By Li Bo

  On 4th July, a friendly badminton competition between Chinese and foreign students was held at Nantong Youth Amateur Sports School. The competition was jointly held by the municipal Youth Amateur Sports School, Nantong Chiziqing Overseas Chinese Library and the Chinese Language School of Chinese Service Center, Ireland. 32 Irish Chinese youths from the study camp and students of the badminton class of the municipal Youth Amateur Sports School made friends through badminton and presented themselves. 

  The competition adopted the form of mixed teams of Chinese and foreign students, and the competition system adopted a group round-robin method, which allowed Chinese and foreign students to fully communicate and compete while ensuring the competitiveness and entertainment value of the competition.

  Shi Ziyu, a student of the badminton class of Nantong Youth Amateur Sports School has participated in the badminton training for 5 years. He said with a smile, ‘competing with students from Ireland on the same site, I felt different playing styles and gained a lot.’ 

  Ke Zhenglong, an overseas Chinese student from Ireland, and his partner won the Excellence Award in this badminton friendship match with superb skills. He held the certificate of honor, and said excitedly, ‘the competition is an unforgettable experience. I hope that I can participate in more events like this in the future.’

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中外学生羽毛球赛结友谊

    7月4日，一场中外学生羽毛球友谊赛在南通市儿童业余体育学校开赛。此次比赛由市儿童业余体育学校、南通赤子情华侨图书馆、爱尔兰华助中文学校联合举办，来自研学营的32名爱尔兰华裔青少年和市儿童业余体校羽毛球班的学员们以球会友，尽展风采。

    比赛采用中外学生混编组队的形式，赛制采用分组循环的方式，让中外学生充分交流切磋的同时，又保证了比赛的竞技性和观赏性。

    南通市儿童业余体校羽毛球班学员施梓煜参加羽毛球培训已达5年之久，他笑着表示：“与爱尔兰的同学同场竞技，我感受到了不同的打球风格，收获颇丰。”

    来自爱尔兰的华裔学生柯政隆与搭档以精湛的球技在此次羽毛球友谊赛中获得优胜奖，他手捧荣誉证书，兴奋地说：“这次比赛是一次难忘的经历，希望以后能多参与这样的活动。”

    作者：李波