Loss in the sports community: the vice president of the Žalgiris society has died



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Petras Vakutis was born on August 24, 1951. In Taurage he studied at the Lithuanian State Institute of Physical Education. From 1976 to 1985 he served as Chairman of the LSD Nemunas Jurbarkas District Council. 1987 After merging the Nemunas ii Žalgiris sports associations he was elected chairman of the Žalgiris council of the Jurbarkas district, he has been working for him to this day. Since 1988 he was elected a member of the LSD Žalgiris Presidium in 2010. Elected Vice President of the Society, responsible for the activities of the legal members of the Society – Clubs and Sports Organizations of the District, at the Society’s Report and Election Conference since 2015 – Member of the Sports Commission of the LSD Presidium “Žalgiris”.

During his tenure, he was appointed Chairman of the Jurbarkas District Sports Committee, Chief of the Culture and Sports Department of the Tauragė County Administration. He was elected to the Jurbarkas District Municipal Council, Chairman of the Tauragė County Sports Coordinating Council.

Tauragė County athletes, led by P. Valutis, participated in Žalgiris Society events and other competitions in the ranks of the leaders. District teams became winners and award winners 3 times in the complex ranking of annual games organized by the district. The winners of the championships were women’s basketball and the title teams, the Vulkanas football club, tennis players and others. Tauragė County was the first in the republic to begin competing among the elderly.

Thanks to the care and effort of P. Valutis, an agricultural technical stadium and gymnasium were built in Smalininkai, a stadium, tennis courts and a gymnasium in Pagėgiai, a stadium and skating complex, a sports complex and a bowling alley in Jurbarkas. , and a bowling alley in Taurage.

For his active participation in sports activities of the Republic and the Lithuanian Sports Association “Žalgiris”, P. Valutis received the commemorative medal of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports “For merits for Lithuanian sport”, a letter of thanks, awarded with the badge of honorary sports commander “. For active activities in 2008. he received a letter of thanks from the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Honor Badge of the Lithuanian Sports Association” Žalgiris “, 2016 – LTOK Medal” For merits to the Olympism “

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The urn with the remains of Petras Valutis will be open to visit from June 30. afternoon in the hall of the Jurbarkas business center on Dariaus ir Girėno str. 120 a. Farewell Day – July 1. Thursday at 11 a.m. Mass in the Jurbarkas church, funeral – in the Jurbarkas cemetery.



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