(Original) President of the MFK Luke Tardif at a meeting with the Vice-speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Avtandil Enukidze: "It is quite realistic that in 2-3 years we will be able to hold the World Hockey Championship in Georgia"

14.07.22

Vice-speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Avtandil Enukidze, met with the President of the International Hockey Federation, Luke Tardif, and the President of the National Hockey Federation of Georgia, Zacharias Khechuashvili, in the country's Supreme Legislative Body.

As part of Luke Tardifa's visit to Georgia, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia and the International Hockey Federation. The memorandum provides for the construction of an ice arena in Georgia.

Vice-speaker of the Parliament Avtandil Enukidze, who is also the vice-president of the National Hockey Federation of Georgia, thanked Luke Tardifa for his visit and the support he provides to Georgia in the development of this sport.

"We estimate the activity of the president of the MFH at a very high level. In Georgia, hockey is not very developed at this stage, so his attention is a great honor for us, and we are very grateful for it. As the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament, as a Georgian and as the Vice President of the Hockey Federation, I thank Luke Tardifa for everything", Avtandil Enukidze noted at the meeting.

"Today in Georgia, great attention is paid to the development of all sports. I personally talked with the Prime Minister, and, in fact, a decision was made about the construction of hockey arenas in our country, and you can be informed about the progress of these works. Тем более, что вы продукли проводы, за что что еще раз большое вам спасибо", Avtandil Enukidze noted.

As noted by the president of the International Hockey Federation Luke Tardif, he first came to Georgia 10 years ago to take the first steps, and Georgia was able to start playing in the world championship.

 "After 10 years, I see great progress and changes, which makes me very happy. In these 10 years, systemic changes have occurred, a whole system of this sport has been created, which did not exist before," said Tardif.

According to him, he sees the character necessary for team and strength sports in Georgians, and he believes that Georgia will achieve the same success in hockey as in rugby or basketball.

«I am glad that the hockey arena will be built in Georgia. Now Georgia needs to start the second stage of hockey development. It is necessary to start raising a new generation, and for this it is necessary to create infrastructure. I would like to see Georgia play in the top division in a few years. There will be youth teams, women's teams... I think that the government of Georgia has a very good concept, in particular, palaces of many types of sports will be gathered on one territory, including an ice arena. The projects that I heard about in Batumi, Tbilisi, and Bakurians will be the beginning of the jump to the second stage, and I will help you in every way to bring all this to life," said the head of the International Federation, emphasizing that in 2-3 years, when The construction of the infrastructure is completed, it is quite possible to hold the world hockey championship, since Georgia has good experience in conducting world-level competitions.

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