... Goran`s badminton blog

Jun 14, 2011

Solibad flashmob in Serbia

That`s me, in blue, leading the first Solibad badminton flashmob in Serbia.

For the record, I`m so proud and happy. :)

Jun 10, 2011

Zagreb, croatian international.... Everything was just perfect. People there, beautiful city, a lot of international umpires a young one could learn from, good players, nice linejudging organization...

Zagreb - a city I was longing to see for a long time, a city where my father served his army duty, a city of great history, great athletes, artists and one of the most beautiful cities in my ex country - Yugoslavia. It was great beeing there. I will be back soon, I hope...

Cheers, živeli,

Goran

P.S. Special thanx to our friends from Greece, with whom we traveled to Croatia and back...

Mar 22, 2011

Banuinvest International Championships 2011

It was a great tournament in Timisoara, Romania. A lot of great matches, touchpad umpiring system with a live score at tournament software, live stream at badmintoneurope.tv... An organisation deserved A+ grade.

Organisators from Romania made sure that hospitality was at the highest level. Boavista hotel was just a few minutes walk away from great Banusport hall. Meals and refreshing were extremely good and good atmosphere is guaranteed.

If you have a chance to visit Timisoara in the BE circuit, just DO IT! :)

Find out why Timisoara is called "a little Wienna" and enjoy a really good tournament.

Cheers!

Oct 30, 2010

Yonex Bulgarian international 2010

This was my first international tournament as an umpire and the greatest umpiring experience so far. The Yonex Bulgarian international is a very good tournament for a young umpire to experience because of a great number of tough matches There is a lot of pressure from coaches and players (especially from Balkan countries) and a lot of good BE umpires you can learn from.

I was an umpire 13 times and a service judge 11 times. I umpired the WS final match in front of Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, the olympic champion from Athens 2004 and Badminton Europe president. That was a great honour.

You can see some photos HERE.

Cheers,

Goran!