Sports

Serres Racing Circuit

Serres Racing Circuit is the only track in the country, but also in the Balkans, which meets the construction standards of the International Automobile Federation and the International Motorcycle Federation to conduct motorcycle and car racing up to Formula 3000.

It was built by the Municipality of Serres (during the term of 1995-98 of the current Mayor Mr. Ioannis Vlachos) in the area of ​​the sports park ‘Omonia’ and has been operating since May 1998.

During the first ten years of its operation, it has hosted many motor racing and motorcycle races, as well as non-racing activities, highlighting the region as a motor-sport hub.

The management of the motorway is a public limited company named “Serron Motorway SA”, which was founded in February 1998 at the initiative of the Municipality of Serres, with the main objective of exploiting and managing the circuit with private-economic business criteria.

The circuit is located southwest of the city of Serres within a privately-owned 1,000-acre municipal area. It occupies an area of ​​about 500 acres, while in the surrounding area are running municipal sports facilities including soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis and indoor gymnasiums. There is also a racing kart course of European Standards in a neighboring specially designed area.

Access to the site is mainly from the northeastern part through an underground passageway. It is noted that there are ten more accesses – perimeter of the circuit – for communication with the surrounding area and for the passage of spectators and vehicles.

The total length of the track is 3.186 meters and the total area it covers is about 195 acres.

Inside the track, the parking and preparation of the competitors are installed. It occupies an area of ​​4.900 m2 and its approach is through the underground passageway, which is at the height of about the start of alignment.

In addition, there have been build a modern European standard building facilities (PITS) for the preparation of the competitors, which include:

  1. Storage and vehicles repair spots
  2. Vehicle inspection area
  3. Fully equipped timer room
  4. Meeting Rooms and Grounds
  5. TV crew hosting venues for live broadcasts
  6. Press Room
  7. Wired network and wireless Internet facilities all over the place and
  8. Halls for official guests

Also, there are:

  • Two (2) dining areas
  • Moto-cross track conforming to the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) construction specifications
  • Car parking of 500 seats and
  • state-of-the-art Camping residence for contestants.

The technical and construction specifications of the circuit give the opportunity to organize national and international competitions.

Specifically, for car racings:

  • Formula 3000 racings
  • European and World Tourings
  • Grand Tour category cars
  • Single Championship Matches
  • Classic Car racings and
  • Endurance racings

As for the motorcycle:

  • Super Bike Championship Matches
  • Dragster and Championship Matches
  • Endurance racings

Agency Manager

The operator of the circuit is the Serres Motorway SA. It is a private legal entity operating in the form of a Societe Anonyme (SA). The main shareholder is the Municipality of Serres.

Apart from the Municipality of Serres, which owns 76.5% of the share capital, the participating companies are the Automobile and Motorcycle Club of Serres, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serres, ELPA and the Motorcycle Group of Serres.

Activities – Events

In the ten years of its operation, due to its unique specifications, the motorway has garnered interest in the motor sport of the country, the neighboring Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Turkey) and teams from Central Europe for training climatic conditions (Austria, Germany, France, Italy).

A number of racing activities have been hosted on the circuit areas, scheduled by the Hellenic National Athletics Committee (ETEA), as well as independent racing of special categories, demonstration and endurance matches such as:

  • Six-day Enduro World Championship (I.S.D.E.)
  • Enduro World Championship
  • Motad European Championship
  • Hellenic championship car, motorcycle, Formula 3
  • Hellenic Dragster Championship
  • North Cup Greece car and motorcycle racing
  • Israeli Motorcycle Speed ​​Racing Cup
  • Turkish Speed ​​Racing Cup

Special Events

In addition to motor sport in its ten years of operation, the circuit has garnered interest in companies as well. To date, multinational and Greek companies have been hosted, as well as non-competitive individuals.

In particular, we organized and carried out:

  • Car exhibitions
  • Fast and safe driving schools
  • Presentations of new models of cars and motorcycles
  • Presentations and tests of products related to motorization
  • Safe driving lessons
  • Comparative testing of cars and motorcycles by the special press

A factor for tourism development

The Serres circuit is characterized as an innovative development project, as the many benefits from the beginning of the operation of the track contributed to the economic upgrading of the county by creating a specialized consumer community while at the same time attracting a special form of domestic and foreign tourism.

Thus, everyone visit the Serres circuit, either as a visitor-viewer or as a driver to use a free practice track.

For more information please visit the official site of the circuit: www.serrescircuit.gr

Omonoia Sports Park

It is a multi-purpose sports venue on the south side of the city, in a 300-acre area.

The existing facilities bring together a number of citizens, sports fans, on a daily basis, including: indoor gym, seven football fields, three open basketball courts, two tennis courts, dressing rooms and a refreshment room.

Besides, in the southern part of the plot there is the kart track of the Serres Motorcycle and Motorcycle Club and the Serres Motorway, which highlights the Omonia Sports Park, in a sports and tourist area.

Chrysopigi Sports Center

Just 8 km from the city of Serres, in the heart of the green resort of Chrysopigi, the Municipality has established an integrated sports center with a standard hotel complex and with a total credit of 530 million drachmas.

In an idyllic mountainous location in a privately owned area of ​​the Municipality of Serres, thirty-two acres that is adjacent to other holiday settlements. The total built-up area is about 9,000 m2.

The whole complex, in its final phase, will develop into a full and fully equipped sports and tourist center. Its design principles and specifications go beyond narrow local and regional contexts and appeal to a wider audience that will create the conditions for viability of such an investment.

The project was designed not to cover exclusively sporting activities but, with the main focus and guideline, to create incentives to attract visitors.

As an investment, it aims to attract either broad groups of audiences or special categories of tourism (athletic, social, natural, ecological, congress, etc) and to this basis was designed to create this motivation because otherwise it would be a financial failure.

So, the whole project was designed to cover a broader range of operations and services so that it can be fully operational throughout the year.

The complex that is completed consists of mono and two-story buildings and develops at different levels. There are five sections of space, each having its own construction specifications:

  • Hotel complex
  • Restaurant
  • Event Hall of 500 people
  • Athletic Center
  • Refreshment – Outdoor Bar
  • Mini market
  • Auxiliary Installations
  • Closed Gym
  • Soccer Fields, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis
  • Olympic-size swimming pool
  • Parking