EUFOR CUP reaches its climax in the Zetra Centre, Sarajevo

Written by Lt Cdr Stuart Cantellow RN

On 30th November this year’s EUFOR CUP has concluded with the Primary School “Mladen Stojanovic” team from Latktasi winning the boys competition and the Primary School “Milan Rakic” team from Karanovac winning the girls competition.  This is the biggest competition open to Primary Schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The winning teams were presented their trophies and prizes by Major General Bernhard Bair, COM EUFOR. The boys team chose to visit London and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and the girl’s team will also visit London.
The finals in Zetra Centre are the climax of the EUFOR CUP which has been taking place in all corners of BiH over the last couple of months.  This year 227 boys teams and 85 girls teams entered the competition of these 42 teams reached the finals stage.
Major sponsors of this year’s event included BiH Airlines, The Embassies of Great Britain, Kuwait and Poland, Messers, Volkswagen, NATO, AF BiH, TEVN, Wolfsburg and Tottenham Football Clubs and the English Premier League.
COM EUFOR concluded the award ceremony by thanking all the sponsors of the event who kindly provided the winning prizes and support.  In addition he thanked the Armed Forces BiH for their support in making this a highly successful competition.