"Pangyptian-Panhellenic Games 1910"

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From 5 to 7 March 1910 the Panhellenic - Panhellenic Sports Games were held at the "Ron Puen" (Rond Point) stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, with the organizer of the SEGAS and the Alexandria Fans Group. The games were named so because they were at the same time nationwide (they participated Greek associations from Greece, Cyprus and the Ottoman Empire) and a championship between Egyptian associations: Greek, English, Italian etc. Awards were given to the first three of each race: medal, diploma and cotinos, while the Greek Community of Alexandria had played 50 heavy cups for the first winners. The Panhellenic-Panagyptian Games overshadowed in glamour and number of entries the IX Greek men's track championship 1910, held on 22-24 April at the Panathinaikos Stadium and won by the Panhellenic G.S.

Time of the games

It was the first time that SEGAS organized national games outside Greece, following the wish of the Greeks of Egypt to host them. On-site organizer was the Alexandria Fans Group with the support of local authorities, since honorary presidents of the Greek-style committee were placed Hedibus of Egypt and the English Commissioner of the country. To host the games the club went on to expand the "Ron Puen" stadium stands by adding a wooden platform of 6,000 spectators. The Greek committee consisted of: Miltiades Negrepontis (president), N. Paspatis representative SEGAS, Andreas Metaxas representative EOA, Nicholas Scotidis Gen. Consul of Greece, Emmanuel Benakis, President of the Hellenic Public of Alexandria.

The Panhellenic-Panigyptians of 1910 were the most festive and numerous participating games from all previous, after participating 30 Greek clubs with approximately 230 athletes from Greece, Egypt and the rest of the Greeks of the diaspora: Asia Minor, Constantinople, Cyprus. Italian and British athletes of Egyptian unions also participated. In addition to the so-called sports events (stivus, instrumental gymnastics, birch, climbing, weight lifting and wrestling), the games also included naval (swimming, diving, water polo, rowing), sighting, weaponry and cycling events.

Prior to the beginning of the games, the envoys from Athens, in the presence of the patriarch Alexander Fotiou, stoned the statue of George Averof in the courtyard of Averofios high school, as a token of gratitude for his assistance in the completion of the Panathinaikos Stadium. At the ceremony and in the games, the Olympic champion Spyros Louis attended, especially invited. After the ceremony, with the leading Philharmonic, the athletes, the officials and crowds of people marched on the streets of Alexandria heading to the Greek Club, where the National Hymn of Greece was officially received and sung.

In the small but elegant stadium that were overcrowded were lined up students and students of Greek schools to welcome athletes and the