1. Kayak
One of the sports our town,
Sremska Mitrovica, is famous
for!

2.  Kayak is a water sport which requires great
power of arms and hands, endurance and
persistence on high temperatures in summer
and low in winter.
 In order to train one needs to have: a paddle, a
kayak and a strong will.
 It refers to sailing a five-meter-long boat, which
was originally made from wood, skin and was
lacquer-coated and bigger.
 In 1860s, a British lawyer John McGregor, a
researcher and a writer, studied the design of
ancient kayaks and made a similar boat which
was used for sailing along European rivers.

3.  Over time, the construction of this small, but
very strong boat was becoming more and
more complex. For the purposes of
hydrodynamics, it was narrowed. Nowadays
it is made from carbon, which makes it
lighter, and therefore faster. In order to turn
the kayak right or left, a poop is used ,
which is navigated by a foot. A paddle is
used for rowing. It was originally made of
wood by Eskimos, but today it is made of
carbon and iron.

4. One-seater kayak

5. More about sport
 There are kayaks sailed on fast and still waters.
The kayak on flat-water includes: mini kayak (for
competitors younger that 13 years old), and big for
older competitors (5.2 m long kayak). Apart from
single seater, there are two and four-seater
kayaks. This sport is done by both women and
men.
 If you decide to race, you can choose between
marathon and sprint, and these can be 200 m,
500m and 1 km long.

6. Competitions
 In Serbia, there are two open championships :
Country and Championship of Vojvodina. Kayak
club ''Val" from Sremska Mitrovica is a vice
champion of Serbia. Since its foundation '' Val''
has won many cups and medals. Every year, we
win 2 cups on average. Our best kayak rowers
compete on worlds' prestigious championships,
including the Olympic games. There is also
competition for juvenile competitors Olympic
hopes

7. Image 1. European championship
(two-seater)

8.  Our club has a collection of various Olympic
medals, and on the last Olympics they were taken
by:
- Borislav Lazic: k1 500m - silver medal,
k2 500m - bronze
- Nemanja Stanivukovic: k1 200m - golden medal, k2
500m- bronze
- Zoran Vidovic: k1 200m-bronze
Marko Dragosavljevic: k1 200m - bronze, k2 200m -
bronze, k2 500m-silver
- Simo Boltic: k1 1000m bronze, k2 200m-bronze, k2
500m-silver

9. Ceremony of opening
European championship in Belgrade

10. Students of Mitrovacka gimnazija on a
competition (four-seater kayak)

11.  To the Olympic games 2012, Serbia is
sending its best kayak rowers, and they are:
 Nikolina and Olivera Moldovan, Antonija
Panda and Antonija Nadj (k4)
 Marko Tomicevic (k1)
 Aleksandar Aleksic, Ervin Hopert, Dejan
Terzic and Milenko Zoric (k4)

12.  Kayak club ''Val" was established in 1950 in
Sremska Mitrovica, Parobrodska street, but
it was moved to the town beach.
 Big successes of this club encourage great
number of children to train hard.
 There are no specified rules, apart from
one not to upturn and universal one to
PLAY FAIR!

13. Club Val's this year goblet