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12/10/09

Miki Jankovic - 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up - is the winner of the under 16 Tennis Europe Junior Masters 2009 played in Napoli (Italy)

Miki Jankovic won the under 16 Junior European Masters – an elite event for the top eight best-performing European players on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour. Former Masters champions include Rafael Nadal, Tommy Robredo and Kim Clijsters.

Miki Jankovic is native from Serbia and today is one of the best players in Europe in his age group and this victory is another confirmation of his talent and work.

He was the runner up of the 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 and currently trains at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy near Paris. Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is one of the Smrikva Bowl sponsor that few years ago started to award the winners of the Smrikva Bowl with one week training in this very prestigous and World recognized Tennis Academy.

Miki Jankovic is currently ranked #3 in Europe in under 16 age group cathegory and is also ranked #511 on ITF ranking list.

His road towards the victory of the under 16 Tennis Europe Junior Masters 2009 played in Napoli (Italy) was the following:

Quarterfinals: Miki Jankovic – Connor Glennon (Uk) 6:1, 6:3
Semifinals: Miki Jankovic – Likas Mugevicius (Ltu) 6:4, 6:2
Finals: Miki Jankovic – Michele Palma (Ita) 7:5, 6:4

Congratulations Miki!

For those who are interested to learn more about Miki please visit his website on www.mikijankovic.com

Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.

10/10/09

Today in Smrikve we collected olives that will end up in bottles with Smrikva Bowl olive oil that will be given to the 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 Ambassadors - Istrian olive oil is considered among the best one in the World

Today we started to collect olives, the 2010 Smrikva Bowl olive oil production. It is considered 2010 production because the next year every new Smrikva Bowl Ambassador will receive a bottle of it.

In Smrikve we produce Istrian olive oil that has over 2000 years old tradition in olive oil making and was considered among the best one in the Roman Empire and today is still considered among the best one in the World.

During the Smrikva Bowl we use to give to every Smrikva Bowl Ambasador a bottle of oil as a memory to their Smrikva Bowl. In this days we started the process that will end with transforming the olives into oil for the 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 players and Ambassadors.

We beleive that one day we will be able to produce special and limited collections of the Smrikva Bowl olive oil from the Smrikva Bowl centuries old olive trees planted by some of the future tennis Champions…

A SHORT INTRODUCTION OF THE LONG STORY OF THE ISTRIAN OLIVE OIL…

The tradition of the olive oil production started to develop in Istria during the time of the Emperor Augustus. Thanks to the olive oil Pula was for few centuries one of the richest towns in the Roman Empire and this is one of the main reasons why Pula got its magnificent Arena.

Arena was completed at the same time as the famous Colosseum in Rome. It is one of the six largest Roman amphitheatres in the World and is today the Roman amphitheatre with best preserved external mantel in the World.

It is important to say that at the time olive oil was not used only as the salad dressing as we use it today but it was used also for lighting thus it was important as todays are important the sources of energy we use. It was the gold of its period. This explain the status and importance Pula had during the Roman Empire time.

Istrian olive oil was considered among the best in the Empire but also the amphorae production was very important. In the village located nearby Pula named Fazana one of the most prestigous amphorae production facilities were located owned by a Roman Consul.

SMRIKVA BOWL AMBASSADORS OLIVE TREES…

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started the tradition of planting an old Olive tree. The Olive tree selected needs to be older than the oldest man living on the earth today.

The people that planted Smrikva Bowl Olive trees for the first time are no longer among us and the message this Olive tree transmits to the Ambassadors is that intergenerational responsibility alone will allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth.

The Lion King cartoon is an artwork and many life messages one can find in it and most of them are in line with the Smrikva Bowl.

They are in line with the message of the Ambassadors’ Olive Tree; they are in line with the values of friendship and love; they are in line with empathy. Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned thus in line with Smrikva Bowl mission.

WHAT REMAINED IN ISTRIA FROM THE ROMAN OLIVE OIL TRADITION…

The olive tree can live for millenniums and thanks to this long life of the olive tree we do know one of the sorts that was cultivated during the Roman Empire time.

Today in Istria there are other sorts of olive trees but the olive oil is outstanding thanks to the geographic position of Istria.

It is hard to understand how Romans without sophisticated analysis instruments that we do have today were able to determine in which part of the Empire they were able to get the best food, olive oil and wine. Istria was considered the area of the best olive oil and wine.

Romans had deep knowledge of olive oil making and we do know that they had five different olive oils quality ranking:

1. Oleum ex albis ulivis: first quality olive oil made by green and white olives

2. Viride: olive oil made by the olives that started to become black

3. Maturum: olive oil made by mature olives

4. Caducum: olive oil made by olives collected from the ground

5. Cibarium: olive oil made by rotten olives

Most of the old knowledge returned to Istria in the last decades thanks to the many Istrian families that dedicated with passion in rediscovering this old agricultural art.

THE OLDEST ISTRIAN OLIVE TREE…

On Brioni island there is an olive tree from the beginning of the 4th century that is one of the oldest olive trees in Europe. For its years could be also a symbol of wise.

To give you an idea of his age just imagine that this olive tree was planted during the time of Emperor Costantine the Great.

In general, wise and talented people usually create things after hard personal experiences. Men mostly learn trough experiences and that knowledge usually have value for future generations.

It would be nice to think that the oldest Istrian olive tree from Brioni could lend a part of its wise to every visitor of Istria.

Marcus Valerius Martialis, native from Cordoba, who lived in the 1st century AD, during the Roman Empire times, celebrated Istrian olive oil with the following verses: “Uncto Corduba Laetior Venafro Histra Nec Minus Absolute Testa”. The translation in English would be: “Cordoba, you being more fertile than the olive oil region of Venafro and so perfect as the oil (amphora) from Istria”.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ISTRIAN OLIVE OIL, WINE, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, PEOPLE AND CULTURE IN GENERAL PLEASE VISIT “ISTRIA FROM SMRIKVE” E-BOOK ON www.smrikve.com/istria/.

