The sports competitions, part of the annual activities to mark the thirty-year jubilee of the Army, with the final competitions in numerous disciplines that took place yesterday, were won by the most successful teams and individuals in the Army.
Several teams and hundreds of members from all Army units took part in the final matches within the program to mark “August 18” – Army Day, which took place at the Military Stadium in Skopje in the period from 13.06 to 21.06.2022.
The following results were achieved at the sports competitions in the disciplines: cross-country running at 4 and 8 kilometers, futsal, basketball, volleyball, chess and table tennis:
Futsal:1st place: Ranger Battalion2nd place: Military Police Battalion3rd place: Honor Guard Battalion
Basketball:1st place: Special Forces Battalion2nd place: Air Force WING3rd place: Ranger Battalion
Volleyball:1 place: 1st Infantry Brigade2nd place: Ranger Battalion3rd place: Army General Staff
Ping pong:1st place: Army General Staff 2nd place: Special Forces Battalion3rd place: Training and Doctrine Command
Chess:1st place: Operations Command2nd place: 1st Infantry Brigade3rd place: 1 Infantry Brigade/2 crews
Cross Country – Men:Team:1st place: Special Forces Battalion2nd place: Honors Guard Battalion3rd place: Training and Doctrine CommandIndividually:1st place: professional soldier Milosh Ranchic from Logistics base2nd place: Captain Zhan Toshev of the Honor Guard Battalion3rd place: professional soldier Trajche Ilijevski from the Training and Doctrine Command
Cross Country – Women:Team:1st place: Training and Doctrine Command2nd place: Air Force WING3rd place: 1st Infantry BrigadeIndividually:1st place: Major Maria Pelikon from the Army General Staff 2nd place: Irena Lekoska from the Special Forces Battalion3rd place: Cadet Blagica Stefanovska from the Training and Doctrine Command
The competitions were held in a sporting and fair spirit and the best competitors and teams, who showed that besides the regular work tasks, as part of the Army training attention is paid to sports, will receive appropriate recognition as an incentive to achieve even greater success in the future.