On December 20, 2025, a Christmas Checkers Championship was held at the Municipal Institution “Youth Center ‘HIGH HUB’”.
Organizers: Vysochany Children and Youth Sports School and the High Hub Youth Center. The goal of the event was to promote intellectual sports among the youth of the Vysochany community, as well as
the organization of meaningful leisure and strengthening friendly ties between the settlements of the community (in this championship — Vysokyi and Pokotylivka).
Young athletes were welcomed by the First Deputy Head of the Vysochany Settlement Council, Ivan Mykhailychenko.
“Sport is one of the priority areas for the development of children and youth in the community. The Vysochany community is one of the first in promoting sport and a healthy lifestyle among the communities of the Kharkiv region,” noted Ivan Oleksandrovych. He wished the young athletes an interesting and intense competitive process, sporting achievements, and victory.
The competitions were held in two categories:
boys and girls.
The participants demonstrated a high level of skill, concentration, and the will to win. Each game was accompanied by intense competition, and the final matches determined the strongest strategists of the community.
Competition results:
Girls’ category:
1st place — Tarasenko Mariia, 14 years old, Pokotylivka settlement
2nd place — Slupska Aisha, 12 years old, village of Vysokyi
3rd place — Korzhun Yaroslava, 11 years old, Pokotylivka settlement
Report: Boys
1st place — Halkin Andrii, 12 years old, village of Vysokyi
2nd place — Tkachenko Yaroslav, 16 years old, village of Vysokyi
3rd place — Halkin Ivan, 8 years old, village of Vysokyi
The participants received sweet New Year gifts from the Vysochany Settlement Council and commemorative souvenirs from the competition organizers.
The event was held within the framework of the project “Skills of the Third Millennium,” implemented by the Municipal Institution Youth Center “HIGH HUB” of the Vysochany Settlement Council with the support of the Kharkiv Community Foundation “Toloka,” within the project “Pulse of the Community,” funded by The Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF). The Global Fund
With support High Hub Youth Center