08/10/09

Kristina Miletic from Arandjelovac won the under 12 Masters tournament

I just received the message from Kristina’s father that after the victory of four under 12 tournaments in the row she was able also to win the under 12 Master of the Serbian Tennis Federation.

Kristina Miletic is only 10 years old and she played her Smrikva Bowl this year. After her participation on the Smrikva Bowl her achievements and results were extraonrdinary and currently she is ranked #13 on under 12 Serbian ranking list but excluding the 1997 age group she would be #3 in the Country.

Congratulations Kristina!

06/10/09

Ariana Rabac won the under 14 Porec Open tennis tournament played over the weekend

This weekend Ariana Rabac won the under 14 tennis tournament that was played in Porec. Ariana is 13 years old Smrikve Tennis School player and she is currently the best junnior Smrikve Tennis School player.

She started to play tennis when she was already 9 years old. Her motivation and love for tennis is allowing her to continue to progress year after year.

As said above this weekend Ariana played an under 14 tournament where 12 girls from Croatia and Slovenia participated and her road towards the victory was the following:

Quarterfinals: Ariana Rabac – Sara Petric (Cro) 6:4, 7:6
Semifinals: Ariana Rabac – Julijana Versic (Cro) 6:4, 7:5
Finals: Ariana Rabac – Kaudija Bukovec (Slo) 6:3, 6:2

Congratulations Ariana!

04/10/09

Updates on Villa Smrikve accommodation units and breaking news on insertion of the Istrian music scale on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list

Dear Smrikve friends,

Recently we completed some smaller restructuring of our accommodation units to made them more beautiful and confortable for our guests. I am taking this opportunity to invite you to visit the updated villa Smrikva page:

http://www.smrikve.com/villa-smrikve/

In particular there are new photo galleries of the accommodation units Smrikva (Juniper), Trs (Vine), Ulika (Olive), and if you have interest I invite you to read a short summary of the idea that was followed in personalizing each unit.

There is another news of the week that I am pleased to share with Smrikve friends and is related with the Istrian music. The traditional Istrian music was inserted on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. If someone has interest in listening what type of music it is, I invite you to visit the page of my cultural E-book „Istria from Smrikve“ dedicated to the Istrian music and you will hear my grandparents singing „na tanko i na debelo“ on the Istrian scale.

http://www.smrikve.com/istria/books/smrikve/istrian-music/

I would be pleased to see some of you again as villa Smrikve guests for tennis training or to discover together the historical, cultural and gastonomical beauties of the Istrian Region.

Regards,

Miodrag BOZOVIC

02/10/09

Remy Bertola on Swiss ticinonews TV

Remy Bertola is a former Smrikva Bowl player from Switzerland living in Canton Ticino. I just received the news that he qualified for the Nike Junior Tour Finals.

A nice TV show was registered and broadcasted for ticinonews in honor of his qualification and I am pleased to share it with the Smrikva Bowl comunity that do understand Italian.

In the video Remy talks about the importance he gives to the school and also about Roland Garros dream.

For those who wants to learn more about Remy I also suggest the visit of his website www.remybertola.ch.

Congratulations Remy!

30/09/09

The first "Istria from Smrikve" skycrapper banner (160x600) on www.vstopnice.com

Few days ago the first “Istria from Smrikve” skycrapper banner (160×600) was placed on www.vstopnice.com by Gregor Koprivc – the Smrikva Bowl Golden Honorary Member.

“Istria from Smrikve” is the first cultural E-book about Istria region that aims to further promote the Smrikva Bowl event and also to promote Istria as cultural tourism destination.

www.vstopnice.com was founded and developed by Gregor and is one of the most successful websites’ dedicated to the selling of the music concert tickets in Slovenia. The comunity he created around his music portal counts almost 3000 members and in its history have been sold almost 73000 tickets.

Vstopnice.com sells tickets for the concerts not only for Slovenia events but also for selected concerts in: Croatia, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Germany.

I used to say while describing the Smrikva Bowl mission that children, sport, music and culture are already part of the Cosmopolitan world and this is the idea promoted by the Smrikva Bowl event. I am even more glad that this music website is promoting the first cultural E-book about Istria. The promotion campain statement is: “Vikend je pred vami”.

I like the skycrapper banner designed and created by Gregor with the message “Vikend je pred vami” that means in English “the weekend is coming”.

Slovenia borders with Istria and in less than few hours almost every citizen of Slovenia can reach any of the Cultural destinations described in “Istria from Smrikve”.

There are different ways to look at sport. There are different way to look at music, culture, love and also to children.

The vision of sport prefered in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words:

“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.”

Gregor gave us a little help to extend our vision to the music world and thank you again for your contribution!

27/09/09

Igor Dobranovic and Patrik Chiavalon are the winners of the 2nd Smrikve Rekreacija 2009 Tournament

Since this year we established the Spring and Autumn Smrikve Tennis Club tournament for the recreational players and this weekend the Autumn edition was played.

21 Smrikve Tennis Club members participated in the 2nd Smrikve Rekreacija 2009 Tournament. Over two days there were many nice and competitive matches that the people that were in the Club had the opportunity to enjoy.

On Saturday we also had the grill day prepared by my mother and today we had other food surprises for the semifinalists and finalists and also for the people that gathered to cheer them.

The winner of the Main Draw was Igor Dobranovic who defeated in the finals Sandro Suljic. It was a very nice and competitive final full of emontional moments.

Igor and Sandro are both very strong servers and excellent players. It was almost two hours match with many nice points. The final result was 6:3, 4:6, 6:2.

In the Consolation Draw the winner was Patrik Chiavalon who defeated Marjan Grzetic. It was another almost two hours match with extraordinary points for two players that really enjoy and love the tennis game.

