On July 1 an open tennis tournament among the employees of the enterprises of the nuclear power industry devoted to the 10th anniversary of power unit No. 1 commissioning started. Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC was the Championship founder.

In the course of three days 48 sportsmen - tennis-players representing Kalinin, Kursk, Leningrad, Balakovo, Novovoronezh, Kola and Rostov nuclear plants and Volgodonsk city will be competing at the tennis grounds. The winners will be defined in the individual competition among men and women in the age categories from 18 to 35 years, from 35 to 51 years and over 51.

Representatives of city administration and Duma, Rostov nuclear power plant, sportsmen and the citizens took part in the solemn ceremony of the Championship opening.

Addressing the audience on behalf of the plant administration, Rostov NPP Deputy Director Gennady Fomenko noted: “With each year this corporate tournament becomes more significant and popular with the sportsmen of Russian nuclear plants. It is a great honour for Rostov NPP to accept the sportsmen of Rosenergoatom Concern on Don land”.

Addressing the tennis-players, Volgodonsk City Duma Deputy Chairman Ludmila Tkachenko underlined: “I admire the work of Rosenergoatom Concern on the organization of sports competitions. There has already become a good tradition for atomists to hold various sports championships, competitions and tournaments in our city”.

The winners in the tennis championship among the nuclear power branch and industry employees in 2010 Ludmila Guzhilova (Kalinin NPP), Alexander Kudryavtsev (Kalinin NPP) and Sergey Myasnyankin (Kursk NPP) received the honourable right to raise the flag of the Russian Federation.

The championship will last till July 4.