For serious cyclists, the Kyiv Bike Club sets up excursions around town and out of the city, in locations such as Crimea. This group swells to 20 to 30 participants on sunny weekends and tends to ride fast and long. Securing a decent time slot in a gym is often a chore, but basketball aficionado Markian Senyk said it s actually easier now than it was several months ago to book a decent court time. Senyk s team to a court on Turgenevska every Wednesday to play basketball. If enough people show up on a regular basis, he will organize games twice a week.
Games are competitive and the rules are loose.
Well, actually, we re talking the touch variety. Nonetheless, it still requires some basic knowledge of all those laterals, blocks and button-hooks. Not to mention cheerleaders. Organizer David Diamonon said the boys made it out to play a few Sundays last year, experimenting with several different fields. We tend to rely on passing plays and only the occasional quarterback sneak.