Highliths of the Annual Assembly of the Olympic Committee of Serbia

Highliths of  the Annual Assembly of the Olympic Committee of Serbia

On Thursday, March 13th, the Olympic Committee of Serbia held third regular assembly in Tršić and organized the exhibition “Winter Olympic Games: from Samson to Pyongyang”  on the occasion of the recently completed XVIII Olympic Games in the Republic of Korea.

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An exhibition set up at the Vuk’s House of Culture, was awarded the most important moments from the history of the Winter Olympics  Games. Delegat of GAS, General secretary assistant , Mrs Jovana Trifunović, also attented the official opening of this exhibition, where  guests were greeted by the Mayor of Loznica Mr Vidoje Petrović and the President of the OKS, Mr Božidar Maljković.

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Assembly of the Olympic Commitee at the session unanimously adopted the report of the Olympic Commitee, financial report and the report of the supervisory board  for 2017 as well as the financial plan and working plan for the 2018.

Golf in the project “Sport in schools”, in cooperation with the Serbian School Sports Federation

General Secretary GAS, Irena B. Suturović and General Secretary of the Serbian School Sports Federation, Uroš Savić, signed a contract on how children in elementary schools in Serbia will learn golf.

Serbian School Sports Federation, the last 5 years with the action Sport in schools motivate children to additionally deal with sports outside the basic classes of physical education. “Sports in School” is free project intended for children aged 1 to 4 Classes of elementary school, funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Also, the project is under full support Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and it is implemented by the Serbian School Sports Federation in more then 100 primary schools throughout Serbia.

The program “Junior School of golf”, which GAS implemented for several years, includes training sessions to familiarize with basic golf concepts, strokes and golf virtues and also, it meets the basic kids needs for movement and play. It was presented to Serbian School Sports Federation at the Sports Fair in Belgrade.

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“Golf carries values like the other sports too, but golf requires more cultures and behaviors on the field, and so we want to enrich that in our program “Sports in School “. Golf Association provides equipment for children and the work of the professor is financed through us. Currently we have launched a program in 10 locations and for now, the children and professors are very interested. We hope that we will expand cooperation over time” – said Savić.

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“In the beginning of March children in Serbia will have the opportunity to get acquainted with golf, and in agreement with the Serbian School Sports Federation we plan to expand cooperation to at least 10 more locations. Special equipment (SNAG) is also provided, adapted to training conditions inside and outside and the ages of the children. Schools in the south and east of Serbia will be able to get acquainted with the new sport” – said Irena Suturović.

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Training of teachers who are in the project was held at the end of the month and then was given and SNAG (Start new at golf) equipment for training.
The trainings are starting from the first of March in the city Apatin, Beograd, Zaječar, Zrenjanin, Kragujevac, Niš, in Prijepolje and in Subotica.

Jefimija is in the top 5 on the intercollegiate tournament in Portugal

Jefimija is in the top 5 on the intercollegiate tournament in Portugal

Young Jefimija flashed at the tournament in Portugal. The Global Juniors Golf season started in Portuguese tournament under the name „Portuguese Intercollegiate Open 2018“ , near Lisbon, from 16 to 19 February.
On the field Penha Longa Golf Resort, Jefimija played with the result 79, 76, 76, for the fourth place.
Thanks to this result, Jefimija has advanced on the World Amateur Golf List for 14 Positions, well this week she took(is) 1393 place on the list.

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Andrija Djordjevic, also player of the Junior national team of Serbia, after the results achieved 83,82, on the third day played PAR(72) and took 31st place on the list.

After the tournament, Jefimija showed her satisfaction and said:

„ Participants from different countries made this tournament as one more significant and nice expereience for me. It was tense, but I am am very happy because I had a chance to play for one of the first three positions.In the coming period, it will be a lot of training for upcoming tournaments and I hope for successful season”.

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First was a young player from Denmark, August Thor(-4) and on the women’s list the best placed was Rivekka Dzhumagluova(+5), which last year she took the third placed at the Open Championship of Serbia.