann Stadium, the Sports Department’s new “Sports Festival” concept was on full display. All students in the lower and middle grades were not only able to compete in running, jumping, and throwing events, but they also had access to a supporting program that offered opportunities to engage in playful activities with all kinds of balls.

The hot temperatures pushed the students to their limits during the sprint and endurance events. Nevertheless, there were outstanding results in the sprint finals.

In the second part of the sports festival, the individual grade levels competed to determine the class champions in dodgeball (5th grade), soccer (6th grade), basketball (8th grade), and beach volleyball (9th grade). The matches were very close and exciting.

While the sports festival was taking place at Georg-Gassmann Stadium, the 7th-grade classes competed in a rowing event at the boathouse to determine this year’s class champion. The students had to complete a triathlon consisting of the Two-Bridges Sprint in a quadruple scull, the rowing ergometer competition, and a relay race around the boathouse.