I was very pleased for Patrik when he explained after receiving the trophy that he was never really involved in any sport in particular as young boy thus he never had the opportunity to win a trophy in a sport competition.

He fall in love few years ago with tennis and today he obtained his first trophy. It was a great day for him!

Patrik won 9:8 but Marijan was leading few times during the match also thanks to his very strong serve. In end Patrik succeeded to conclude the match in his favour and all the Club friends enjoyed the match they played for them and for us.

Thanks to each member who played over the weekend for the nice tournament and congratulations once again to the winners of this Autumn edition: Igor and Patrik!

27/09/09

Four Smrikva Bowl players in semifinals at 25th Stella Maris Cup played in UMAG - an important under 14 European Tournament

Just a week ago Borna Coric, one of the best Croatian and World players in his age group, won the 25th Stella Maris Cup, an important European under 14 tournament.

I was pleased to read that all the players that were in semifinals are former Smrikva Bowl players and two other Smrikva Bowl players reached the quarterfinals:

Semifinalists:
• Borna Coric and Karlo Skvorc, both Croatian players, played Smrikva Bowl when they were 9 years old, respectively in 2005 and 2004.
• Djere Laszlo from Serbia was the runner up of the 10th Smrikva Bowl played in 2005, and Marin Suica from Croatia also played Smrikva Bowl that year.

Quarterfinalists:
• Neven Krivokuca the fifth Smrikva Bowl player that reached the quarterfinals of the 25th Stella Maris Cup played 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 and is currently part of Niki Pilic Academy. Neven lives in Germany but is of Croatian origin and has a second home close to Smrikve.
• Andre Biro was the semifinalist of the 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 and in Umag he reached the quarterfinals.

Borna Coric met in the semifinals Djere Laszlo and in the quarterfinals Andre Biro on his road towards the victory:

1st round: Borna Coric – Sebastian Schloffer (Aut) – 6:4, 6:1
2nd round: Borna Coric – Matej Buril (Svk) – 6:1, 6:1
3rd round: Borna Coric – Patrik Sudic (Cro) – 6:3, 6:3
Quarterfinals: Borna Coric – Andre Biro (Hun) – 6:4, 6:2
Semifinals: Borna Coric – Djere Laszlo (Srb) – 6:4, 6:3
Finals: Borna Coric – Marin Suica (Cro) – 4:6, 6:3, 6:2

Congratulations boys!

25/09/09

Smrikva Bowl on Japanese junior tennis website - www.kids-tennis.com

Toru Matsushima, the Honorary Smrikva Bowl Member, is a very committed Japanese tennis coach that run several important tournaments in Japan for the under 8, under 10 and under 12 age groups.

Thanks to Toru Matsushima and Keiko Maruyama we had the first Japanese players represented on this year Smrikva Bowl edition: Rimpei Kawakami and Haruna Arakawa.

I am very pleased that Mr. Matsushima decided to spread the world among the Japanese community. His words on www.kids-tennis.com is a tennis word but is also a word of culture.

I do know that many Japanese people do go to visit Rome, Venice, Florence, Paris, London, and other well known places in Europe that are very reach in terms of historical heritage but I do believe that Istria is another cultural spot on the World map that should be included in the cultural itinerary worth visiting and I tried to explain it in my cultural E-book that I also invite people to visit “Istria from Smrikve”.

For those who understand Japanese I invite them to take a look at Toru’s article on www.kids-tennis.com.

I hope to meet few other Japanese kids on the next Smrikva Bowl edition and thanks again to Toru for spreading the Smrikva Bowl and Istria word in the country of the rising sun.

23/09/09

Petra Martic - 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner - reached the semifinals of USD 100.000 worth tournament played in Biella and become #82 on WTA list

Petra Martic, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, is the best ranked former Smrikva Bowl player on WTA list. This week jump, from the position #89 to #82 on WTA list, was made thanks to the semifinals reached at USD 100.000 worth tournament played in Sofia last week.

Few weeks age, in Biella – Italy, Petra Martic obtained her first USD 100.000 victory.

Petra’s road towards Sofia’s semifinals was the following:

1st round: Petra Martic – Timea Bacsinszky (Sui) – 6:7, 6:2, 6:1
2nd round: Petra Martic – Angelique Kerber (Ger) – 5:7, 6:3, 6:2
Quarterfinals: Petra Martic – Sessil Karatantcheva (Kaz) – 7:6,7:5
Semifinals: Petra Martic – Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou) – 4:6, 3:6

The ranking of the players:

Timea Bacsinszky (Sui) – #78 WTA list
Angelique Kerber (Ger) – #88 WTA list
Sessil Karatantcheva (Kaz) – #131 WTA list
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou) – #62 WTA list

CONGRATULATIONS PETRA :))!!!

For those who do not know Petra yet please enjoy the video registered in Portoroz at Slovenia Open last year.

23/09/09

Ambassador's website section is created

Ambassador’s website section (under the Smrikva Bowl tournament section) has been created few days ago where past Smrikva Bowl players websites will be added from time to time when they get to the net.

For the moment the following websites are present in the section:

REMY BERTOLA – www.remybertola.ch

AMAURY DE BEER – t4tennis.com

MIKI JANKOVIC – www.mikijankovic.com

NINA MARJANOVIC – my.opera.com/nina-marjanovic/

GIACOMO MICCINI – www.giacomomiccini.com

KATIE SWAN – katieswan.com

For sure in the following years there will be many more Ambassadors’ websites on line :)

20/09/09

Today we collected grapes and started the 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 Malvazija collection wine production

Today we collected grapes and started 2010 Smrikve wine production. It was a long day and several people helped us during the collection process. The grapes were yellow colored and of very sweet taste. We expect the wine to be good as was good in the past years.

