TRADITIONAL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT OF VAHIK LEVONIAN HELD IN VAYOTS DZOR

Noyan Tapan
May 11 2006

YEGHEGNADZOR, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. A memorial volley-ball
tournament of Soviet Union hero Vahik Levonian was held on May 4-9 in
Yeghegnadzor. The tournament was held already for the third year after
almost a 20-year interval on the initiative of the hero’s relatives
and with the assistance of Vayots Dzor administration. Teams of 9
communities and the military unit dislocated in the region competed
this time. The solemn ceremony of closing the memorial tournament
took place on May 9 in Arpi, at the secondary school named after
V.Levonian. The Yeghegnadzor team was recognized the winner of the
tournament and won the challenge cup for the third time. The teams
of Arpi nd Chiva took the second and third places, respectively.