Bill Rancic is ‘The Apprentice’

Op-ed
What is with those Croatians, they win each and every big Real TV contest. Amber, Bill... who's next?

Nenad Bach
 

Donald Trump with "Apprentice" winner (and new Trump employee) Bill Rancic.
 

The Associated Press
Updated: 4:29 p.m. ET April 28, 2004NEW YORK - For one night at least, Donald Trump can really proclaim that he was the king of television.
An estimated 27.6 million viewers tuned in Thursday to watch Trump say, “You’re hired!â€? to Chicagoan Bill Rancic on NBC’s hit boardroom game, “The Apprentice.â€?

That enabled Trump to knock off television’s most popular show, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.â€? The CBS drama was seen by 23.6 million, about 2½ million fewer than average, Nielsen said.

When Rancic won, Trump gave him a choice of two plum jobs: managing a Trump-owned golf course in California or overseeing a 90-story building project in Chicago.

“In a way, I’m very happy he didn’t choose the golf course, ’cause I put someone there about a month and a half ago, and they’re doing a great job,â€? Trump said after the broadcast. “It could have been a little bit embarrassing.â€?

The snag was averted. Rancic was happily homebound and his fellow finalist, Kwame Jackson, was fired as the hit NBC series aired its live finale.

“Kwame, I think you have an amazing future,â€? Trump said. “You’re a brilliant guy, great education, and I have no doubt you’re going to be a big success. But right now: Bill, you’re hired!â€?

Rancic, a street-smart 32-year-old Internet entrepreneur, had edged out Jackson, the laid-back 29-year-old New Yorker and Harvard MBA, for what Trump described as the “dream job of a lifetimeâ€? and a $250,000 year’s salary.

Trump insisted the decision had been difficult, and close — and one he shared with no one before airtime — not even Mark Burnett, creator of “The Apprentice.â€?

“I had good feelings about both of these people,â€? Trump said after the show, “or they wouldn’t have gotten there.â€?

Which did Burnett think Trump would pick? “I didn’t think,â€? Burnett answered flatly.

The victorious Rancic said his win sends a message.

“The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there,â€? he told reporters. “You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.â€?

Then, asked when his job with Trump would start, he grinned and said, “I believe I am on the clock, even as we speak.â€?

Trump 'fires' up viewers
Trump’s decision closed out a three-month-long competition. The billionaire developer and host of the show put 16 would-be apprentices through numerous business tasks — then, in the boardroom, “firedâ€? an underperformer at the end of each episode.

At their last assignments, Bill was put in charge of a Trump golf tournament and Kwame handled an appearance by pop star Jessica Simpson at one of Trump’s Atlantic City casino hotels.

These two “bossesâ€? were each teamed with three “employeesâ€?: previously fired “Apprenticeâ€? candidates who, possibly still nursing grudges, sometimes seemed as much a hindrance as a help.Thanks to Bill’s team, a vital sponsor’s sign went missing.
Thanks to Kwame’s team, Simpson went missing. Then she disappeared again, while Trump tapped his foot.

That was the handiwork of beautiful but scheming Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, one of the breakout stars among the show’s candidates. Her feigned martyrdom after plaster fell on her head on one episode earned her the ultimate pop-culture salute: She was spoofed on “Saturday Night Live.â€?

Of course, not every burning issue was cleared up Thursday. For instance, how can 15 people be fired when they were never hired in the first place? That question may never be resolved.

But the boardroom summits with Trump, where he pronounced the now famous “you’re fired,â€? helped make “The Apprenticeâ€? a sensation after its January premiere.

Last week, it ranked second among all prime-time shows, logging 22 million viewers — even more than CBS’ “Survivor: All-Stars.â€? It holds seventh place for the season to date, according to Nielsen.

Created by Burnett, who brought “Survivorâ€? to the airwaves, “The Apprenticeâ€? traded on a similar survival-of-the-fittest gimmick, and viewers loved it for its display of competitive greed and back stabbing.

Another draw, perhaps: the eight female contestants were attractive and tended to wear short skirts.

“The Apprenticeâ€? launched Trump to new heights of renown. Not only did he dine out on the catchphrase “you’re firedâ€? (even threatening to copyright it), he landed deals for a Trump-brand credit card and as a celebrity spokesman for a telecommunications company.

Two weeks ago he was guest host on “Saturday Night Live,â€? and now has agreed to come back for a new edition of “The Apprenticeâ€? next season, reportedly at a substantial pay raise.

Looks like there are lots more firings ahead.

Š 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Source: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4750777/
 

Croatian, Amber Brkich wins 'Survivor

From a 2001 issue of Stuff Magazine:http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/html/article_109.html
 

STUFF: Your last name is spelled B-R-K-I-C-H. What exactly do you have against vowels?
AMBER: Ah, no. I have nothing against vowels. It’sCroatian.