Smrikve Malvazija is thanks to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors spread in 40 countries and 6 continents. Every year we create a limited collection of 200 bottles that represent the gift of our family to the Smrikva Bowl families and to our friends.

Wine and gastronomy are part of a culture and wine bottle that we give to every Smrikva Bowl family is part of our cultural gift that every year we are pleased to make to our guests coming from all around the World.

The wine making is the tradition in Smrikve since 1957…

The wine production is a passion for many Istrian families and my grandfather Mate was a great lower of wine and wine making. The first thing he made in 1957 when he settled in Smrikve was to plant a vineyard.

Probably not many Smrikva Bowl readers do not know the story how my grandfather agreed to take out a row of vineyard to create the space for the court where today the Smrikva Bowl finals are played.

My father and me, my uncle and my cousin continue the wine making tradition in Smrikve…

Several years ago I bought a vineyard close to the vineyard planted by my grandfather and today my father and me are doing our best to get the best from what Malvasia grapes can give.

The first phase of the processing the grapes started today…

We collected the grapes but also separated the juice of the rest to obtain the golden color that usually our Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) wine has. Now for two days the fermentation will be blocked to allow the wine to start its transformation process cleaner than it is today after the collection.

In Smrikve we produce Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) and during the Smrikva Bowl we use to give a bottle of wine to every family as a memory to their Smrikva Bowl and probably one day this bottles might be something special if our kids continue to love the tennis game and continue to write the Smrikva Bowl story with their results.

Wine as part of the culture…

In the regions where the wine is produced the wine was always part of the culture of the particular site. Also the wine we produce is part of the Smrikve tradition and this is the reason why we are pleased to give a bottle to every family that come to visit us for the Smrikva Bowl.

There is an old Istrian saying: ”Vino od loze i mliko od koze” and “Kruh je za tilo a vino je za dusu”. The translation from Croatian is difficult because you loose the feel of the language. Goat is the symbol of Istria and the meaning of the first saying would be: ”Wine from the grapevine and milk from the goat” and the meaning of the second would be: “Bread is for the body, wine is for the soul”.

With todays collection as I said we started the process of transforming the grapes into wine for the 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 edition of Malvazija.

The main Istrian wines are: Malvazija, Terran, Refosc and Muscatel.

The glory of the Istrian wine dates back to over 2000 years ago…

For those who are not familiar with Istrian wine I am pleased to remined the reader that Istrian wine was considered one of the best in the Roman Empire, around 20 centuries ago, and was preferred by Livia Drusilla, also known as Iulia Augusta, the wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus.

Livia Drusilla’s preferred wine was the Istrian wine Pucinum. Livia is considered one of the most influent women in the beginning of the Roman Empire era. It is not know what wine it was because todays wines were brought in Istria mostly by Venitians.

Todays Istrian Malvazija’s story is related with Serenissima… the Venetian Republic

The story of Istrian Malvazija, cultivated in Istria since the end of the 16th century, is fascinating and it relates to the Venetians.

At the beginning of the 15th century the Venetians occupied Peloponnesus in Greece. In the Peloponnesus region there is a town Monemvassia, also named Malvasia. From this town the Venetians started to import the wine into Venice and the other areas controlled by the Venetian Republic.

This wine was so successful and became so famous all over Europe that Venetians decided to plant huge vineyards on the biggest Greek island, Crete.

Between the 16th and 18th century Malvasia become the most important wine in Europe. In 1570 the Turks conquered Crete and Venetians decided to plant Malvasia vineyards in other areas that had friendly relations with Venice which, at that time, also included Istria.

In end Malvasia is in Istria since the above mentioned period while it is not known the sort of the wine that was preferred by the wife of the Emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla – Julia Augusta.

Giacomo Casanova in his diary talks about another Istrian sort and another great wine…

Giacomo Casanova visited Vrsar several times and in his diary he describes a good wine Refosc and nice women. Today Refosc is mostly cultivated in the Slovenian part of Istria while in other areas the dominant sort is Malvasia.

Another excellent wine can be found around Momjan area made of Muscatel sort.

On Istria from Smrikve you can learn much more…

To learn more about Istrian gastronomy and wine please visit the E-book about Istrian cultural heritage on www.smrikve.com/istria/ named “Istria from Smrikve”.

We try to do our best to get excellent Malvazija…

Sergio Bile is one of the person I do respect a lot because for years he was advising Istrian wine makers how to increase the quality of the Istrian wine. Few weeks ago I met his wife on an exhibition with his new wines collection thus also he from advising started to produce his own wine.

For years Sergio is giving periodical advises to my father how to continue to improve the wine making transformation process and the words of people from all around the World that tasted our wine are increasing my respect for Sergio Bile knowledge.

I was pleased when Gianni Nunziante, an important Italian wine maker and also the owner of Vignamaggio used three nice words to describe our Malvazija. His wines used to get three glasses mark from Gambero Rosso that is one of the most important authorities for the Italian wines rating. Gianni used the following three words:

• “semplice” – simple,
• “profumato” – sweet – smelling,
• “gradevole” – pleasant.

Vignamaggio is a property located in Tuscany. In 2004, the property celebrated six hundred years of winemaking tradition. The property is also famous for the the daughter of Anton Maria Gherardini. The famous Mona Lisa – “La Gioconda”, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, was born at Vignamaggio in 1479.

16/09/09

Petra Martic is the second Smrikva Bowl player to reach TOP 100 ranking on WTA list

Petra Martic is the second Smrikva Bowl winner to reach the TOP 100 ranking on WTA list. Ivana Lisjak was #95 in the World and today Petra Martic is #89 on WTA list. It is the best ranking in the World achieved by a former Smrikva Bowl player in the 14 years long Smrikva Bowl history.

Almost two years ago, on November 2nd 2007, Marija Zivlak, www.womenstennisblog.com editor, wrote an article with the title “Smrikva Bowl founder on tennis stars of the future”.

