Clubs are rewarded for their social commitment with the Star of Sport. Local clubs were also among the award winners.
Gütersloh (zog) – The “Star of Sports” in bronze was awarded this year to the clubs FC Gütersloh and FSV Gütersloh. In the competition initiated by the Volksbanken, Raiffeisenbanken and the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), clubs are honored for social commitment. In their application, the Gütersloh football clubs presented their now well-advanced merger.
In this way, the two clubs, which are both performance-oriented and rely on comprehensive, basic youth work, are reacting to the increasing demands of the associations on women’s football, which is increasingly threatening the existence of women’s football clubs.
“This was the case with FSV Gütersloh, so in the medium term, in order to ensure performance-oriented women’s football in the club, you have to join a larger (men’s football) club,” it says in the application.
This means that the Gütersloh women’s sports club (FSV), which in 2009 separated itself as a department from the turbulent FC Gütersloh and founded its own club, is returning to its roots. After years of solid, serious leadership with the men’s team in the regional league, FC Gütersloh now has the structures in place to continue to enable women’s second division football, including high-class youth teams and the second team, in the city of Gütersloh.
The bronze award is endowed with 1,500 euros and enables the winners to participate at the state level, where the silver “Star of Sports” is awarded. The state winners, in turn, take part in the gold award at the federal level. Their winners have been honored by the Federal Chancellor or Federal President since 2004.
“I think the initiative is great. This prepares the ground for sport to continue its social commitment and for athletes to continue training for their success. You can do something with the money,” said District Administrator Sven Georg Adenauer recently during the award ceremony at the Volksbank Delbrück-Rietberg branch in Neuenkirchen.
The jury, which, in addition to Sven-Georg Adenauer, includes Hans Feuß, chairman of the district sports association and “Glocke” editor Stefan Herzog, honored RSV Borgholzhausen with second place – endowed with 1000 euros – and thus also recognized a merger of clubs.
After a long preparation, TV Jahn Borgholzhausen, TuS Solbad Ravensberg, LC Solbad Ravensberg and TuS Ravensberg merged to form RSV Borgholzhausen.
Meanwhile, third place and 500 euros went to Delbrücker SC for its long-standing commitment entitled “Football for Everyone” with a total of 29 youth teams, including two inclusion groups for children with disabilities.
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