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15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 Video, Photos, Draws and Results

15^th Smrikva Bowl 2010 Draws and Results

Photos of the 15^th Smrikva Bowl 2010 edition

Smrikva Bowl Historical Draws and Results (from 2002 till 2010)

p.s. the selection process of the emerging talents for the 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 will start in September 2010.

To learn more about ISTRIA - the region where Smrikva Bowl is played please visit:

...CULTURAL E-BOOK “Istria from Smrikve“ aims to provide Smrikva Bowl players and their families with useful information about the places that should be visited in the Istria region. Here you will find information about: architecture, history, people, music, museums, major cultural events, cuisine, top restaurants and the best olive oil and wine producers.

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28/07/10

Katie Swan is on vacation in Spain and she met Alvaro Regalado yesterday. Katie and Alvaro are both Smrikva Bowl winners

Katie Swan, from England, and Alvaro Regalado, from Spain, both won the 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 edition. In these days Katie is with her family on vacation in Spain and yesterday they visited Alvaro Regalado and his family in Alicante.

This year winner Nicola Kuhn lives in Spain and he was invited to play Smrikva Bowl by Katie and her family and later on his candidacy was confirmed by Alvaro and his family. According to Nicki’s letter on the picture there is a Smrikva Bowl candidate she mentioned in her letter living in Alicante with Croatian origin.

I am pleased to share with the community Katie’s mother letter and a picture received from Alvaro’s club where Katie and Alvaro played yesterday :)

Dear Mio

I hope you are well and have a great summer.

I thought you would like to know that we are in Spain on vacation at the moment and today we met up with Alvaro and his family. Miguel took us to their club and Katie and Alvaro played tennis together. We had the most fantastic day with them and were so touched by their hospitality and had a lovely lunch with their family.

Attached is a photo of Katie and Alvaro and three players from Alvaro’s club. The girl on the far right is 9 and apparently from Croatia who now lives in Alicante. Miguel said she is a very good player and predicts she will win the Smrikve Bowl next year!!

We are looking forward to Alvaro and his brother Alex staying us with England and Miguel is keen for Katie to stay. This is all as a result of the Smrikve Bowl so thank you so much!

Best wishes.

Nicki

Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve and future ATRIVM SMRIKVE HOTEL, for your accommodation in Stinjan (Pula) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia. In Villa Smrikve you can enjoy tennis, sea, good Istrian food, Smrikve wine and olive oil, and events in Pula and Istria.

26/07/10

Stinjan Local Community Committee awarded Smrikve Tennis Club

Few years ago Istrian Tennis Association awarded Smrikve Tennis Club for the 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 organisation excellence and few days ago, on 24th of July, our Club received another important award from Stinjan Local Community Committee and his President Mr. Dusanko Babic

This award was given to our Club to recognize our efforts in promoting tennis activity and sport in general, thus this certificate represents also a nice present for the conclusion of the 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 that brought Smrikve word to 49th country since the tournament was established in 1996.

Our Club is pleased to share this award with all the people that over the years contributed to the Smrikve and Smrikva Bowl development, to the volunteers of the Smrikva Bowl Staff, to the Honorary Smrikva Bowl Members and to the Golden Smrikva Bowl Members.

26/07/10

Silvia Njiric - 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up - reached the quarterfinals of the European Junior Championship played in Switzerland

Silvia Njiric is one of the top Croatian junior players and one of the top junior players in the World that currently ranks #33 on ITF ranking list and was also ranked #6 on ITF ranking list in January of this year. On WTA ranking list Silvia is currently ranked #962.

Silvia played Smrikva Bowl in 2003 and reached the finals thus represented the Smrikva Bowl team on 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl that was played in the US that year. This year she reached the semifinals of the Junior Roland Garros.

Silvia Njiric road towards the quarterfinals of European Junior Championship played in Klosters (Switzerland) was the following:

1st round: Silvia Njiric – Bye
2nd round: Silvia Njiric – Dana Ihsanova (EST) 6:2, 6:1
3rd round: Silvia Njiric – Carlotta Orlando (ITA) 6:2, 6:2
4th round: Silvia Njiric – Jovana Jaksic (SRB) 7:5, 6:4
Quarterfinals: S.Njiric – Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) 1:6, 2:6

The ranking of the players with whom Silvia played and will play on this year Roland Garros is the following:

Dana Ihsanova (EST) – #1504 on ITF ranking list
Carlotta Orlando (ITA) – #266 on ITF ranking list
Jovana Jaksic (SRB) – #65 on ITF ranking list
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) – #596 on ITF ranking list

In the following you tube video you can see Silvia Njiric on two years ago Junior Wimbledon double finals awarding cerimony.

Congratulations Silvia!

22/07/10

Cosmopolite website a new part of smrikve.com World

Dear Smrikve friends,

I am pleased to let you know that the book I completed in 2005, on the importance of civilisation and the civili society, was translated from Italian in English and published on our website to be shared with Smrikve friends.

http://smrikve.com/cosmopolite/

The book was completed several years ago but the thoughts I express in it have not significantly changed since then.

Parts of the book were written thinking on Smrikva Bowl kids and this is a small gift to them, to Smrikve friends, and to all the people that appreciate the civil society.

Regards,

Mio

18/07/10

Munchkin tennis week end at European PTR Center in Marlengo and surpirse photos from Kristina Novak, Joka and Vuk made recently on Bled lake in Slovenia

Me and my father spent this week end at VAN DER MEER TENNIS UNIVERSITY EUROPE MARLENGO following a PTR course run by Luigi Bertino dedicated to children between the ages of 4 to 10.

Munchkin tennis coaching model is designed for children between the ages of 4 to 10. This includes learning basis skills like throwing, catching the ball and other ball skills, hand-eye co-ordination tasks and tennis games for children. It is based on fun-filled movements and games, and not repetitive drills.

It was a very nice learning week end.

SURPIRSE PHOTOS…

Returning home I found in my e-mail box the pictures sent to me by Kristina’s father Vili. Nice pictures made recently on Bled lake – one of the most beautiful lakes in Slovenia.

Kristina Novak played the semifinals on this year Smrikva Bowl and is the best under 10 tennis player in Slovenia.

Jovana Vukovic Joka, this year Smrikva Bowl winner, after her Smrikva Bowl and Tennis Talents days spent in Smrikve, she went for a holiday to Italy and returning home they visited Kristina and her family on Bled lake.

I enjoyed the pictures and I hope also people that know both girls might enjoy…

On the picture below you can see Joka and Kristina after their squash game :)... If they are good in squash just half they are in tennis that might have been an impressive game!...

Here below you can see also Vuk on the picture, Joka’s brother, together with Joka and Kristina. Looking at Kristina’s hair I would say that she jumped into the lake :)...

Blad is very beautiful summer resort and winter resort. I enjoyed skiing there for several winters.

I found also a photo of Kristina after this year Smrikva Bowl finals when it was allowed to jump into the swimming pool with suits and as you can see Kristina was in the finals staff wearing Sergio Tacchini t-shirt and shorts and this is the picture made just after the finals :))...

I received also photos of all three of them jumping on trampoline: Kristina, Vuk and Joka, and I am really glad they had fun and spent nice moments together!