Reports and photographs from our activities in Ashdod.
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A photo album from our football school in Ashdod shows the school crest, the embroidered jacket and the names and numbers on the players’ shirts.
Nikita, head coach of the Tsameret football school in Ashdod, has spent 15 years coaching everyone from five-year-old beginners to goalkeepers at Maccabi Ashdod Panthers.
Chess players met at Duna Community Centre in Ashdod on 23 October 2026. The tournament album follows the games from the opening handshakes to the presentation of certificates.
The residents’ hall hosted the last event in our series, an unrated chess tournament. The players recorded their moves and gathered for the presentation of cups and medals. Duna Community Centre helped us buy the awards.
About 70 people came to the opening at Duna. Children and adults took seats along the rows of chessboards to play international master Boris Maryasin and national master Anton Rakhmilevich in simultaneous exhibitions.
We opened the doors of Tsameret Hashivyon at Duna and invited families to meet the people behind our programmes. Young players from our football school took to the stage, and we shared our plans for the chess and philosophy clubs.