We wanted in our project “the Spirit of freedom”, in addition to trips, there was still a sport entertainment. Our team was the man who played rounders in Miass, and he proposed in Chelyabinsk to hold such meetings. Rounders moved from Miass to our city, and it is now promoted also in Ekaterinburg, – says Sergey Grachev, one of the organizers of the game.
the Rules are pretty simple: participants are divided into two teams. One defends, the other attacks. Offensive players do the same thing with bits as you can continue to run the ball and manage to run across the field. The task of the defender to catch the ball and get them in the opponent, that is, “to tag”, not allowing him to earn points.
– rounders can play both boys and girls, people of all ages, from young to old. Fun together it turns out. But we, in principle, for other games, but I can’t find some interesting, – shares the opinion of Olga Gracheva, which also helps to organize meetings of fans of rounders.
Indeed, there were about fifteen people. The youngest player on view four years, he hold the bat helps the father. “In school we used to play rounders, and therefore came here,” says Anastasia, a student at the Forestry University. “Soon Taganay go, too, from the “spirit of freedom”. So we decided to meet with the head of the group, and, of course, play a game of rounders,” says Sergei, an aspiring photographer. He is not alone, but with support group: wife Olesya, the daughter of Leroy and tan Pomeranian named Simba.
– what do you call a man who plays cricket?
Baptist, probably – laughing Sergey Grachev.
– hero of the day! – picks up the boy, who never misses a meeting.
plans for the future the organizers say. According to them, it all depends on the inspiration.
– Perhaps we’ll someday be playing professionally, let’s make a team, – adds Vadim Sadykov, a friend of Sergei.
Russian lapta is not only entertainment, but also sport. In 1994 she was included in the unified all-Russian classification. This means that it was considered an officially recognized kind of sport, there the standards and the system of assignment of categories and ranks. Annually the championship of Russia. The current champion of Russian bast is the national team of the Tomsk region.
the history of the Russian lapty began in ancient times. Mention of this pastime is contained in the Chronicles. On the site of Novgorod in layers of the earth related to the XIV century, during the excavations were found the balls and the rounders – a special stick-bat with a long thin handle and is similar to the cylinder end.
a Vivid description of the bast gave the famous Russian writer Alexander Kuprin: “This popular game, unfortunately, and forgotten in neglect, is one of the most interesting and useful games… In lapithos needed: resourcefulness, deep breathing, faithfulness to your “party”, attentiveness, resourcefulness, quick run, keen eye, the impact toughness of hands and eternal confidence that you will not win… Cowards and lazy in this game is not the place.”
