AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO THE BEST ATHLETES OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PIRAN FOR 2022
PHOTO: Erik Golob
Members: Aleks Cvetičanin, Luka Cvetičanin, Deni Hodžič, Marko Jovanovič, Alen Katonar, Adin Kavgič, Luka Krmac, Enej Miklavčič, Marko Pejčič, Jurij Pišot, Matija Radanovič, Mik Rodman, Andraž Rogelja, Tim Škerbec, Peter Tumpič Bordon, Miloš Varagič, Jan Vogrin, Alan Žikovič, Elmir Haskić, Martin Končar, Cleg Huyghens Moukenge, Janko Kilibarda, Svit Rogelja, Žiga Bahor, Benjamin Tuhičić, David Vac, Jernej Cergolj
Coach: Denis Nusdorfer “The member team exceeded expectations by winning 6th place in the 2nd Slovenian Basketball League in the 2021/2022 season and by reaching the semifinals of the championship playoffs.
After being relegated from the 1st SKL, the team achieved the best ranking in the 2nd SKL in the last five seasons. The core of the team is made up of local players, who helped to 6th place after the first part of the season in 2022 by playing for KK Portorož.
The club’s goal is to develop local players who will form the long-term core of the team and thus bring continuity to the club’s work, thus focusing on the development and establishment of its own staff. Team leaders Tim Škerbec, Andraž Rogelja, Aleks Cvetičanin and Adin Kavgič are a great help to younger guys such as Peter Tumpič Bordon, Elmir Haskić, Luka Krmac, Jan Vogrin, Martin Končar and Jernej Cergolj. Two generations, one in the best basketball years and the other at the beginning of their sports career, work in synergy, which allows young people to progress every day, and the older ones to constantly compete. The very top of the rankings is the desire of the club, which we have achieved after the first part of the 2021/2022 season, but we want to restore the reputation, belonging and recognition of Puerto Rico basketball. The good work in the youth drive is already showing with some results, the boys draw attention to themselves in practically every game, which is a pleasure for everyone at the club. In 2023, we also want to build on the results from 2022, we wish the same to all clubs and athletes, a lot of success, good working conditions and as few injuries as possible.”
The Municipality of Piran and the Sports and Youth Center Piran on Thursday, 2. 3. 2023, in the Portorož Auditorium, announced the athlete of the Municipality of Piran for 2022. The title of Sportswoman of the Year of the Municipality of Piran belongs to handball player Lea Krajnc, and the Sportswoman of the Year of the Municipality of Piran belongs to boxer Tadej Černoga.
Lea Krajnc, a member of the ŽRK Z’dežele Celje team, the parent club of the Handball Club Piran, won an excellent 2nd place in the 1st Women’s Handball League in the 2021/2022 competitive season and also 2nd place at the 2022 Slovenian Cup.
Boxer Tadej Černoga from the Portorož Boxing Club won 2nd place at the World Cup in Valencia, Spain, 1st place at the National Championship in Maribor, two victories at the regional league and one victory at MT Slovenia: Italy Bologna/Italy.
“I know how much effort and sacrifice you have to put into these results, and I know how difficult a career you’ve chosen. There is no success in sport without a will of steel and perseverance, and each of you who will receive awards tonight is a hero among heroes,” said Mayor Andrej Korenika in an encouraging address to the athletes.
He promised that the municipality will stand by the athletes in the Municipality of Piran by building better sports infrastructure by: “first with small steps, such as replacing the worn-out artificial grass at the football stadium, with the renovation of the prefabricated hall in Lucija and Sečovlje and with a new pier in the Water Sports Centre, but my plans are of course much more ambitious. A larger sports hall in Lucija, a sports and recreation park with an athletic track, more playgrounds, larger playgrounds…”
The attendees were also addressed by the director of the Piran Sports and Youth Centre, Matjaž Ukmar, who congratulated all the athletes for the successful past year, and above all thanked for the excellent and tireless work of coaches, sports workers and others, who devote a lot of their time to various sports activities of young people and with cheerful enthusiasm and persistent loyalty perform sometimes hidden from the eye. but still so important works.
The title of Team of the Year in individual sports was earned by Tina Mrak and Jakob Božič (Sailing Club Pirat Portorož), as they took 10th place at the European Championships in Cesme, Turkey.
The team of the Portorož Basketball Club, which won 6th place in the 2nd place in the 2021/2022 competitive season, became the team of the year in the 2021/2022 sports industry. Slovenian Basketball League (SKL) and 6th place in the SKL after the first part of the 2022/2023 competitive season.
The Municipality of Piran and ŠIMC Piran awarded a special award to Igor Lah (Pirat Portorož Sailing Club), and in the non-Olympic sports discipline, Fredi Ravnik (Traditional Karate-Do Shotokan Zanshin Association) and Patrik Šime Olić (Keka Piran Sports Association) received the award.
The title of the most popular athlete of the Municipality of Piran was awarded to Anel Čaplja, a member of the Portorož-Piran Football Club. Neset Dulai – Nesi, who has been actively involved in the activities of the Portorož Piran Football Club for more than 40 years, received the award for the most deserving sports worker in 2022. The award for the most high-profile sporting events in the Municipality of Piran in 2022 was received by
The ceremonial announcement and awarding of awards to the athletes was enriched by a cultural program in which dancers from the Art Dance Studio Portorož, Lean Kozlar – Luigi and Rok Škrlep performed.
SOURCE: https://www.piran.si/objava/737528