AMBER BRKICH
22
Single
Administrative Assistant
Beaver, Pennsylvania
Journal and Pen

Amber Brkich is from Beaver, Pennsylvania and is a recent graduate from Westminster College, where she earned a B.A. degree in Public Relations, minoring in Speech Communications. Prior to departing for Australia, while Brkich searched for her "career job," she was an administrative assistant and lived with her parents. Her previous occupations while attending school included waitress, librarian assistant, swimming instructor, lifeguard and babysitter for her professor.
Brkich's favorite hobbies are going out with her friends, dancing and just generally having fun. She's a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, where she was Vice President and New Member Coordinator. Brkich also belongs to the Catholic Church. Her primary reasons for trying out for Survivor: The Australian Outback include lack of change, excitement, and kangaroos in her life, although the million dollars wouldn't hurt either!

Her birth date is August 11, 1978. ©MMI, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Source: http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=2546

Amber Brkich wins 'Survivor: All-Stars', gets engaged to runner-up Rob Mariano

By Steve Rogers, 05/10/2004

The beneficiary of heavy resentment regarding the manner in which her alliance and Final Two partner -- and now fiance -- Rob Mariano played the game, Survivor: The Australian Outback's Amber Brkich emerged as the champion and $1 million winner during last night's Survivor: All-Stars finale on CBS.

The Survivor finale opened with the four remaining contestants -- Amber, "Boston Rob," Rupert Boneham, and Jenna Lewis -- facing a "two-versus-two" shutdown at the next Tribal Council, since Rupert and Jenna were allied. Rob and Amber immediately campaigned for Jenna to join with them to oust Rupert, thus avoiding a possible random draw "purple rock" tiebreaker, while cleverly not pushing Jenna to make a firm commitment to them. Their plan would be spoiled if Rupert won the Immunity Challenge, which turned into a close race between Amber and Rupert. However, Amber won, for her first victory in an individual Immunity Challenge in her two Survivor seasons, and Jenna sided with "Romber" to send Rupert to a fourth-place finish.

During the final immunity challenge, which was (as usual) an endurance test in which contestants couldn't lift their feet or touch the center pole with their free hands, Jenna was the first to waver, moving her foot off its pole momentarily just before the 2.5-hour mark, thus leaving the crucial final immunity to be decided between Rob and Amber. Despite the duo's personal feelings for each other and sworn plans to take each other to the Final Two, neither one was willing to intentionally step off the challenge poles to give the other immunity, and the challenge continued for another hour until Amber absentmindedly touched the center pole with her free hand while gesturing at Rob. Amber was thus disqualified, handing Rob Survivor: All Star's final immunity, a guaranteed place in the Final Two, and the right to choose his opponent in the final vote.

Despite some momentary thoughts that he might stand a better chance if he faced Jenna in the Final Two, Rob opted to take his Survivor sweetheart with him to the final jury, leaving Jenna in third. Facing a jury comprised of colleagues who deeply resented the presence of both Boston Rob and Amber in the Final Two, the couple faced tough questioning, including open hostility from Survivor: Africa alums Tom Buchanan, who placed fifth in All-Stars, and Lex van den Burghe, who placed ninth.

Four votes were revealed during the voting, two for Boston Rob and two for Amber (who was rumored to have been included in the cast to complete the requisite "hot chick" quota only after previous contestants Elisabeth Filarski Hasslebeck and Colleen Haskell both declined to participate), before the votes were spirited off for safekeeping, to be read at the live finale in New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Ever the strategist, Boston Rob had one more card left to play before the votes were revealed. As soon as the live show began, he pulled a multi-carat diamond ring out of his pocket and proposed marriage to Amber, who promptly accepted (no surprise, considering that Amber was wearing an "I Love Rob" tank top), thus ensuring that, no matter who won, both of them would share the prize money. In the process, Boston Rob and Amber got around the game's "you can't agree to split the money" rule in a way that Survivor producer Mark Burnett likely never envisioned.

When the votes where finally announced, in a by-then somewhat anticlimactic ending, Rob learned that he was engaged to a millionaire, as Amber edged him 4-3 in the voting. Supporting Amber were Tom, Lex, Survivor: The Australian Outback's Alicia Calaway, and Survivor: Thailand's Shii Ann Huang; supporting Boston Rob were Rupert and Jenna Lewis, plus Survivor: Marquesas's Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien. Amber also won a new Chevy -- but, since she and Rob had already won cars on the show, she had to pass the car along to another survivor, and (after consulting with Rob, who told her that the choice was hers) she awarded it to Shii Ann.

