FK Surma Chatkal
Surma Chatkal is the Combine's football club. It was founded in 1961 as the team of the Sary-Bulak works and takes its name from antimony, surma. The team plays in steel grey, graphite and white and is known as "the Greys". It won the Irad League in 2010 and plays at the Kombinat Stadium in the Chatkal settlement, which seats 3,000.
The Combine pays the club's running costs, and many of the players work at Sary-Bulak and Chatkal. Fixtures and the league table are published by the Irad League.
Ulak
The Combine backs the Sary-Bulak district ulak team, which plays in the ulak league of the Talas valley, and lends horses and trucks for the district games at Miners' Day.
Culture and education
- The houses of culture at Rudnik and the Chatkal settlement, with their choirs, dance groups and the mining museum
- The technical lyceum at Chatkal and grants for the children of employees at Talas State University
- Miners' Day at Rudnik, held on the last Sunday of August
Requests
Requests for support from schools, clubs and associations of Sary-Bulak District are considered twice a year, in March and September. Write to the Community Relations Department, 14 Metallurgy Avenue, Talas.