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Both Hero and Champion19 December 2019 Thursday
The 37th Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Presidential Cup Sports Festival was held with the participation of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality units, affiliate companies and district municipalities. At the sports feast, our football team, the Fire Department, raised the cup as a champion. Our athletes won one gold in swim team, two gold and two bronze in individual branches, one bronze in volleyball and veteran football and one bronze in table tennis.

The IMM Units and the inter-municipal sports feast organized in the branches of Football, Veteran Football, Volleyball, Table Tennis and Swimming, which started in November, included 73 units in total, including 22 IMM affiliate companies, 10 District Municipalities, 10 Departments, 2 Headquarters and 29 Directorates. or hundreds of competitors from the institution.

FOOTBALL

In the football tournament where 70 teams participated in the cutthroat struggles, our Fire Department team beat the tough rivals one by one and reached the finals. In the breathtaking final match played at İBB Çırpıcı sports facilities, our team won the cup by defeating Spor İstanbul 5-2. After the final match, our General Chief Remzi ALBAYRAK, who was following at the bleachers' stand, became a partner of the team's joy with the end of the match.

Remzi ALBAYRAK, Head of Fire Department, said "I congratulate our champion Firefighter Soccer team here but I would like to recommend this to you. It's easy to jump and take off, but it's hard to stand in the air. Give your struggle to stay in difficult weather. I congratulate all of you again.Next year I say to see you again.” He said he expected the championship in the next year. Veteran football team finished the tournament as the third place was the bronze medal.

SWIMMING

91 people from different institutions participated in the swimming branch of the IMM sports feast 19-35, 35-45, 45 and over age groups competed. Our swimmers ranked first in their own age groups as well as in the overall standings and in flag competitions.

Firefighters who are ranked 1st in swimming and entering the rankings are as follows.

100 m freestyle men in the 35-44 age category Nurettin ÜNAL won first place in his own category as well as in all age categories with his 01: 05: 71

Serdar ÇAKIR at the age of 35-44 with 100 m freestyle men

100 m backstroke for men in the 19+ age category Faruk ATAMAN 01: 34: 19 in the first place

Ali Erdal SÖNMEM is the third in the 100 m freestyle men 45+ age category with a degree of 01: 30: 00.

Competing on behalf of our Fire Department; Nurettin ÜNAL, Faruk ATAMAN, Ferhat ÇÖMLEKÇİOĞLU and Serdar ÇAKIR finished the 4x50 m free flag race with the 2: 04: 75 degree and finished first.

VOLLEYBALL

18 teams registered in Volleyball Fire Department, our team finished 3rd in the tournament.

PING PONG

Adem YAZICI won the bronze medal in table tennis.

Our department which works 24/7 to ensure Istanbul's safety against disasters and fires, has shown that it is ready once again with this success.

The Fire Department is Always Ready But First Measure.

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