About us

An inclusive sport space where everyone is equal

“Adapt Sport Rivne” is a community in Rivne built around the badminton club of coach and adaptive sport specialist Mykola Diedovets and the NGO “Rivne Adept Club” he founded, based at the Rivne Professional College of Information Technology. The NGO “Rivne Adept Club” is a community of civilians, veterans and people with disabilities that promotes adaptive and veteran sport for the psycho-emotional and physical relief of veterans, people with disabilities and civilians, and helps build inclusive sports infrastructure in the Rivne region, and in the city of Rivne in particular. We make sport accessible regardless of age, fitness or experience, and we are building a transparent organisation ready to work with international donors, partners and sponsors to pursue our mission on a larger scale and at a higher quality. Our slogan is «КРАЩИЙ РІВНОМУ В РІВНОМУ» (“The best for everyone equal, in Rivne”).

Who we are

From an evening club to a space of opportunity

It started with ordinary badminton sessions for adults and children. Internal and regional tournaments followed, and later a dedicated programme for war veterans and people with disabilities.

Mykola Diedovets is a badminton coach and Vice President of the Badminton Federation of the Rivne region (since 2019), and an adaptive sport specialist. Today the space brings together veterans, people with disabilities, athletes, players, volunteers, rehabilitation specialists and partner institutions across the city and region.

We are building our own organisation with transparent reporting, so we can attract support — including from international donors — and expand our free programmes.

History

How we grew

2019
Mykola Diedovets becomes Vice President of the Badminton Federation of the Rivne region: the regional championship, internal and New Year tournaments, cooperation with the Lviv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia federations.
September 2023
First training sessions with veterans and their families — the start of the “Badminton for All” programme.
November — December 2023
“Badminton for All” festivals at the “Invasport” centre and Lyceum No. 8, covered by local TV.
2023
The coach receives the sports ambassador “coin” from the Come Back Alive foundation.
February 2024
“Badminton and Football for All” at Rivne Lyceum No. 12.
May 2024
The Collegium Lyceum festival — the first one with canistherapy, together with the Doka Dog centre.
August 2024
Challenge Sport Fest — the first adaptive sports festival in Rivne.
2024
City and regional badminton competitions — archive on the Tournaments page.
August 2026
Richard Smith (Invictus Foundation) visits Rivne.
September 2026
Founding meeting of the NGO “Rivne Adept Club”.
Directions

What we do

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Badminton club

Regular sessions for children and adults, any skill level. Rackets provided, sign-up online.

Schedule & sign-up
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Tournaments

Internal and regional events: group stage, knockout brackets, online registration, live results and an archive.

Tournament calendar
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Adaptive & veteran sport

“Badminton for all”, “Football for all”, sitting volleyball. Free for war veterans, people with amputations and those in rehabilitation.

Programme details
Values

What we believe

Equality

On court everyone is equal — age, fitness and experience do not matter.

Accessibility

Core sessions are free or cost a symbolic fee. Rackets and shuttlecocks are ours.

Transparency

We publish where the money goes and show results in numbers.

Community

We play, talk and support each other off court too.

More

Mission & team

Mission & values

Why we do this and how we see sport in Rivne.

Read the mission

Team

Coaches, volunteers and partners who make the space possible.

Meet the team
Together

Partners

  • Rivne Regional Clinical Hospital
  • Rivne City Hospital No. 2
  • Badminton Federation of the Rivne Region
  • Regional “Sport for All” centre, Rivne Regional Council
  • Youth and Sports Department, Rivne City Council
  • Rivne Professional College of Information Technology
  • Rivne Regional “Invasport” Centre, Rivne Regional Council
  • “Rivne Dream” Basketball Club
  • “Veteran Space”, Rivne Regional Council
  • Rivne Regional State Administration
  • Rivne City Council
  • TMS HUB RIVNE (JIU-JITSU)
  • FAYTER COMPANY
  • RECOVERY Rehabilitation Centre, Rivne
  • Veterans Policy Department, Rivne Regional State Administration
  • Department of Social and Veterans Policy, Rivne City Council
  • Rivne Development Agency
  • NGO “Adaptive Sport Development Club”
  • Rivne Regional Football Association
  • Vinnytsia Badminton Club VBS
  • Kyiv Badminton Federation
  • NGO “IRON BADMINTON”, Lviv
  • Yonex.ua
  • “SYLA” sports space
  • “Tvorcha Oselia”

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