A BIG HERITAGE OF THE IFTA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FOOTBALLTENNIS 1994 (Košice*SVK) AND 2000 (Košice*SVK/Prostějov*CZE) IS THE AU NATUREL COMPONENT OF AN ABORNING OLYMPIC DESIRE OF THE YOUNG FOOTBALLTENNIS/FUTNET PLAYERS
European Cup of Youth in Footballtennis/FutNet (ECOY - in SVK version Európsky pohár žiakov a žiačok v nohejbale) arose at 2008. It was being materializen on the base of correlative partnership of people from the towns which organized (a few years ago) first-run of the world championships in footballtennis for men, women and juniors. The introductory pages of chronicle of the world championships then IFTA (International Footballtennis Association - in SVK version Medzinárodná nohejbalová asociácia) began to write in Košice (SVK) which managed 1st World Championship for Men 1994 and 1st World Championship for Women & Juniors 2000. The native birthplace of this unolympic sport bestowed the ordering of first world championship on its ground for the Moravian Prostějov (CZE). This town signed on the footballtennis history as the scene of 4th World Championship for Men 2000 (and later also of 6th World Championship for Men 2004 under the title of relabelled Federation International of the Footballtennis Associations FIFTA - in SVK version Medzinárodná federácia nohejbalových asociácií - during that time period).
These both towns became the fundators of tradition for the extension of international undertakings for the youngest category of players too. European Cup of Youth in Footballtennis/FutNet (ECOY - in SVK version Európsky pohár žiakov a žiačok v nohejbale) consisted of the serial of following tournaments: (1st) Cassovia Nohejbal Cup - ENG version Cassovia Footballtennis Cup, (2nd) Zlatý Félix - ENG version Golden Felix (both in Košice) and (3rd) Poslední žákovská smeč - ENG version The last smash of schoolchildren (in Prostějov). It was in its introductory three seasons 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Moreover - Zlatý Félix (ENG version Golden Felix) in Košice was patronizing in the position of international qualification round for the first-run tournament Nohejbal*Footballtennis Cup in the ambit of Kalokagatia already at 2004 (see 2nd photo on this web site). The unolympic footballtennis introduced oneself (by this final tournament) like a specimen sport on the international olympiad of children and youth Kalokagatia 2004 in Trnava (SVK). It occured for the first time in history (see the introductory photo on this web site) in the ambit of an aborning project Olympic Desire (in SVK version Olympijská túžba).
A hopeful trend of continuity was uselessly disconected at 2006 (Kalokagatia in Trnava took place without the footballtennis at that time) but the situation was bringen off on Zimná Kalokagatia 2007 (ENG version Winter Kalokagatia). This part of the international olympiad of children and youth conceded for this sport an exceptional chance on the cultural field. The snow-bound Mlynky-Biele Vody (SVK) occured the jumping-off apron for an extraordinary success of the poetic documentary film Nohejbal (...)lympijský [ENG version Footballtennis (...)lympic, cooperation SVK*BLR*CZE] which its authors accomplished surprisingly with the patronage of Slovak Olympic Academy (in SVK version Slovenská olympijská akadémia) in Milano (ITA) yet at the same year.
This poetic documentary film obtained the award Mention d'Honneur in the category Sport & Society - Sport for All on the most important Worldwide Festival dedicated to sports television and films - on the Sport Movies & TV 2007 - 25th Milano International FICTS Festival with the downright patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC - in SVK version Medzinárodný olympijský výbor). Festival in Milano is traditionally the final flashing-point of the World FICTS Challenge (it's the worldwide series of the filmic festivals with sport themes by the FICTS - Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs - every year). The obtained award (in emblematic expose) is responsible for the prize of silver medal from Olympic Games of the Sport Films 2007 in its category (see the coherent photo on this web site).
The crest cultural success in Milano opened the door for the sport come-back of an Olympic Desire (in SVK version Olympijská túžba) and Kalokagatia 2008 accepted the footballtennis in its program newly (it was four years after the footballtennis opening day and always in the position of a specimen sport). Kalokagatia - the eminent undertaking for youth with the patronage of Slovak Olympic Committee (in SVK version Slovenský olympijský výbor) - is organizen usually in the years of the pursuance of Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The birthtime of European Cup of Youth in Footballtennis (ECOY - in SVK version Európsky pohár žiakov a žiačok v nohejbale) directly joined toward this reality at 2008.
These web sites (SVK version - see http://www.ecoy.estranky.sk) are presenting exactly for the Footballtennis/FutNet of Youth because also the ancient olympic traditions from profoundness of history, also the sport of modern period and also the actual skills of nowadays certify identically that none sport can to go ahead without the quality team-work with the young generation (it don't depends whether the concrete sport is - or isn't - olympic).
Footballtennis/FutNet (in SVK version nohejbal) is the most successful unolympic sport in Slovakia (at the beginning of 2nd decade of 3rd millenium A.D.) and it's also the original Czecho-Slovak tribute into the European cultural heritage (from first half of the past century) synchronize. Ergo - this sport deserves the motivate development of international contacts in all categories beyond controversy. It don't lie with the future of the apex patrol of authentic arch-over organization for international footballtennis IFTA/FIFTA (based at 1987) or with the future of the new double-limb of international futnet EFTA (European Footballtennis/FutNet Association) - UNIF (Union Internationale de FutNet) since 2010. It will determine inner - and the most mere - entity of this sport (itself) and its active supporters.
It was in the wind till now (early in 2011) - outside of an interest of the official national associations (SNA - Slovak Footballtennis/FutNet Association - in SVK version Slovenská nohejbalová asociácia, ČNS - Czech Footballtennis/FutNet Association - in CZE version Český nohejbalový svaz) and also outside of an interest of the official international Footballtennis or FutNet organizations. Even thought European Cup of Youth in Footballtennis/FutNet (ECOY - in SVK version Európsky pohár žiakov a žiačok v nohejbale) began to live actively in the au naturel interactivity with Kalokagatia (see the common photo of winners and loser finalists of 3rd year ECOY 2010 with the challenge trophy on this web site). The title Kalokagatia reflects the Classical Greek ideal of the harmony of spirit and body (from more than the thousand-year-old history of the pursuance of authentic Games in Olympia during the time period about 776 B.C. - 393 A.D.).
WILL BE THE LEGENDARY PERSONAGES OF THE WORLD AND EUROPEAN FOOTBALLTENNIS/FUTNET THE PATRONS FOR OWN PROLESES AND FOR THEIR YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES IN FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT? (The coherent photo on this web site is from 6th World Championship for Men 2004 in Prostějov).
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Author: A Cultural Society of Citizens and a Sport Club (in SVK version Kultúrne združenie občanov a Športový klub - KZOaŠK) Miláno 2007 Nohejbal*Footballtennis Košice - Slovakia (January 2011)