01 апреля 2013 18:25

Kazakhstan knights to take part in international tournament in France first time

The knights compete in the Battlefield tournament-2012 in Pavlodar. Photo by Vladimir Bugayev©

Kazakhstan team will take part in the Battle of the Nations historical medieval battle in France for the first time, Tengrinews.kz reports. The international championship will be held on May 9-12. The annual tournament will be held for the 4th time. It will be participated by 27 countries. Kazakhstan will be represented by 7 knights from Pavlodar, Almaty, Petropavlovsk and Stepnogorsk. Three re-enactors representing Pavlodar club of historical fencing The Northern Tower will be the core of the Kazakhstan team. The club’s coach Yaroslav Aleksandrov said that Kazakhstan has around 5 historical fencing clubs. Organizers of the international tournament invited Kazakhstan participants but financing was a problem for the clubs. According to Aleksandrov, Pavlodar re-enactors told Akim (Governor) of Pavlodar oblast Yerlan Aryn about the invitation to the tournament and he promised to help them and provide funding. The Northern Tower club opened 3 years ago and the national tournament called Battlefield was held at Pavlodar’s quay in 2012. Besides, Pavlodar re-enactors also took part in tournaments in Russia. By Assemgul Kassenova

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