By Ivan Novkovic
This is the blog about
billiards which will not include information from journalists reporting on tournaments
and other events. I'll try to walk you through all the major events and
personalities from an interesting perspective that you cannot find on regular
news web pages.
Who am I?
I was born in Paracin,
Srebia, on February 16, 1978. I was born with Spina Bifida and I have been a wheelchair user ever since. Since 1984, I have lived in the City of Nis located
in southeastern Serbia. My first encounter with billiards was in 1991 trough a
child game when this sport and I became inseparable.
I became a
professional billiard player in 2002. This was a time when, through my
initiative and my colleagues’ support, the Serbian Wheelchair Billiards League
- maintained by the Billiards Federation of Serbia - was created. In 2010, I
was the Serbian wheelchair billiards champion in 8 international & 9 ball.
I participated in several European Championships – Liberec, Czech Republic in
2007, Willingen, Germany in 2008, and Brandenbourg, Germany in 2011.
Furthermore, since 2010 I have participated in men’s championships of
the Nis District, which is a step before one qualifies to the National
Championship of Serbia .
The City of Nis did not have a
professional billiard club before 2009. That year, on my and my teammates’
initiative the Billiard Club Balabushka was established. I have become a club
president then and am still holding this position. Only a year after its
formation the BC Balabushka was participating in almost all competitions held
by the Billiard Federation of Serbia. These competitions’ results will be discussed
in other sections of this blog.
My colleagues and I
are very proud about the establishment of the BC Balabushka which initiated
three new billiard clubs in our district. This has affected a constant
development of this sport in our area and we hope that these efforts will
continue resulting in a number of new accomplishments.
Special thanks to all
that contributed to the growth of and all the achievements in this sport in our
area:
Societies:
Society of people with paraplegia of Nisava District
Sport society of people with paraplegia "NAIS" - City of Nis
"Centre living upright" - Novi Sad
Biiliard caffe clubs:
Atlantis - City of Nis
Leonhart - City of Nis
Medison - City of Novi Sad
Cue ball - Belgrade
Dimitrijie Saranac, Dragan Marjanovic, Dane Samardakovic, Miroslav Stojanovic and Sandor Tot.
Sincerely Yours
Ivan Novkovic
Svaka cast na inicijativi za pisanje o bilijaru. Mudro napisana rec, sagledana iz razlicitih vizura, nezaobilazno otkriva hiljade skrivenih detalja. Cudesan zatvoreni krug... gotovo kao igra. Malobrojni u nas, nadahnuti ovom viteskom vestinom, rekli bi... gotovo kao bilijar. Na svoje zadovoljstvo spadam u malobrojne... sa zeljom da ce ovaj kutak pribliziti bilijarsku vestinu buducim znalcima i sampionima a nas njima. Srdacne pohvale i cestitke.
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Hvala mnogo!
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