Sports Mosaic

In the municipal derby played as part of the 10th round of the first-tier handball championship, Crvenka’s handball players, playing away, defeated league newcomers Sivac 69 31:26, with the halftime score 15:11 in Crvenka’s favor. The youth of Crvenka proved more successful than Sivac’s experience—that is the briefest assessment of the municipal derby. Crvenka’s young team imposed their style of play from the first minute: solid in defense, waiting for technical errors by their opponents, who were slow to recover after making mistakes, allowing the players coached by Radosav Kovačević scored easily and by the 11 minute had built a 4-goal lead ( 6:2). Once the “Sivac” handball players had collected themselves a little, they began to close the gap and Bošković in the 17 minute had a chance to equalize at 7:7, but his counterattack was saved by Pavićevićand Crvenka regained a four-goal lead and went into the break with that advantage (15:11). When they went ahead 24:15 in the 42 minute, it was clear that the points would stay in Crvenka, although Sivac’s handball players came within 26:22 with a run of 4:0, but simply could not get any closer. In the end, all the players from both teams had a chance to show themselves to the crowd, and the loveliest sight came at the end of the match, when they mingled at center court and greeted the spectators, who applauded their performance. The top scorer for Crvenka was Dragiša Račić with 8, and for Sivac’s team Savo Bošković with 6 goals. Crvenka are currently second in the standings with 16, while Sivac 69 are ninth with 7 points. In the final round of the autumn part of the season, Crvenka host Jedinstvo from Novi Bečej, while Sivac 69 visit Srem in Sremska Mitrovica.

Crvenka’s handball players were successful too. Laki beat Spartak from Debeljača 26:24, with the halftime score at 15:12, in the 10 round of the first-division season in front of their home fans in Crvenka. Although they played without their captain Sandra Lovrethe Crvenka handball players managed to make up for her absence and record a valuable win. The standout scorers for the “Laki” team were Jovana Jović by 7 and Srna Sukur who scored 6 goals. The “Laki” team is currently sixth in the table with 10 points, and will travel to face “Radnički” in Bajmok in the final round of the autumn season.

BASKETBALL

Hajduk’s basketball players beat Nova Pazova 80:58 in the 9 round of the First Serbian League in front of their home supporters, ending a run of three consecutive defeats. Hajduk played well in every quarter and already had a promising lead at halftime ( 40:26). Our other representatives, Crvenka’s basketball players, lost 94:87 away to home team Stara Pazova, despite taking the first half 39:36. The game was decided in the final quarter, which Stara Pazova won 34:18. After this round, Hajduk are seventh in the table with 4 wins and 5 losses, while Crvenka are bottom with one win and eight losses. The next round features a municipal derby: Crvenka will host Hajduk.

In the 9th round of the Second Serbian League, Sivac’s basketball team, despite playing at home, lost to Budućnost from Novi Sad 109:101. Sivac are currently tenth in the standings with 2 wins and 6 losses, and in the next round they visit Star in Novi Sad.

Our teams lost in the 9 round of the Serbian Women’s League. In Group A, “Sivac” lost 49:75 at home to “Radnički” from Belgrade, while in Group B, “Hajduk” also lost at home, going down 80:46 to league leaders “Beočin.” Sivac are eighth in their group with one win and seven defeats and will host “Karaburma” in the next round. “Hajduk” are fifth in their group with three wins and five defeats, and will host bottom-placed “Jadran” from Golubinci next round.

VOLLEYBALL

Hajduk’s women’s volleyball team lost to Maks 3:0 on the road in Šid in the seventh round of the First Vojvodina League, West Group, with set scores of 25:18, 25:15 and 25:14. The women from Kula are currently seventh in the standings with 6 points, and next round, on Saturday, they host Prvi Tempo from Sremska Mitrovica.

FUTSAL

Hajduk’s Futsal Club beat Bečej 5:2 in front of their home supporters in the 8 round of the Second Futsal League, Vojvodina group. The team from Kula are currently fifth in the table with 8 points, and travel to bottom-placed Kraljevićevo in Kačarevo in the final round of the autumn season.