Ceremony honoring former handball players and national team members

A special ceremony was held in Crvenka last night in honor of former Yugoslav national team players and handball players who grew up in Crvenka, Zorica Vojinović Krčmar and Vesna Abutović Tomajek. Zorica Vojinović is a former Yugoslav and Serbian handball player. As a member of the Yugoslav national team, she won a silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. She played at the 1978 World Championship in Czechoslovakia, where Yugoslavia finished fifth, and at the 1982 World Championship in Hungary, where the Yugoslav national team won bronze. After Crvenka, Zorica Vojinović Krčmar played for Bane Sekulić Handball Club from Sombor.

Vesna Abutović Tomajek represented Yugoslavia at the World Championships in 1986 in the Netherlands, where she finished sixth, and in 1990 in South Korea, where she won a silver medal. After playing in Crvenka, she played for Sombor Women's Handball Club.

At a ceremony in Crvenka last night, Zorica Vojinović Krčmar and Vesna Abutović Tomajek were presented with plaques from the Handball Association of Vojvodina, marking 70 years of the association’s work and existence. The plaques were presented by Slobodan Višekruna, Secretary General of the Handball Association of Vojvodina. The ceremony was also enhanced by young handball players, members of the Laki Handball Club, who reminded Zorica Vojinović Krčmar and Vesna Abutović Tomajek of their beginnings in handball.

Both legendary Crvenka handball players are recipients of the Republic of Serbia’s national award.