The parents also clashed at the Attila I Mohács Memorial Competition
2024. June 10, 6:05 p.m.
On the first Sunday of the summer, a whole army of children playing water polo surprised the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Pool. Of course, this was not the first time this happened, but this occasion also had a special purpose: the Attila Mohács Memorial Race was organized for the first time, where the youngest could compare their swimming skills, and the organizers created the competition with the intention of creating tradition.
Countless children and parents arrived at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Pool on Sunday morning, June 2. At the Attila Mohács I Memorial Competition, the main role was of course played by the youth, but the parents did not swim dry either.
Young T-shirts from four youth training workshops in the capital, FTC, BVSC, UVSE, and KSI, jumped into the pool to test their skills. According to János Horváth, the professional manager of KSI who launched the initiative, the idea of the competition and the need to pay tribute to the namesake came together at the same time:
"Attila Mohácsi was our great master coach, he spent the last years of his career with us, the KSI at 79 years old, he was still actively working and training. He was a very cute, lovable uncle who had an excellent understanding of the profession and loved children. We thought that in tribute to his memory, we would like to organize a competition of this kind, so that the little ones could compare their strength even in the lowest age groups, but the emphasis was not on that, but on being together and having fun. We talked to the widow and children of Attila Mohácsi, who accepted this with great joy, and thus the name was born."
The players born in 2013, 2014 and 2015 clashed in several competitions, since they organized races in the 50 breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke, as well as in the 100 breaststroke, in addition to these, 4x50 and 4x100 relays were also included in the program. After the approximately 120 children had fought each other, the field belonged to the parents, who could also start in the 4x50 meter relay (here, by the way, there was a double "home" victory, i.e. KSI victory).
"This is an experimental competition where we even organized a competition for the parents. We have never organized anything like it before, and it was a spontaneous idea to invite the youth training clubs with traditions. The atmosphere was great, many children and parents participated. At the beginning, we remembered Attila Mohácsi, and his children presented the medals and certificates. We would like to improve the organization every year, but I think this was perfect for the first time, it achieved its goal to the maximum thanks to the atmosphere" - János Horváth revealed more details about the event, adding that they definitely want to create a tradition and each and every to close the season with a good atmosphere competition, where the young people and their parents can also see how much they have improved in a year in swimming, which is the basis of water polo. Another question is that the time will be greatly influenced by where they can reserve a 50-meter pool for the whole day in Budapest.
The final result itself was extremely close: the UVSE water polo players won the most medals, 24 in number. , ahead of KSI (23), Fradi (22) and BVSC (20), while the green and whites collected the most gold medals, 11 in total.
