Smrikva Bowl Tournament
World in Smrikve
There are many players coming from places that are far away from Smrikve. Each player becomes a Smrikva Bowl Ambassador in his/her club, country and in the World. Their word continues to help Smrikve to attract each year the new talented players emerging in the World today.
SMRIKVA BOWL AMBASSADORS’ HOME COUNTRIES…
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SMRIKVA BOWL HAS GROWN IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPOTANT UNDER 10 TENNIS TOURNAMENTS IN THE WORLD…
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER UNDER 10 TENNIS “FESTIVALS” WORLDWIDE GROWING UP INTO TRADITIONAL EVENTS “Litttle Mo” International, OUATT Kids Cup, Lemon Bowl, KUP NADA – “Fratello”...
Gianluigi Quinzi, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, was the only player to win Smrikva Bowl, “Little Mo”, OUATT Kids Cup and Lemon Bowl in a year :).
Please find enclosed a short introduction to each tournament.
Little Mo International – is a global tournament organized by Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation. The tournament is played in the USA and is dedicated to age groups under 8 till under 11.
If you have not heard about “Little Mo” let me introduce you with a short story to a tennis legend… named “Little Mo” ...
Several decades ago, in 1953, a young girl named Maureen Connolly won the Grand Slam of tennis. Maureen was the first woman to ever capture this exclusive crown by winning the Australian Championships (Australian Open), the French Championships (Roland Garross), Wimbledon (The Championship), and the United States Championships (US Open).
She was only eighteen years and from that time on, a journalist named Maureen – “Little Mo”. Maureen’s strong strokes were compared to the warship USS Missouri also know as “Mighty Mo” or “Big Mo” thus Moureen Connolly became “Little Mo”.
There is no other player in history that overcome Maureen’s result. The closer to that result came Monica Sales in 1991 when she won 3 Grand Slam tournaments at the age of 18 years. Readers may not know but in former Yugoslavia Monica Seles was named “Mala Mo” that in english mean “Little Mo”.
In July 1954, “Little Mo” injured her leg in a horseback riding accident which ended her tennis career. She continued to be a major influence in the world of tennis. She married Norman Brinker and they made their home in Dallas.
As one of Dallas’ new residents, “Little Mo” was wanted to promote among children her beloved game of tennis and in 1968, she joined her dear friend, Nancy Jeffett to co-found the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation. Maureen passed away only six months later on the eve of Wimbledon.
Today The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation benefits countless numbers of boys and girls throughout the US and the world. Nancy Jeffett, Chairman Emeritus, Cindy Brinker Simmons, President, Brenda Brinker Bottum, Vice-President, Elizabeth Jeffett, Vice-President, Carol Weyman, Executive Vice-President, and a capable Advisory Board lead the foundation in a myriad of programs and activities.
In 2002 the paths of the Smrikva Bowl and “Little Mo” crossed when Marcia Frost introduced me to Carol Weyman. Together we created “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl the first ever under 10 competition between the US and Europe. This gathering over the years has grown in the most prestigous under 10 team tournaments in the World and we named it “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl.
For more information about “Little Mo” International please visit MCB Tennis Foundation website on www.mcbtennis.org or contact directly “Little Mo” International Tournament Director Carol Weyman on cartennis@aol.com
OUATT Kids Cup – is a global tournament organized by Philippe Sautet played in several age groups starting with under 9 till under 16 years.
OUATT is an association with aim to encourage the emergance of new talents all over the World. The main OUATT objective is to fall in love with tennis game as many kids as possible.
The qualifications tournaments are played in over 350 towns and cities across the World and almost 50.000 players gather in qualification tournaments in a year.
OUATT Kids Cup is also the biggest tournament in the World and the World finals are played twice a year in July and December in various parts of the World.
What does OUATT stand for? ONCE UPON A TIME TENNIS.
To learn more about OUATT or about the spot – tennis club in your country where you could play OUATT qualifications please visit OUATT Kids Cup website on www.ouatt.com.
The tournament director is Mr. Philippe Sautet and for further question about OUATT please contact Mr. Sautet directly via e-mail on psautet@hotmail.com
Lemon Bowl – is a traditional international tournament organized in Rome (Italy) in Jannuary. It is played in several age groups starting from under 10 till under 18 years of age.
Many top Smrikva Bowl players played Lemon Bowl before or after Smrikva Bowl like: Ivana Lisjak, Giacomo Miccini, Sacha Merzetti, Bogdan Borza, etc.
To learn more about Lemon Bowl please visit www.lemonbowl.it or contact via e-mail Paolo Verna on paoloverna@lemonbowl.it or iscrizioni@lemonbowl.it
KUP NADA – “Fratello” – is a traditional international tournament organized by Tennis Club Match Ball in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) every August . KUP NADA – “Fratello” is focused on under 10 age group.
