RIAS Newsletter 05 | Page 9

RIAS MAGAZINE No 05 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IN RUSSIA >> Continuation RIAS: Your website says that "the club management succeeded in preserving the great team almost completely", who led the club to the bronze in 2013. What are the main principles and values of the club adheres to in staff management? Andrey Vakhlakov When forming the club, we were guided by the fact that professionals who love basketball should be in team. We managed to create such a team. A yet short club history proves it. work of managers. We constantly improve We established organization of competitions, events, campaigns at a high level during two seasons. I would like to tell you especially about the press service. It is no exaggeration that the work of the press service of BC "Ladoga" is not inferior in quality to the similar services of leading basketball clubs in Russia, including the men's ones. Reviews of BC "Ladoga" games were shown in various TV news. By number of mentions in the press, as well as by the quality and efficiency of information on the official website and social networks our club has no equal. RIAS: Your club has interesting alphabetic graphics, which "refer to the ancient traditions and culture of the North-West region of Russia." How does this effect on the team spirit and the club morale? Does the team participate in cultural events in Russia and abroad? We came up with it as a link to the "first capital of Russia", which, as we know, was Ladoga. Undoubtedly, the visualization of images of ancient Russia, Andrey Vakhlakov The graphics are really interesting. displayed in the logo of the club, graphics, strengthens team spirit, works in the psychological aspect to achieve high performance and victory in every match. 9