Cesis City Sport School

Jānis Naglis

is youth sport education institution. Main aim of the Sport School is to develop healthy, active, physically and intellectually fit personality.

         Developing of Sport School- Step by step:

            School was established in 1952 with 9 sport departments: basketball, skiing, track and field athletics, volleyball, gymnastics, football, cycling, tennis and speed-skating.

            Sport School programmes during years - orienteering (from 1986), floor ball (from 1992-1994 and from 2002), table tennis (from 1994-2009), BMX (from 1995-2009), badminton (from 1997-2009), sport for disabled (from 2000), swimming (1958-1960), canoeing (1961-1963), shooting (1962, 1964-1966), chess (1965-1967, 1971-1985, 1997), downhill skiing (1968-1973, 1990), ice hockey (1991-1993), luge (1997), wrestling (2000). Cesis City Sport School is main youth sport education institution in the Cesis Region. Today we offer part time education in profession- orientated following sport curriculum:

            Basketball, biathlon, cross country skiing, track and field athletics, orienteering, floorball, volleyball, football

Target population of our school students is from age of 7-25. Our school is one of the biggest Sport schools in Latvia and in year 2009/2010 we unite 905 students all around the Cesis region.

In year 2002 School won the National Olympic Committee prize as a best country Sport School. In year 2007 School took 2^nd place between Sport schools in Latvia.  In year 2008 we were 1^st in Floorball and in cross country skiing, 2^nd in biathlon and orienteering between Sport schools and clubs in Latvia.

Sport School main aim is to develop healthy, active, physically and   intellectually fit personality able to cooperate with others. School acts as a main region governing body of sport arrangements organization for youth. We also promote methodological help to Cesis region schools sport education lessons.

In year 2009/2010 School unites 28 well educated and experienced coaches and sport leaders.

School is financed by Cesis City local government and earmarked subsidy from State budget.

Our best youth and junior biathletes Kaspars Dumbris, Janis Berzins, Edgars Piksons (summer biathlon World junior champion 2002), Gerda Krumina,  Liga Glazere are role models for youth. They all participate in 2008 World biathlon Championships in Sweden Ostersund. Janis Berzins and Gerda Krumina participated in XX Winter Olympic games in Turino.

Santa Dreimane and Zane Eglite played in Latvian women national basketball team in European Championships 2007 in Italy and took 4^th place.

 Ieva Krastina and Karlina Nimane played in Latvian U 20 youth basketball team in European Championships 2009 and won 3^rd place.

Davis Rozitis played for the Latvian U 20 basketball team in European Championships.

We are proud about all of our students who are participating in Latvian youth and national teams. Hope that they will remember our school with best memories and it will give them strength in future!