Marija was interested in which youngsters have a potential to make it big when they grow up, but I am usually reluctant to answer such a question. According to the statistics of my friend Luca Appino, former Babolat marketing and sponsoring director, only six per cent of the best juniors (from 14 to 16-year-old) reach the Top 100 when they become professional players. This means that chances of a promising 10-year-old that play Smrikva Bowl of making it to the Top 100 are statistically slim to none.

In the article I made comments on few talented former Smrikva Bowl players and I also mentioned Petra Martic thus Maria wrote about Petra: “The 16-year-old Petra Martic from Croatia is another female player the organizer of the Smrikva Bowl highly believes in. She won the event in 2001, and today, she is ranked 340th in the world after having competed in eight tournaments. Miodrag Bozovic believes that she has enough talent to crack the Top 100 in the near future.”

As of September 14th 2009, by taking into account points gathered on US Open and the victory of her first USD 100.000 tournament, Petra Martic ranking rose to #89 in the World.

Few weeks ago she played the US Open and after qualifying for the Main Draw she lost in the second round against this year finalist Caroline Wozniacki. On the other side the week after in Biella (Italy) she defeated in the second round Jelena Dokic, former #4 in the World.

Petra won the 6th Smrikva Bowl in 2001 and currently is the best ranked former Smrikva Bowl player on WTA list and is also the best ranked Croatian player on WTA list.

This summer in Portoroz at SLOVENIA OPEN I had the chance to see her after 8 years…

I was having launch with Luca Appino and my father in the tennis center restaurant nearby the sea and just few tables away from us a blond tall girl came with a plate and smile appeared familiar to me. It was Petra :).

I asked this young lady if she was Petra, she smiled and said: “Yes… I am Petra”. She had a beautiful smile and her eyes spread a worm energy :)...

Congratulations Petra and thank you for writing with your game a nice page of the Smrikva Bowl story…

Best wishes!

14/09/09

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF, USTA and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update September 2009)

IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER

1996 – 1st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Vilim Visak, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #1221 on ATP list. Vilim’s best ranking was #612 in March 2006. Vilim Visak is currently ranked #714 on ATP Doubles Ranking. His best double ranking was #370 in February 2009.

GIRLS
Natali Zuliani, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia, is not ranked player.

IN 1997 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA

1997 – 2nd Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Zeljko Peric, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia, is not ranked player.
Filip Kricka, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 runner up, from Croatia, is not ranked player.

GIRLS
Ivana Lisjak, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #219 on WTA list. Ivana’s best ranking was #95 on WTA list in June 2006.

IN 1998 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

1998 – 3rd Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Filip Kovacic, 3rd Smrikva Bowl 1998 winner, from Croatia, is not ranked player.

GIRLS
Mateja Horvat, 3rd Smrikva Bowl 1998 winner, from Croatia, is not ranked player. Her best ranking was around #800 on WTA list.

1999 – 4th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borko Mudronja, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Croatia, is not ranked player.
Deni Zmak, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1096 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Astrid Besser, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Italy, is ranked #463 on WTA list.

2000 – 5th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Adelchi Virgili, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy is not ranked.

GIRLS
Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Croatia, is currently ranked #295 on WTA list.

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Marin Draganja, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #1856 on ATP ranking list.
Dino Marcan, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1427 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #89 on WTA list.
Indire Akiki, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #598 on WTA list.

IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl and 1st”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #669 on ATP list.
Giacomo Miccini, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, was ranked #1710 on ATP list in May 2009.

GIRLS
Martina Caregaro, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #815 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #522 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC, ranked 3rd on 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #712 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl and 2nd”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #340 on ITF ranking list.
George MORGAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Great Britain, is ranked #327 on ITF ranking list.
Ciprian Porumb, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Romenia, is ranked #462 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Jennifer Ren, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Great Britain, was ranked #960 on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #870 on WTA list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #522 on WTA list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Emmett EGGER, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #323 on ITF ranking list.
Robert Stineman, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #52 in the USA in under 16 cathegory.

Karen Forman, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #95 in the USA in under 16 cathegory.
Katie Klyczek, played 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #262 in the USA in under 16 cathegory.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl and 3rd”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Ivan Levar, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #171 in under 16 cathegory.
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #510 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #500 on ITF ranking list.
Ecaterina Opriou, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Romenia, is ranked #220 in Europe in under 16 cathegory.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Mitchel Polnet, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1485 on ITF ranking list.

Blair SHANKLE, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #616 on ITF ranking list.
Anna MAMALAT, played 3rd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #805 on ITF ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl and 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #14 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Gyore Laszlo, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #23 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #12 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #1 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.

GIRLS
Saska GAVRILOVSKA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #500 on ITF ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #*195 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Jeffrey Schorsch, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #315 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.
Jose GRACIA, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #85 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.
Yale GOLDBERG, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #24 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.

Dorothy Tang, played 4th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #87 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl and 5th”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #12 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Filip Kraljevic, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #411 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.

GIRLS
Eleanor DEAN, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Great Britain, is ranked #22 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Dina PAOCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #165 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Daniel Maese, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #689 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.
Aries Wong, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #141 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.

Christina MAKAROVA, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #8 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.
Gabriella Umoquit, played 5th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #447 in the USA in under 14 cathegory.

2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Sacha Merzetti, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #160 in Europe in under 14 cathegory*.
Gonzalo Morell, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu Bucur, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Virginia PENA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Spain, is ranked #500 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #191 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #427 in Europe in under 14 cathegory.
Katie Dayson, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #29 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.

Ndindi NDUNDA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #8 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.
Domonique Garley, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #68 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Luka Panic, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Mihnea Turcu, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Grega Kokalj, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Andrea Guerrieri, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #428 in Europe in under 14 european ranking.
Maia Lumsden, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #403 in Europe in under 14 european ranking.
Estela Perez Somarriba, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Justin LEE, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #83 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.
William Blumberg, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #232 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #48 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.
Paulina Ferrari, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #343 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.

IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THUS REACHED THE TOTAL OF 40 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION

2009 – 14th Smrikva Bowl and 8th”Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Alvaro Regalado Pedrol, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Samuele Ramazzotti, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Karlo Suevich, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Slovenia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Alejandro Davidovich, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Katie Swan, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Jovana Vukovic, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Inci Ogut, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Arianna Capogrosso, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #41 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.
Alex Gee, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #478 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #160 in the USA in under 12 cathegory.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked *#202 in the USA in under 12 cathegory*.

11/09/09

Petra Martic - 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner - defeated Jelena Dokic on her road towards the victory of USD 100.000 worth tournament played in Biella (Italy) and reached TOP 100 in the World

Petra Martic won the 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 and currently is the best ranked former Smrikva Bowl player on WTA list.

Last week she played at the US Open and after qualifying for the Main Draw she lost in the second round against Caroline Wozniacki.

Petra is at the moment one of the most promising Croatian players on WTA tour and she’s ranking as of August 31st was #137 on WTA list.

As of September 14th 2009, by taking into account points gathered on US Open and the victory of her first USD 100.000 victory Petra Martic ranking rose to #89 in the World.

In Biella (Italy) Petra Martic defeated in the second round Jelena Dokic, former #4 in the World, that allowed her to reach the quarterfinals. In end Petra defeated other three players on her road towards the victory. The results of the tournament are the following:

1st round: Petra Martic – Darya Kustova (Blr) – 3:6, 6:0, 6:3
2nd round: Petra Martic – Jelena Dokic (Aus) – 6:4, 6:2
Quarterfinals: Petra Martic-Ekaterina Ivanova (Rus) – 6:4,3:6,6:2
Semifinals: Petra Martic – Polona Hercog (Slo) – 7:5, 6:3
Finals: Petra Martic – Sharon Fichman (Can) – 7:5, 6:4

The ranking of the players:

Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) – #142 WTA list
Jelena Dokic (Aus) – #83 WTA list
Ekaterina Ivanova (Rus) – #136 WTA list
Polona Hercog (Slo) – #81 WTA list
Sharon Fichman (Can) – #171 WTA list

CONGRATULATIONS PETRA :))!!!

For those who do not know Petra yet please enjoy the video registered in Portoroz at Slovenia Open last year.

10/09/09

Silvia Njiric - 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up - reached the 3rd round of Junior US Open

Silvia Njiric is one of the top Croatian junior players and one of the top junior players in the World that currently ranks #8 on ITF ranking list and # 853 on WTA list. She played Smrikva Bowl in 2003 by reaching the finals thus represented the Smrikva Bowl team on 2nd “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl that was played in the USA that year.

Silvia Njiric road towards the 3rd round of Junior US Open was the following:

1st round: Silvia Njiric – Tamara Curovic (SRB) 6:4, 7:5
2nd round: Silvia Njiric – Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 6:7, 6:4, 7:6
3rd round: Silvia Njiric – Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 4:6, 6:7

In the second set Silvia was leading 4:1 and in end lost in the tie break 9:7.

The ranking of the players with whom Silvia played on US Open is the following:

Tamara Curovic (SRB) – #39 on ITF ranking list
Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) – #20 on ITF ranking list
Daria Gavrilova (RUS) – #12 on ITF ranking list

In the following you tube video you can see Silvia Njiric on this year Junior Wimbledon double finals awarding cerimony.

Congratulations Silvia!

09/09/09

Gonzalo Morrell Raschiatore contributed to the Spanish National team to win the first ever Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD title

I just received the information from Gonzalo Morrell that his team was able to win the first ever Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD title under 12 by defeating in the finals the French team.

The finals were played at Alghero in Italy and the following is the article reported on www.tenniseurope.org:

“Spain has won its first ever Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD title, following a 2-1 win over 2007 champions France at the finals in Alghero (ITA).

Jaime Fermosell put the Spaniards ahead with a hard fought opening rubber win over Matthis Tetart Chague, recovering from 2-6 first set loss to win the final two sets 6:3 7:5 and retain his unbeaten record in the event. Alvaro Verdu then settled the tie with a 6:4 7:5 win over French #1 Alexandre Muller before the French won a consolation doubles point.

At the girls final rounds in Ajaccio (FRA), Ukraine came out on top for a second successive year, thanks to a crushing 3-0 defeat of Russia.

The defending champions were in fine form all week, losing just one match (a dead doubles rubber against France) in their four ties, and only one set in live matches. Olena Ploskina earned the first point with a 64 61 win over Anastasia Komardina. The tie was secured by Ukrainian #1 Anhelina Kalinina, who became the first girl to play in the final of the event in two consecutive years, and raced to a 63 62 victory over Russian #1 Anastasia Rychagova. Kalinina and Ploskina then teamed up to defeat Komardina and Daria Kasatkina 62 62 in the closing doubles rubber.

A record 62 nations entered the third edition of the annual event.”

I am pleased to recall that Gonzalo was crowned this year also the Australian National Champion in under 12 age group because he holds both Spanish and Australian citizenship.

Congratulations Gonzalo!

08/09/09

15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 Presentation Letter

Dragi prijatelji Smrikve tekst koji slijedi o najavi 15.tog Smrikva Bowl-a 2010 je pisan na tri jezika: Hrvatskom, Talijanskom i Engleskom jeziku.

Dear Smrikva Bowl friends the following text about 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 is written in three languages: Croatian, Italian and English.

Cari amici dello Smrikva il testo che segue come annuncio del 15-esimo Smrikva Bowl 2010 e’ stato scritto in tre lingue: Croato, Italiano ed Inglese.

