Presentation made by the students of Jelgava State Grammar School about the free time and sport in Jelgava.

1. Jelgava
Sport and Free time activities
See it, Live it, Love it.

2. Jelgava is a city for young
people. You can actively
participate in
sport, music, art, dancing
and much more hobby
groups.
In this presentation we`re
going to show you how we
spend our free time in the

3. In our free time we can go to
school`s activities like:
Choir

4. Folk dance
group

5. Theater

6. Volleyball

7. Chess club

8. There are sport
dance, debate
club, policy group and
French too.

9. Sport in
Jelgava

10. Basketball
We can play basketball in Jelgava
sport hall and in Zemgales Olympic
centre, there are many boys and
girls’ teams from the1st grade till
the last and older. This sport is
very popular here.

12. If you are 10 to 20 years old you are
welcome to Jelgava Hockey (Ice)
Hall.
There you can skate and play
hockey all year round.
Hockey

14. Football
Football is one of the most popular sport
in Jelgava.
You can train if you are 6 to 18 years
old.
You can do it in ZOC or in the Jelgava
sport hall

16. Swimming
We have our own swimming pool. It is not the
most popular sport, but there are real
champions, girls and boys with a lot of
medals.

17. Freestyle wrestling
Tennis
Academic
rowing

18. Track and field athletics
There are many students, boys
and girls, who are dealing with
this sport and a big part of them
are really good athlets and
champions. We can do it in
Jelgava sport hall and in
Zemgales Olympic centre.

20. Rugby
There are three rugby teams in
Jelgava. It`s rough sport and it`s for
older students.

21. BMX
This sport comes more and more popular in
Latvia and Jelgava. One of reason is Māris
Štrombergs , he is professional Latvian BMX
racer and he has two gold medals in Olympic
games and other more medals in this sport. We
have BMX track in Jelgava who is one of the
most modern tracks in Eastern Europe.

23. Horse riding
There are several riding
associations in Jelgava
neighborhood where you can
learn the sport or just go for a ride.

24.  Horse riding is amazing sport.
 You can spend time in nature with
beautiful and strong creatures -
horses. Go for a walk in forest, go
swimming in summers or just take a
training.
 It’s also very dangerous sport and
you need to focus every minute.
 But this isn’t just a sport, it’s a life-
style. You can’t just leave this sport.

25.  Horse jumping
 Jump over barriers (in perfect time
or without any mistakes and other…)
 Sport with huge adrenaline and
fears.
 Dressage
 Show the best of horse dressage
and walk. Show how perfect is horse
and it’s rider.
 Very long year’s work.

26. Competition
 Both of types have competitions.
Like in other sport there everyone
show the best he can.
 H.J. It’s loud competition cause
everywhere is music and people are
yelling and clapping.
 D. Compared with horse jumping this
is calm and quiet competition cause
there is needing more focus for every
detail.

28. Art, music
and
dancing in

29. This is the art school’s building. The
school was founded in 1986. The school
employs professional artists and educators.
There are studying about 200 students aged
10 to 25 years.

31. Music school
This is a traditional music school, where you can
go if you are 6 to 18 years old.
There you can play:
· Piano
· Accordion;
· String instruments (violin, viola, cello);
· Guitar and harp
· Wind instruments
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, Sax, trumpet, Fren
ch horn, euphonium, trombone, tuba) ;
· percussion instruments
(xylophone, marimba, drum set;
· Solo singing in choir class.

34. Children and Youth Music Club
Rock
school

35. This club is private so you have to pay for
the lessons. There you can learn how to
play
•Electric, classic, acoustic and bass guitar
•Drums
•Pop, rock vocal and academic vocal.
There is rock school too, and you have to
study there for 5 years just like in other
music schools, but the difference is that
everything is more about rock than about
the classic music.

37. Children and Youth Dance Groups
There are many dance clubs and groups where
you can dance hip-hop, folk dances, modern
dances, breakdance and many other styles.

39. Children and Youth
centre
There are two
buildings where
you can do almost
everyhing you
want to do-
dancing, singing, a
rt, games and
learning of
languages.

40. Jelgava`s youth are really
active and almost everyone
are dealing with something
after school exept
homewoks . We showed
you the most popular things
we do in our free time.

41. Thanks for
attention