At the equator of the preliminary stage of the Republican amateur ice hockey competitions, a three-way tie

February 7, Minsk / Correspondent BELTA /. Two preliminary stage matches of the Fourth Republican Amateur Hockey Competition for prizes of the Presidential Sports Club were played on February 6, reports BELTA correspondent. The Grodno region team lost on their ice to the Gomel region team - 1:2, and the Minsk region team in Soligorsk defeated the Vitebsk region team - 5:4. Half of the preliminary stage is behind, and some teams have already crossed the equator. Three teams are at the top of the standings with the same number of points: Brest region - 5 points (after 3 games; goal difference 21-3), President of Belarus team - 5 (3; 19-12), Minsk region - 5 (3; 16-9), Grodno region - 4 (4; 14-11), Gomel region - 3 (4; 13-25), Vitebsk region - 2 (4; 22-19), Mogilev region - 0 (3; 2-28). The next matches are scheduled for February 12. The Fourth Republican Amateur Hockey Competition for prizes of the Presidential Sports Club is held in eight arenas across the country. In the current season, the participants and the game format of the competition have not changed. The ice teams of all regions and the President's team will hold a single-round tournament at the preliminary stage, and in the spring of 2011, the winner and prize-winners will be determined based on the results of the final round in Minsk. In previous years, two teams became winners of the competition: the President of Belarus team (2008, 2010) and the Gomel region team (2009). Three teams became silver medalists - the Minsk region team (2008), the Grodno region team (2010), and the President of Belarus team (2009). The organizers of the Fourth Republican Amateur Hockey Competition are the Presidential Sports Club, the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, the association "Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Belarus" and the Minsk City Executive Committee. Tournament partners are Belarusian Potash Company, Torgovy Dom BelAZ, Convex International, Sport-pari companies. General sponsor is BTTelecommunications of the closed joint-stock company Beltechexport. General information partner is the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus.-0-