Basketball | Women`s “Republic Cup” , in 1985!

Basketball, women | “Flamurtari” winner of the Republic Cup, in 1985!

It was a special week from the others. Loaded with more emotions, sports and artistic events. And with victory of course. In a few days, Flamurtar’s teams won two Cups. The enthusiasm of winning the Football Cup accompanied the girls of Flamurtari in the five days of the basketball finals. The most worried in those days was “Babushi” as they called the ticket counter in Vlore.

Who should he spoil and who should he fix? The requests were so many. Those who could not enter the sports palace stayed outside waiting for the team’s victory. However, the TVSH filming bus helped them a lot by putting out a monitor on its back door.

The matches were watched as if they were in the hall. These are other emotions. The enthusiasm in the sports palace was more tangible. Emotions are more numerous. And these emotions increase when there is rivalry. This loaded the cup with more drama to come to the last day at the traditional Flamurtari-17 Nentori, to come to the last seconds when that ball stuck by Sadushi took Flamurtari to the victory of the Cup and raising the enthusiasm in the sports palace . The closing ceremony turned into a manifestation of joy.

The people of Vlore felt that they would win this cup as well. The painter Sabaudin Xheferri had also felt this in his “composition” “Basketbollistet” placed in the exhibition of painters from Vlonia that opened on the first day of the finals …….

The liveliness of those days was also felt in the warm meeting on the eve of the last day of the finals, a meeting which was organized by the Flamurtari sports club in New Beach. The basketball players of different teams came here and joined each other, starting a pleasant and youthful dialogue, which the actresses and singers of Vlora’s variety show make even more friendly and relaxing. And in the evening, the final of the finals, receiving the cup, hugs, occasional photos with the winning team. Sokoli, the little son of Pjereta Sadushi, is upset because they don’t let him take pictures near me in the official photo of the winning team.

 That week ended with the thematic evening organized in the sports palace. The winning teams are greeted by sports fans. All the creative forces of the district were put in motion with more kindness for this evening. Even guests. The humor of Pellumb Kulles, Flamur, Arqilesa, the honored artist Albert Minges and many others joined.

Among the winning teams are two of its footballers who just left the sport: Uran Xhafa and Edmond Licaj. Vlora set a valuable example for others. Sport is not only beautiful in matches. And his victories are not just for one team, but in the true sense of the new sport, they belong to everyone (for Sporti Popullor newspaper, Vladimir Grillo) It must be very difficult to give opinions about the matches of a Republic Cup when the team you lead is the winner. Cups have special emotions.

They follow you with surprise, anxiety and hope, faith, perspective. In those five days of the finals, they have that fullness and those “sports pieces” necessary to understand how original are our sports relations that unite the athlete, the coach, the judge, the journalist, the viewer, the family, the school, the workplace…. This year’s finals opened with a dramatic match between “Vllaznisa” and “November 17” (often Vllaznia shtetalarte on the first day matches with strong obstacles), which excited the ardent viewers of Vlonia so much. This is how the Cup started and we have never been in such a difficult situation…

Because “17 Nentori”, the well-known, renewed in composition and defensive tactics (remember that 4 + 1 defense with Flamurtari in the final where he so beautifully neutralized the ubiquitous Lacaj ), would not easily agree to leave the pedestal where he had climbed 16 times. He was as worthy as the Ensign. It is enough to remember that decisive match 69-67, where the basketball players of both teams showed not only the new quality of the sports fight in women’s basketball, but also that psychological, tactical maturity and immediate ability to mobilize forces to the maximum through “conflicts” ” great interlinked sports.

There are times where individual creation becomes decisive …. Whatever happens next with Labinot, the team that deservedly took the third place where coach Sh. Hyskja is restoring the former strength to the team, but now through a new basketball under construction and new ideas? Well, some mistakes of E. Ruci, Shehu, Myrto, Shytermese, Fushe, etc. in such sharp matches in terms of the result, there is no strong motive to diminish the values of our basketball players, values that are increasing every year. There is no way not to accept growth such as the growth of the body quality of the new generation 16-18 years old (6 girls with a height of 180-181 cm) who are also in Luftetari, July 31 and Apolonia, the stability of the height 175- 178 cm in the main players, accompanied by the maturity so necessary with the age of 23-28 years; the technical changes of the lateral players who play effectively even away from the table, up to 3-point shooting; increase in the specific weight of different zonal defense systems and the combined one; the tendency of most tactical schemes to benefit the maximum score (2 points + one free throw + personal error + general error of the team); the ability to alternate the high pace with the low one without the coach’s intervention, etc.

(From the Flamurtari`s coach notes)

The exclusivity on this page is dated July 7, 2022

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Reference: Newspaper “Sporti Popullor” February 19, 1985 (p. 1-2) / Personal collection (P. Bj)

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