Basketball, C1 League: Jadran Mark Il Di`
wins match with Bor Radenska
1th - Basketball; Gorica; C1 League; in the first round Jadran Mark Il Di` won the match against Bor Radenska 62:59 (Slavec 12 pts., Gnjezda 11 pts.; Celega 18 pts., Sosič 11pts.).

Roller-skating, Pavel Sedmak International Cup
has been a great success
30th september/1th october - Roller-skating; Opčine; with the awarding and the exhibition of some famous skaters, among which there was also the World Champion Tanja Romano, at the renovated "Pikelc Sports Center" it ended the international match of the Pavel Sedmak International Cup. The event, flawlessly organised by ŠD Polet, has been an all-round success.

Sailing, Barcolina: Tito Rodda's big success (Čupa)
1th - Sailing; Trst; Optimist Class; Čupa's representative Tito Rodda won the Junior category of the first youth boat-race "Barcolina", where more than 300 young yachtsmen from Austria, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy competed.

Roller-skating, 11. Vipava Cup: competition with clubs from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy
1th - Roller-skating; Peč (Sovodnje); 49 competitors from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy competed at the 11th Edition of the Vipava International Cup. Clubs' ranking: 1. Ronchi, 2. Pattinaggio San Floreano, 3. Domžale, 4. Perla, 5. Uljanik, 6. Roller. The Vipava home club, being the organiser of the event, did not compete.

Sailing, Barcolina: Tito Rodda's big success (Čupa)
1th - Sailing; Trst; Optimist Class; Čupa's representative Tito Rodda won the Junior category of the first youth boat-race "Barcolina", where more than 300 young yachtsmen from Austria, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy competed.

Motorcycling, Kawasaki Trophy: Mitja Emili ranks 2nd
1th - Motorcycling; Imola; Kawasaki Trophy; at the end of the last race, our motor-cycler Mitja Emili ranked 6th and had to content himself with "only" the 2nd place, which represents an incredible achievement. The overall winner was Di Luca with 106 pts., Emili was second with 91 pts.

Soccer: Claudio Sari is Sovodnje's new coach:
he substitutes Stojan Kravos
2th - Soccer; Sovodnje; Claudio Sari, who in the last season coached Fogliano, is Sovodnje's new coach (2nd Amateur League). Sari substituted Stojan Kravos, who resigned.

Basketball: Bor team presentation
4th - Basketball; Trst; at the "Prvi maj Sports Center" there was the presentation of the Bor team and its sponsors. Due to the absence of KK Bor President Bruno Kneipp, the introductory speech was presented by Vice-president Renato Štokelj, then the Technical Director Andrea Mura spoke about the team's goals. Rado Šušteršič, who hosted the event, presented the first team and the Under 21 team. Greetings were presented also by sponsors' representatives.

Basketball: Sokol Ca' D'Oro team presentation
5th - Basketball; Nabrežina; at "Bar Igor" there was the official presentation of the Sokol team, supported by the new sponsor Ca' D'Oro. The event was hosted by the popular local actor Matej Gruden.

Alpine climbing: Marko Humar did not reached the top
of the Čo Oyu, an 8,000 m high mountain
7th - Alpine climbing; Himalaya; our fellow countryman and SPDG member Marko Humar did not reached the top of the Čo Oyu, an 8,000 m high mountain, but he reached the excellent height of 7,600 m; at this point he had to return back to the camp.

Volleyball, Govolley's International Tournament
7th/8th - Volleyball; Gorica; Govolley organised an international youth women tournament for the City of Gorica Cup. Kamnik won ahead of Govolley, Torriano and Sloga.

Sailing, Barcolana: Alfa Romeo wins ahead of Maxi Jena, "our" Esimit ranks 4th
8th - Sailing; Trst; Barcolana; this year's mass boat-race, with 1,788 participants, was won by the favourite Alfa Romeo, piloted by the New Zealander Neville Crichton, ahead of the surprising Maxi Jena, piloted by Mitja Kosmina, and Maximus. "Our" excellent Esimit Evropa, owned by Gorica's businessman Igor Simčič, which raced for TPK Sirena, ranked 4th.