The finale was as contentious and acrimonious as the show was predictable, culminating in Survivor: The Australian Outback villainess Jerri Manthey, who was booed when she bashed the show for manipulating people's real feelings for entertainment purposes, walking off the set halfway through. Despite being confronted with evidence of their own deceptions, Lex and Tom were no more willing to "forgive and forget" than they had been while on the jury. The eighteen castaways basically broke down into two groups, with Lex, Tom, Kathy and Jerri, who claimed that what Boston Rob did "crossed the line" between gameplay and personal on the one side, and Richard Hatch, the winner of the first Survivor, Colby Donaldson, the runner-up in Survivor: The Australian Outback, and Shii Ann prominently on the other side.

One thing this season of Survivor did produce was a lot of romance, however. For the first time in Survivor history, there were two confirmed couples among the contestants. In addition to Boston Rob and Amber, the other couple was Survivor: The Amazon winner Jenna Morasca and Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn, who have been rumored to be dating for about a year but confirmed that their relationship had become closer since the show. In addition, third-place finisher Jenna Lewis eloped last weekend with a 21-year-old male model, and even Richard Hatch confirmed that he had found romance with a hotel desk clerk that he met in Argentina when he visited there following his boot from All-Stars (in fact, the two currently live together in Richard's Rhode Island house and had announced that they would participate in a February "gay marriage" ceremony in New Paltz, NY, but ultimately did not). Also, in a "surprise" that had been heavily promoted by Extra!, Survivor: Borneo's Susan Hawk showed off her "extreme makeover," which included both liposuction and plastic surgery ... and which was paid for and filmed by Extra!

Finally, in a last "twist," CBS and Survivor announced that one of the 18 castaways would be receiving a million-dollar bonus awarded by popular vote as to who played the best game. Viewers may vote for the bonus, sponsored in part by Cingular Wireless, either on the CBS web site or by text-messaging on their Cingular wireless phones.

While Susan Hawk, for one, expressed the belief that Rupert would be awarded the million dollars, we note that many viewers -- led, in part, by Michael Orzoff from Fox's Love Cruise (which was the third reality-competition show filmed in the U.S., behind only the first Survivor and the first Big Brother) -- support Rob Mariano for the million. We're not surprised by Michael's support for Boston Rob, since Rob and Amber's game strategy often seemed to mirror the strategy employed by Michael and alliance-mate Melissa in Love Cruise, right down to forcing the jury to choose between the two most-resented people in the final vote (although Michael and Melissa's strategy was almost foiled when the producers inexplicably decided to add another team to the finals).

We look forward to seeing the results of this vote on the Survivor wrap-up show, Thursday, May 13, at 8 PM EDT on CBS.

AMBER BRKICH
22
Single
Administrative Assistant
Beaver, Pennsylvania
Journal and Pen


Amber Brkich is from Beaver, Pennsylvania and is a recent graduate from Westminster College, where she earned a B.A. degree in Public Relations, minoring in Speech Communications. Prior to departing for Australia, while Brkich searched for her "career job," she was an administrative assistant and lived with her parents. Her previous occupations while attending school included waitress, librarian assistant, swimming instructor, lifeguard and babysitter for her professor.
Brkich's favorite hobbies are going out with her friends, dancing and just generally having fun. She's a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, where she was Vice President and New Member Coordinator. Brkich also belongs to the Catholic Church. Her primary reasons for trying out for Survivor: The Australian Outback include lack of change, excitement, and kangaroos in her life, although the million dollars wouldn't hurt either!

Her birth date is August 11, 1978. ©MMI, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved
 

Marijana Rupcic, Miss Croatia Universe 2004

Jessica Rodriguez, Miss Panama Universe 2004; Sabina Remar, Miss Slovenia Universe 2004; Marijana Rupcic, Miss Croatia Universe 2004; and Joan Ramagoshi, Miss South Africa Universe 2004, pose together in their Endless Sun swimsuits during registration and fittings for the 2004 Miss Universe competition at the JW Marriott Hotel in Quito, Ecuador on May 12, 2004. They will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2004 during the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition from Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. REUTERS/Darren Decker/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP/HO

Ivan Mikulic

Croatia's Ivan Mikulic performs his song entitled 'You Are the Only One' during the semifinal of the 49th Eurovision Song Contest in Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul May 12, 2004. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas

Croatia is Number One Destination in the World by Lonely Planet

Plan your holiday in Croatia with, Jeanne Oliver, Croatia expert and author of Lonely Planet's best-selling guidebook. Travel to Croatia has never been easier!