HRVATSKI – CROATIAN – CROATO

Dragi prijatelji Smrikva Bowl-a,

Ovim pismom formalno započinje selekcija mladih talenata za 15.-ti Smrikva Bowl 2010 koji ce će se održati u Puli (u Hrvatskoj) od 22. – 27. lipnja 2010. godine. Smrikva Bowl kao što mnogi od vas znaju okuplja najtalentiranije mlade tenisače i tenisačice na svijetu do 10 godina.

Na zadnji dan, 27. lipnja 2010 godine, će se igrati tradicionalni 9.-ti “Little Mo” / Smrikva Bowl, susret između najtalentiranijih igrača iz SAD-a i finalista Smrikva Bowl-a. “Little Mo” je najprestižniji turnir za najmlađe u SAD-u i svake godine okupi oko 1700 djece. Andy Roddick je 1992 godine s 10 godina osvojio “Little Mo”.

Detaljniju prezentaciju sa formularom za prijavu i ostalim uputama glede 15.tog Smrikva Bowl-a 2010 možete otvoriti na internet stranici www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/.

Smrikva Bowl je i 2009. godine okupio najtalentiraniju djecu iz 25 zemalja svijeta sa čak 5 kontinenata. Od osnutka Smrikve na turniru su nastupila djeca iz 40 zemalja i 6 kontinenata.

Velika novost od ove godine za Ambasadore Smrikve je i E-knjiga “Istria from Smrikve” koju mozete pogledati na www.smrikve.com/istria/. Ova virtualna knjiga predstavlja moj poklon Ambasadorima Smrikva Bowl-a i ujedno dodaje misiji Ambasadora Smrikve da osim traženja talenata pomognu širiti riječ o Istri kao kulturnoj destinaciji koju vrijedi posjetiti.

Učesnici Smrikva Bowl-a od 2009.godine za upis na turnir donose sa sobom i knjigu kulture koja predstavlja kraj iz kojeg su došli. Svaka njihova posvećena knjiga postaje dio biblioteke Smrikva Bowl-a.

Misija turnira je širene kozmopolitanskih vrijednosti a djeca, sport, kultura i muzika su već dio tog svijeta.

Ako poznajete neko talentirano dijete rođeno 2000. godine koje bi zaslužilo zaigrati na Smrikvi biti će nam drago da nam ga naznačite.

Srdačan pozdrav iz Smrikvi,

Miodrag Božović

P.S.

U današnje doba internatskog povezivanja postaje pomalo važan “Page Rank” jedne stranice. Kvalitetno umrežavanja zasigurno pozitivno utječe na rast “Page Rank”-a.

Ukoliko imate webstranicu i mislite da bi za vaše čitatelje link na Smrikva Bowl ili E-knjigu “Istria from Smrivke” mogao biti od interessa, unaprijed hvala.

Link može doći s vaše lične stranice, vašeg bloga, facebook-a, stranica zajednice ili institucije u kojoj djelujete, tenis kluba, i slično.… , a isto tako je važno da postoje dodirne točke…

ŠTO JE DANAS STRANICA SMRIKVE.COM? SPORT: SMRIKVA BOWL, DJECA SVIJETA, TENIS… KULTURA: LJEPOTE i KULTURNO NASLJEDJE ISTRE, VINO i MASLINOVO ULJE… ovo su samo neke od točaka umrežavanja kojih se mogu ovoga trenutka sjetiti…

Stranice na kojima možete pronaći stringu za link prema Smrikva Bowl-u i E-knjizi “Istra iz Smrikvi” se nalaze na sljedećim adresama:

za Smrikva Bowl:
http://www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/link-to-us/

za E-knjigu “Istria from Smrikve”:
http://www.smrikve.com/istria/books/smrikve/about-istria-from-smrikve/link-to-us/

JOŠ JEDNOM HVALA NA PODRŠCI!

ITALIANO – TALIJANSKI – ITALIAN

Cari amici dello Smrikva Bowl,

Con la presente lettera inizia formalmente la selezione dei giovani talenti per il 15° Smrikva Bowl 2010 che si terrà a Pola (Croazia-Istria) dal 22 giugno fino al 27 giugno 2009. Smrikva Bowl come alcuni di voi sapranno raccoglie i migliori tennisti under 10 a livello mondiale.

L’ultimo giorno, il 27 giugno a Pola si giocherà la nona edizione di “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl che unisce il piu’ prestigioso torneo degli Stati Uniti, “Little Mo”, allo Smrikva Bowl. “Little Mo” e’ giocato ogni anno da oltre 1700 bambini ed Andy Roddick nel 1992 vinse “Little Mo”.

Sul sito www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/ potete aprire la presentazione dell’edizione di quest’anno con il formulario d’iscrizione ed altre informazioni rilevanti relative alla prossima edizione.

14.-esimo Smrikva Bowl 2009 ha raccolto i migliori tallenti da 25 paesi e 5 continenti e dalla fondazione dello Smrikva Bowl il torneo e’ stato giocato da ragazzi provenienti da 40 paesi e 6 continenti.

La grande novita’ di quest’anno era E-libro “Istria from Smrikve” che potete visitare su www.smrikve.com/istria/. Questo libro rappresenta un regalo agli Ambasciatori dello Smrikva Bowl che aggiunge alla loro missione di Ambasciatori, che fino ad oggi ci aiutavano nella ricerca dei talenti nei loro paesi, il compito di diffondere la voce sull’Istria come destinazione culturale che merita di essere visitata.

Dal 2009 i partecipanti allo Smrikva Bowl per iscriversi al torneo portano con loro un libro di cultura sul loro paese d’origine, sulla loro citta’, sugli artisti, sportivi… ed ogni loro libro dedicato diventa parte della libreria dello Smrikva Bowl.

