After 2nd day of U17 Women Balkan Championship in Vranje, national teams of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia achieved victories.
In first match of the today’s program, Bulgaria won match against Moldova 3:0 (25:11, 25:5, 25:9) in pool A after 48 minutes of play. In Bulgarian team the best were Iva Dudova, Maria Zlatanova and Maria-Gabrie Milicevic with 12 points. In Moldova Valeria Alexeeva scored two points.
In same group, host team Serbia defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 3:0 (25:16, 25:12, 25:7) and took first place in pool. Milica Vidacic with 14 points led Serbia to victory, while Matea Stankovic scored 5 points for Bosnia.
In pool B, Romania defeated North Macedonia 3:0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:14). Antonia Dora Gheti scored 13 points in winning team, 9 points won Eva Trpenevska for North Macedonia.
The most appropriate person to speak about this programme certainly is Project Manager Dragisa Calov. “The project started in November 2021, with the official support of the CEV, and the Ministries of Education and Sports. We owe special gratitude to the Ministry of Education, as they made it possible for us to schedule training sessions in the sports halls of their schools. The project has involved 13 primary schools from eight cities this far: Pljevlja, Zabljak, Mojkovac, Kolasin, Bijelo Polje, Berane, Rozaje and Niksic, with participation of some 250 young boys aged 11-14. The Volleyball school is free for all boys,” says Calov.
The most important thing – the project will continue, with certain novelties and improvements. Before it re-starts, the project leader will visit additional towns to involve. “The project continues with the beginning of the new school year. We are currently working on a plan for next year, as we wish to organise a competition between schools involved in the project. In cooperation with the Coaches’ Association, we plan to hold several seminars for teachers. We are preparing a new set of exercises that will supplement the first edition of the manual, as well as a video presentation on technical elements of the Volleyball game. At the beginning of August, we are going to visit some cities in order to initiate the launch of clubs in certain areas,” concludes Calov.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions and other measures introduced in Montenegro, the “Mini volleyball’ section of the School Project had to stop for two years, but in October 2022 the Volleyball Federation of Montenegro will hopefully resume its implementation. They managed to involve more than 700 children and more than 40 schools and clubs before the break imposed by the pandemic.
