The 44th Thailand National Games (, also known as the 2015 National Games and the Nakhon Sawan Games) were held in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand from 12 to 21 December 2015. The opening ceremony, scheduled for 11 December, was postponed by Bike for Dad ปั่นเพื่อพ่อ, to 12 December. There were matches in 43 sports and 77 disciplines.'นครสวรรค์' พร้อมจัดกีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 44 The games were held in Nakhon Sawan Sport Center and Nakhon Sawan sport school. Nakhon Sawan also hosted the 28th national games in 1995.
Marketing
Emblem The red curve is for powerful success, the blue curve for the strength of the sport, the red circle is for knowledge of the sport, and the golden circle frame is a victory medal of competition. The emblem also has the face of a Yingge dancer.
Mascot The mascot is a dragon named Xiao Long (Dragon, 小龙), xiaolong meaning dragon. The Chinese dragon has been long regarded as the creator of humanitarian law, building confidence, showing power and goodness, mettle, heroic effort and perseverance, morality, nobility, and mightiness like a god. The Chinese dragon does not give up until they accomplish what they want; other attributes are conscientious, absolute discretion, optimistic, ambitious, beautiful, friendly and intelligent.
Torch relay
At the grand palace, General Surayud Chulanont gave the royal flame to Assistant Minister of Tourism and Sports and Nakhon Sawan and the National games and National Para Games Organizing Committee. The route of torch relay was around Nakhon Sawan Province.
Provinces participating
Sports
Official sports
Air sports Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Billiards and snooker Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Canoeing Sprint Slalom Cycling BMX Mountain biking Road Track Dancesport Extreme sports BMX Inline skate Skateboard Slalom Fencing Field hockey Football Futsal Gymnastics Artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Go Golf Handball Judo Kabaddi Karate Muay Thai Netball Petanque Pencak silat Rowing Rugby football Sepak takraw Beach sepak takraw Sepak takraw (Circle) Sepak takraw Shooting Softball Soft tennis Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Poomsae Kyorugi Tennis Thai fencing Traditional boat Tug of war Volleyball Beach volleyball Volleyball Weightlifting Woodball Wrestling Freestyle Greco-Roman
Demonstration sports Makruk
Venues Venues SportsNakhon Sawan Province Central Stadium Ceremony, AthleticsWang Meung Subdistrict Administrative Organization, (Lat Yao District) Air sportsGolf Course (Chiraprawat) GolfNakhon Sawan Vocational College Gymnasium KabaddiSatri Nakhon Sawan school hall KarateNakhon Sawan Bypass Road Cycling (road)Kao Rang Stadium, Nong Pling Subdistrict Administrative Organization Cycling (downhill and cross-country)Suankularbchiraprawat School Cycling (track)Nakhon Sawan Sport School Gymnasium Sepak takraw60 years Memorial Building (The University of Central Thailand) Sepak takraw (circle)Nakhon Sawan Sport School Field Sepak takraw (beach), Netball, ArcheryTennis Court, Nakhon Sawan Provincial Administrative Organization Soft tennisBungboraped Seminars Building Taekwondo, DancesportTennis Court, Nakhon Sawan Sport Center TennisNakhon Sawan Gymnasium(600 seats), Nakhon Sawan Sport Center TennisNakhon Sawan Gymnasium(4,000 seats), Nakhon Sawan Sport Center BasketballNakhon Sawan Badminton Gymnasium, Nakhon Sawan Sport Center BadmintonAnuban-Nakhon Sawan school hall Pencak silatExtreme sport Field, Sawan Park Extreme sportPetanque Field, Sawan Park PetanqueNakhon Sawan Sport School Football Stadium Football (male/female)Nakhon Sawan Sport School Futsal Arena Futsal (male/female) Venues SportsNakhon Sawan Rajabhat University Hall Thai fencing, FencingProvincial Police Training Center Stadium, Region 6 Muay Thai, Gymnastics, ShootingWiriyaporn University Memorial Auditorium (Chaopraya University) Wrestling, JudoNakhon Sawan Sport School Boxing Arena BoxingNakhon Sawan Sport Center Hall WeightliftingBungboraped Football Stadium Rugby football (7 people/15 people)Bungboraped Canoeing (Sprint and Slalom), Rowing, Traditional boatSuankularbchiraprawat School Gymnasium Volleyball (indoor)Navamindarajudit Matchim School Gymnasium Volleyball (beach)Nakhon Sawan Aquatic Center SwimmingV-Square Plaza Bowling Club BowlingWoodball Court, Sawan Park WoodballNakhon Sawan Vocational College Auditorium Billiards and snookerThe University of Central Thailand GoSawan Rajabhat University Gymnasium Field hockey (indoor)Sawan Rajabhat University Football Stadium Field hockey (outdoor)Sawan Park HandballNakhon Sawan School Futsal Arena Tug of warChiraprawat Military Camp Hospital Football Stadium Softball (male)Suankularb Chiraprawat School Football Stadium Softball (female)Sawan Park Bodybuilding. Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University Makruk (Demonstration sport). Note:Chai Nat Province is the venue for Cycling (BMX)
Ceremony
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony started at 18:00 local time on December 12, 2015, at the Nakhon Sawan Province Central Stadium. It was attended by Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul. This ceremony presented 4 shows including: The first show: River of Life; Nakhon Sawan has four rivers: Ping River, Wang River, Yom River and Nan River and stream converge into Chao Phraya River at Pak Nam Pho. The second show: Lod Lai Mangkorn (Dragon), Culture of Thai Chinese in Nakhon Sawan. The third show: Honor the King, Loyalty of Thai people to the King. The fourth show: Celebrating 100 years of Nakhon Sawan.รมว.กอบกาญจน์ประธานเปิดกีฬาแห่งชาติ12ธ.ค.นี้
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony started at 18:00 local time on December 12, 2015, at the Nakhon Sawan Province Central Stadium. It was attended by Assistant Minister of Tourism and Sports, Chawani Thongroj. This ceremony presented 4 shows and handover of the Thai National Games flag to the Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, Sakol Wannapong.
Medal tally
Suphanburi led the medal table for the third consecutive time. A total of 77 provinces won at least one medal, 67 provinces won at least one gold medal, 8 provinces won at least one silver medal and 2 provinces won at least one bronze medal.
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