The name of the tournament “KUP NADA” could be translated in english as the Championship of Hope and “Fratello” is an italian word that means brother.
Banja Luka is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina that over the last decade was involved in the civil war with 300.000 people killed and over 2.000.000 of refugees in a population of about 4.000.000 of people. There is no family in that country that have not been hit by this war experience.
Mr. Rakic and his team try through this Championship of Hope to rebuild at least some of the bridges destroyed during the civil war.
Tournament director and contact person is Mr. Rakic. Match Ball Tennis Club e-mail is info@matchball.tk or if you want to learn more please visit their website on http://matchball.comxa.com/
There are different ways to look at the sport and there are different way to look at the music, to the culture and also to the children.
The vision of the sport prefered in Smrikve is the one described by Nelson Mandela – Madiba: “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
We would like to think that Mandela’s vision of sport can be extended to culture, music and children :)
...CULTURAL E-BOOK “Istria from Smrikve“ it is a gift to all Smrikva Bowl players that travel over the Earth to play Smrikva Bowl. The book aims to further promote Smrikva Bowl and present Istria as cultural destination. It is also a gift to all the people who enjoy learning about different cultures.
Smrikve (Pula), 26th March 2009
Dear Smrikve and Smrikva Bowl Friends,
I completed recently a virtual book about Istria and its culture that aims to promote future ATRIVM SMRIKVE HOTEL, to further promote Smrikva Bowl (considered one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World) and present Istria as cultural tourism destination.
www.smrikve.com/istria/ is the link that I am pleased to invite you to visit.
If you like Istria from Smrikve I would be also pleased if you forward this link to your friends that may be interested to visit Istria and thus help to spread the word about Istria as cultural destination.
The book aims to provide the reader with useful information about the places that should be visited. You will find information about: Istrian architecture, history, music, cuisine, olive oil and wine. Over 90 places are described in it and almost 1800 pictures were made. The best traditional restaurants, olive oil and wine producers were gathered in a database that you can easily find in the book or using the toolbar, or the section of Istrian Cuisine.
If you decide to include Istria in your travel itinerary, I would be pleased to let you know that you can consider to be our guest in Smrikve. Smrikve is a privately owned estate and a tennis club (home to Smrikva Bowl), situated on the outskirts of the city of Pula, surrounded by olive groves and vineyards. Smrikve is located mere 5 minutes from the beach, 10 minutes from Pula’s Roman Arena, about 15 minutes from Pula’s International Airport and only few kilometres from the famous Brioni islands.
I dream to see one day many former Smrikva Bowl players preparing for important tournaments in ATRIVM SMRIKVE HOTEL, using Smrikve tennis courts.
At Smrikve you can play tennis, taste our own made olive oil and wine, enjoy the farm animals, take pleasure in the surrounding nature and the nearby sea or have lovely discussions by the fireplace. Villa Smrikve can currently accommodate few families. However, upcoming ATRIVM SMRIKVE HOTEL will provide more accommodation.
Events and people that shaped European history have had much influence in Istria as well. Istria’s size could be compared to Rome, London and Paris. However, instead of driving through the crowded streets of Rome, Paris or London you will be driving through the beautiful Istrian nature while enjoying the same European cultural heritage.
About 200,000 inhabitants, beautiful Mediterranean nature, lovely hilltops covered with woods, crystal blue sea, excellent food, olive oil that is considered among the best in the World, outstanding wine, many nice towns and villages that are well worth a visit – most of which are inhabited for over 3000 years. This is in very few words ISTRIA.
Istrian region was the most prominent during the Roman Empire period, the Early Byzantine Empire, the Venice Republic, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and during Yugoslavia, when the Brioni islands were the stage of Tito’s Non Aligned policy during the Cold War.
Today, Istria is often compared to Tuscany for its beauty, culture and the tradition of producing olive oil and wine. If you visit Istria you will realise that Istria is simply Istria. Throughout the year, and especially in the summer, there are various cultural events held every day in almost every Istrian town. Every day you can find something that could be of interest to you and in just few hours you can be on St. Mark’s square in Venice.
Olive oil and wine are part of the culture of a particular region. During the Roman Empire, both Istrian olive oil and wine were among the best in the whole Empire and today they are part of the Istrian heritage.
I hope you will enjoy Istria From Smrikve and forward the link of the book to your friends thus help Istria to become one day a recognized cultural destination. Thanks in advance for each e-mail :).
Regards,
Miodrag Bozovic
IMAGINE…
The eutopia Lennon’s song Imagine is simple and easy to perform on the piano but at the same time the words of the song are both simple and complicated thus very easy to be misunderstood…
In Smrikve we experience for few days the world that live as one when children, sport, music and culture cross the borders and unite in a children game respecting the differences and enjoying the competition…
Enjoy the song and the video… the preferred part to me is when Yoko Ono start openning the windows and allow the light to enter the room…
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
J.Lennon
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.