Poreč, Unione Italiana - ZSŠDI Meeting
8th - Poreč; At the sport and tourism complex Zelena Laguna in Poreč it took place the 5th Edition of the traditional sport meeting between the Združenje Slovenskih Športnih Društev v Italiji and the Unione Italiana from Istria. -> comment and pictures (in Slovenian and Italian)

Athletics, Fabio Ruzzier is the Italian Champion in the Master 50 category of the 30 km March
8th - Athletics; Maranello; Italian Championship and Master; 30 km March; our walker Fabio Ruzzier (Atletica Gorizia) ranked 11th and became the Italian Champion in the Master 50 category with a new national record of 2.34:5,0. The overall champion is the South-Tyrolese Alex Schwazer (Carabinieri) with 2.16:29,0. In the Master 50 category Ruzzier won ahead of Tomoborini with a 24 seconds advantage.

Press-conference to celebrate 1 million visitors of our web-site
10th - Opčine/Opicina; at the conference hall of the Zadružna kraška banka it took place the press-conference to celebrate 1 million visitors of our web-site www.slosport.org during only the first nine months of the current year. After the introductory greetings presented by ZSŠDI President Jure Kufersin, a short speech was presented by web-site's editor Branko Lakovič. The conference was hosted by Rado Šušteršič. Pictures, from the left: Branko Lakovič, Rado Šušteršič and Jure Kufersin. -> comment and pictures !!! -> Video-interview with Jure Kufersin (in Slovenian and Italian) - (in Italian) - prepared by Rado Šušteršič

Volleyball: Sloga's teams presentation
10th - Volleyball; Opčine/Opicina; at the Pizzeria Veto restaurant there was the presentation of Sloga's volleyball teams that will compete in national and regional leagues. After the introductory greetings presented by club's President Vojko Miot, the teams were presented also by chief coach Ivan Peterlin.

At Gorica's clubs meeting also about media
12th - Gorica/Gorizia; At Gorica's clubs meeting, called by the ZSŠDI, the discussion covered also the media, in particular our web-site. Those, who were present, congratulated the web-site editor for the important achievement: 1 million visitors during only nine months of the current year.

Volleyball, Sonja Kokoravec Memorial:
Logatec wins among men, Gornja Vežica wins
among women, Sloga ranks 2nd twice
15th - Volleyball; at Prosek and Opčine gyms, organised by ŠZ Sloga, there was the 18th Edition of the Sonja Kokoravec Memorial, an international youth tournament for men and women in the Under 18 category. Among men the victory went to Logatec, ahead of Sloga and Rijeka, among women to Gornja Vežica (Croatia), ahead of Sloga and Mežica (Slovenia). -> comment and pictures (in Slovenian and Italian)

In-line hockey: Polet wins the Agnul Memorial
14th./15th - In-line hockey; Opčine; Polet Kwins won, for the first time in eight editions, the Agnul Memorial Tournament organised by the Polet club to remember its unforgettable player. Polet players firstly beat the Rams team from Milan 8:2, than they beat also Vicenza 5:4 in the crucial match. Vicenza ranked 2nd, after beating Rams Milano 7:5.

Athletics: Fabio Ruzzier excellent at the 100 km March
15th - Athletics; Scanzorosciate (Bergamo); at the Italian Championship in the 100 km Outdoor March category, our walker Fabio Ruzzier, with an excellent time of 9.58:14,0, ranked 10th and became Italy's Vice-champion. He achieved the Italian and the World record in the veterans category and the Friuli Venezia Giulia overall regional record. 50 athletes from 11 European countries competed. The winner was the Belorussian Viktor Ginko with 9.17:06,0. The first Italian ranked 9th and it was Roberto Defendenzi with 9.53:49,0.

