Sports results

Crvenka’s handball players recorded their second defeat of the spring in the Super B League championship and are getting ever closer to relegation. In the 13 round, in the Vojvodina derby played in Zrenjanin, Crvenka lost to league leaders Proleter, 31:23, halftime 17:13. Crvenka’s most effective players were captain Radonjić with 6 goals and Egić with 5. Crvenka are bottom of the table with 5 points, and in the next round they host Mačva from Bogatić in front of their home fans.

Members of the Vukovi Karate Club achieved excellent results at the 17 International Karate Fest “Virovitica Open,” held on Saturday in Virovitica, Republic of Croatia, which was attended by more than 500 competitors from around sixty clubs in eight countries. Vukovi won five medals at this prestigious competition. Junior Miloš Milutinović and younger cadet Rastko Mijanović won silver medals, while juniors Aleksandar Bođanec and Filip Ćosić, as well as younger cadet Miloš Krnajać, won bronze medals. Also competing as part of the Vukovi team in this prestigious karate tournament was Marko Đurđić, a competitor from the Borac 021 Karate Club in Šajkaš and a regular member of Serbia’s national team in the hopefuls category, who finished the competition in a high second place. Vukovi also used the tournament in Virovitica as part of their preparations for the upcoming Serbian School Championship, as well as the Vojvodina Championship and Cup, which will be held in the coming weeks. They tested themselves against competitors from the region and, among other things, competed against regular national team members from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania and elsewhere. In addition to excellent matches that showed the team’s sporting form to be at an exceptionally high level, the young “wolves” gained invaluable experience that will mean a great deal to them in their future sporting careers.

In round 19 of the First Serbian League championship, Hajduk’s basketball players lost 79:75 at home to Mladost Veternik from Veternik, with the halftime score 46:44 in the visitors’ favor. The score itself shows that it was a close game, in which practically one possession decided the winner. Midway through the final quarter, Hajduk had a 5-point lead and two possessions to extend it, but failed to do so and ultimately lost. Hajduk is sixth in the standings with 10 wins and 9 losses. In the next round, they travel to Srem in Sremska Mitrovica.

Hajduk’s bowlers secured a valuable victory in the 15 round of the Serbian First League championship, Vojvodina group, defeating Slavia from Kovačica 6:2 on points, or 3323:3277 in knocked-down pins, at home in Vrbas. Hajduk’s points were earned by Vladimir Trišić, who knocked down 583 pins, Branko Vuksan with 558, Branko Manojlović with 559, and Darko Milović with 555 pins. Hajduk’s bowlers are currently sixth in the table with 14 points, and in the next round they travel to face bottom-placed Kristal in Zrenjanin.

Đ. Bojanić