Lo scopo del torneo e’ lo sviluppo e la diffusione dei valori cosmopoliti e bambini, lo sport, la cultura e la musica sono gia’ parte di quel mondo…

Se conoscete qualche ragazzo o ragazza del 2000 con il talento che meriterebbe di partecipare al torneo vi predo di segnalarcelo.

Cordiali saluti,

Miodrag Bozovic

P.S.

Nell’era dell’internet sta diventato sempre piu’ importante il “Page Rank” di un sito. Questo algoritmo espresso in un numero da 1 a 10 evidenzia la qualita’ dei contenuti per una comuntia’ di lettori da come mi e’ stato spiegato. Creando la rete di qualita’ uno puo’ migliorare il Page Rank.

Se avete il vostro sito e credete possa essere interessante mettere un link allo Smrikva Bowl oppure Istria from Smrikve vi ringrazio gia’ d’ora…

Il link puo’ essere messo dalle vostre pagine personali, vostro blog, facebook, la pagina delle vostra communita’, del vostro tennis club, o l’istituzione per la quale operate… Infine, e’ importante che gli argomenti dei siti abbiano elementi in comune perche’ il collegamento abbia maggior senso.

CHE COSA CONTIENE OGGI IL SITO SMRIKVE.COM? LO SPORT: SMRIKVA BOWL, BAMBINI DEL MONDO, TENNIS… LA CULTURA: LA BELLEZZA E L’EREDITA’ CULTURALE DELL’ISTRIA, IL VINO e L’OLIO D’OLIVA… questi sono solo alcuni elementi sui quali e’ possibile creare la rete che mi vengano al momento in mente…

Le pagine dalle quali potete prenedere i link per lo Smrikva Bowl e per il E-libro “Istria from Smrikve” sono:

per lo Smrikva Bowl:
http://www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/link-to-us/

per E-libro “Istria from Smrikve”:
http://www.smrikve.com/istria/books/smrikve/about-istria-from-smrikve/link-to-us/

GRAZIE DI NUOVO PER IL VOSTRO SUPPORTO!

ENGLISH – ENGLESKI – INGLESE

Dear Smrikva Bowl friends!

With this e-mail formally starts the selection of the talents for the 15th annual Smrikva Bowl 2010 that will be held in Pula, Croatia, from 22nd of June till 27th of June 2010. Smrikva Bowl is the tournament, as many of you may already know, which boasts the top 10 and under players World wide.

On 27th of June the Smrikve Tennis Club will also host the 9th annual “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl. This event combines top players from the United States and the Smrikva Bowl finalist playing against each other. “Little Mo” is the most prestigious under 10 tennis tournament in the USA played by over 1700 kids over the year and in 1992 the famous tennis player Andy Roddick won “Little Mo” when he was 10 years old.

There is a detailed presentation about 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 with the application form and other relevant information related with 15th annual on our internet site www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/.

14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 gathered top players from 25 countries and 5 continents. Since the Smrikva Bowl foundation top players from 40 countries and 6 continents have played our tournament.

Another important news of this year edition was also the E-book “Istria from Smrikve” that can be visited on www.smrikve.com/istria/. This was my gift to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors with hope that a part of helping Smrikve in scouting talents around the World they will also help us in spreading the word about Istria as cultural destination worth visiting.

Since 2009 the Smrikva Bowl participants, as part of the subscription fee, are pleased to bring with them a book that represents the culture of the place they are coming from. Each of donated and dedicated book forms the Smrikva Bowl Library.

Smrikva Bowl mission is to develop and spread Cosmopolitan values. Children, sport, culture and music are already part of the Cosmopolitan World…

If you know a good tennis player born in 2000 that deserves to play Smrikva Bowl please let me know. If you would like to help in any way Smrikva Bowl you are very welcome, and thank you in advance for spreading the word about Smrikva Bowl in your community.

Warmest regards,

Miodrag Bozovic

P.S.

Today we live in the internet era and website’s Page Rank is becoming more and more relevant and if I understand well by creating a quality network one can improve it.

If you place the link from your website such as: personal pages, blog, facebook, website of your community, your tennis club or from the institution you work towards Smrikva Bowl or towards E-book “Istria from Smrikve” this would for sure represent an important small step in that direction… In end is also important that your website do have some elements in common with the Smrikve story…

WHAT SMRIKVE.COM CONTAINS TODAY? SPORT: SMRIKVA BOWL, CHILDREN, TENNIS…. CULTURE: THE ISTRIAN HERITAGE PRESENTED IN THE E-BOOK “Istria from Smrikve”, WINE and OLIVE OIL … and this are only few connection elements that I can think off on which the network could be built…

Link pages for the Smrikva Bowl and “Istria from Smrikve” E-book have been created and you can find them on the following:

Smrikva Bowl:
http://www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/link-to-us/

E-book “Istria from Smrikve”:
http://www.smrikve.com/istria/books/smrikve/about-istria-from-smrikve/link-to-us/

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

07/09/09

Katie Swan - 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner - is now on line on katieswan.com

I am very pleased to present to the Smrikva Bowl community Katie’s new website. Katie Swan is from UK and she was the winner of the 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 annual.

Another important news since Katie won Smrikva Bowl is that she later on also won the 10&U British Nationals and reached the final of the 12&U British Nationals Doubles which was very exciting for her. Katie also reached the Main Draw of the 12&U girls’ singles. Well done Katie!

I enjoyed her site and learned much more than I knew before about Katie and her interests. I learn about tennis players that are inspiring Katie, I learned about her dog Jessie, her younger brother and older sister that play Collage tennis in the USA and a lot of new things I invite you to discover by visiting her website.

I also read with pleasure the article that briefly described Katie’s stay at the Smrikva Bowl :).

To learn more about Katie Swan world please visit http://katieswan.com

In the following video you can see some moments related with Katie’s finals she played against top Serbian player Jovana Vukovic this year in Smrikve.

Enjoy the video and do a visit to her website.