On December 14 and 15, Rustavi hosted Dinamo Football Schools Festival. The festival was held for the first time this year and will become an annual traditional event. Along with the teams of Tbilisi and Rustavi Dinamo football schools, teams from Guria, Samegrelo, Zemo Svaneti, Imereti, Racha, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti took part in the festival held among players born in 2012.
Dinamo's football schools festival had two main sponsors: the Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron and the largest online store in the Caucasus - isurve.ge.
The sponsors of the festival awarded outstanding football players (Guram Chkhaidze - Lanchkhuti, Lazare Ratiani - Ambrolauri, Giorgi Kapanadze - Borjomi, Daniel Bolkvadze - Kaspi. The best goalkeeper - Giorgi Mamaladze (Dinamo), the best defender - Giorgi Tsurtsumia (Dinamo), the best midfielder - Andria Kapanadze (Rustavi) ), the best striker - Dudu Imedashvili (Dinamo)). 150 GEL vouchers were handed over.
Dinamo Tbilisi president Roman Pipia, club director Zaza Dolidze, academy director Levan Gvantseladze, project manager and administration - Gia Isiani, Temur Ugrekhelidze and Vova Museridze attended the festival and awarding ceremony.
Roman Pipia commented after the awarding ceremony: „We can talk endlessly about the importance of this tournament, everything was imprinted on the children's faces. Our children were very eager. Great work is being done. We raised very famous players, Georgian football stars from Rustavi. Therefore, the future begins here, and these children have the greatest chance to make not only Rustavi, their neighborhood and parents happy, but also Georgia as a whole. I wish everyone success.“