Volleyball: Soča's first team and new sponsor presentation
19th - Volleyball; Sovodnje; at the premises of Sovodnje's Bank there was the presentation of Soča's first team, which will compete in the C League, and of the new sponsor Zadružna banka Doberdob in Sovodnje. The numerous guests were greeted by club's President Benjamin Černic, who presented every single player.

Mario Šušteršič received an award in Škofja Loka
19th - Škofja Loka (Slovenia) - Our sport lover and journalist Mario Šušteršič received an award for his long-lasting collaboration between our and Škofja Loka athletes.

Skiing, in Opčine was presented the project
Ski Pool Gadi
20th - Skiing; at the premises of the Zadružna kraška banka in Opčine, in front of numerous guests, skiing lovers and skiers of both clubs, was presented the joint project SK Devin and AŠD Mladina Ski Pool Gadi. After the introductory speeches of both Presidents, Dario Stolfa and Boris Bogatec, the project was illustrated by Mladina's Committee Member Sonja Sirk. The presentation was hosted by Nadja Kralj.

Sport fishing: Sirena welcomes its world champions
20th - Sport fishing; TPK Sirena welcomed Janko Brecelj, Devan Radovič and Andrea Lisjak, who won the Team Cup at the Youth Team Championship in Portugal for the Italian national team. The event took place at TPK SIrena's premises in Barcola in front of numerous members and guests.

Sergio Veljak, one of our best all-time volleyball players, died
20th - Trst/Trieste; at 62 years of age, one of our best all-time volleyball players, Sergio Veljak, suddenly died from a hearth attack. He started his successful volleyball career in 1961 at Bor, then he played for the Florentine team Ruini in the A League and won the Italian Championship. He also played 36 matches for the Italian national team.

"Sportiva 2006" in Gorica,
ZSŠDI presented its own stand
21/22th - Gorica/Gorizia; ZSŠDI participated at the event for the promotion of women's sport "Sportiva 2006" with its own stand. Other clubs that collaborated were KK Šilec, Govolley, Dom, Olympia and Vipava. Our web-site www.slosport.org was also there, presenting a video of some scenes from our sports, in particular women's.

Motorcycling, 600 Stock Sport UEM:
Mitja Emili is the European Champion
22th - Motorcycling; Cartagena (Spain) - Mitja Emili won the European Championship in the 600 Stock Sport UEM category.

Jadran's Basketball project presentation
23th - Basketball; Briščiki; at the gym of the multifunctional center in Briščiki there was the presentation of Jadran's Basketball project that includes, a part from Jadran, also Dom, Kontovel, Polet and Sokol teams with nearly 200 players. The official speech was presented by Jadran's Technical Manager Marco Corsi, whereas Andrej Vremec illustrated project's goals. The successful event was hosted by our popular basketball commentator Sergio Tavčar.

Our national representative Emilio Rapotec died
25th - Udine; at 64 years of age, at the Udine hospital, where he was operated, died Emilio Rapotec, an excellent rower who raced for the Italian national team for the first time at the World Championship in Bled.

Cheerdance Millenium on RAI 1 TV channel
27. - Rome; our cheer-leading team Cheerdance Millenium performed on the first Italian national channel RAI 1 during the popular show "Il treno dei desideri", hosted by Antonella Clerici.

Bowling, ZSŠDI Championship:
final event and awards
27. - Prečnik/Precenicco; in an extremely pleasant atmosphere there was the final event of the Championship with the awarding of this year's winners, organised by the ZSŠDI Bowling Commission. After the introductory speech by the President of the Bowling Commission Eligio Kante, member of ZSŠDI, Damjan Pertot presented his speech. The championship ended with the victory of Sokol ahead of Kras, Mak and Kraški dom. All other teams ranked 5th.

Bowling, championship, awards: Sokol's team captain
Dušan Gruden receives the 1st place cup

Cheerdance Millenium with the popular host
Antonella Clerici