Jeanne is a seasoned travel writer who has produced dozens of books for Lonely Planet and Frommers. After writing the Croatia chapters for Lonely Planet's Eastern Europe, Mediterranean Europe and Europe on a Shoestring, she wrote Lonely Planet's best-selling Croatia 1 in 1998 which was thefirst guidebook in English to Croatia. She continues to work on Croatia for Lonely Planet. Recently she has produced the Croatia chapters forEastern Europe and Europe on a Shoestring. Croatia 3 is now available. Order the latestLonely Planet books here! Click on the picture!

• The Mediterranean as it used to be...
  ...before the developers came in and wrecked everything. You have walled cities instead of a wall of condos, local markets instead of souvenir shops, fresh locally caught fish instead of fast food.
• A Long Splendid Coast
  A solid 1778km (1102mi) of Adriatic coast winds around innumerable bays, inlets and coves. Add in the 1185 islands and you're talking a whopping 6000km (3720mi) of seafront. If you can't find the beach of your dreams here, it probably doesn't exist.
   
• Good value for money
  While costs have risen considerably over the last five years, Croatia still compares favorably with other EU countries on the Mediterranean, especially for meals and private accommodation.
• Unspoiled nature
  Clean air, clean water and plenty of meadows, forested mountains, lakes and rivers to explore are the legacy of a relatively under-industrialized country.
• Easygoing people
  "Nema problema" or "no problem" is the prevailing spirit which is part of the reason naturism took off here. Behave yourself and no one will pester you with nit-picking rules.
• An exciting blend of cultures
  The coast was long part of Italy while the interior was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It's convoluted history has produced a taste for both pizza and pastries, classy architecture and Latin exuberance. And when was the last time you saw people dancing with swords?
• It's safe
  Street crime is rare, assaults on foreigners nearly non-existant and the country untangled itself from Balkan warring in 1995.

www.croatiatraveller.com

Hotel Esplanade in Zagreb

Croatian hotel restores old glory while reaching out to new markets

Wed May 11,12:09 PM ET

ZAGREB (AFP) - The Regent Hotel Esplanade in Zagreb has played host to celebrities from "Black Venus" Josephine Baker to the Rolling Stones and Queen Elizabeth II, earning a reputation along the way as the grand old dame of Croatia's social elite.

Now in its 80th year but looking younger than ever after a restoration by new owners Regent Hotels International, the Esplanade is hoping to cash in on Croatia's booming tourism market with a mixture of modern luxury and past elegance.

Built in 1925 to accommodate passengers on the Orient Express between Paris and Istanbul, it has had no shortage of well-heeled visitors such as Orson Welles, Nikita Khrushchev and even the Nazi Gestapo, who used it as their headquarters during World War II.

Baker's notorious "banana dance" scandalized the city's puritans but crowds still gathered at the hotel to catch a glimpse of the glamourous American who epitomised the Roaring 20s. Forty years later, the Esplanade pushed the boundaries again when it opened communist Yugoslavia's first casino in 1967.

Manager Torbjorn Bodin said the Art Nouveau hotel had to preserve its old-world charm while remaining fresh for the demanding modern visitors who are flocking to Croatia in increasing numbers.

"We are trying to offer the same comfort and luxury but in a different way," he told AFP.

The hotel's ballrooms carry the names of cities on the route of the Orient Express and the 202 rooms have been refurbished in a retro design, but history is not standing in the way of progress at the Esplanade.

"People do not travel on the Orient Express to Zagreb anymore ... but at the same time I don't think our guests in 1925 would have appreciated a wireless high-speed Internet connection," Bodin said.

Croatia last year received more than 8.8 million tourists, the highest annual intake since its 1991-1995 war of independence from the former Yugoslavia.

The vast majority of visitors make a beeline for the Balkan country's stunning Adriatic coast, so the challenge for Zagreb, Bodin explained, is to be recognized as a tourist destination in itself.

"We will see more people visiting Zagreb as tourists than before. There's a lot of interest abroad because Zagreb is a new destination for city breaks and for longer vacations," he said.

"Croatia is so well known now in Europe and other parts of the world and we have to take advantage of the good brand Croatia has, which was created mainly on its Dalmatian coast. Now we have to say this is also valid for Zagreb."

Overnight tourist stays in Zagreb rose some three percent in 2004, but Croatia's tourism industry remains almost exclusively focused on attracting sunseekers to its 5,500-kilometer (3,300-mile) coast.

Deputy Tourism Minister Robert Bacac is confident Zagreb can be "developed as a distinct offer" to visitors from western Europe, but analysts warn that more foreign investment is badly needed to boost the city's tourist infrastructure.

"There is no infrastructure for things to attract tourists like golf courses, and that's why no new hotels are being built and old hotels are not being refurbished to the standards of international chains," Bodin said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050511/lf_afp/afplifestylecroatia_050511160936
 

West Coast Croatian Soccer Tournament – Croatian Statehood Day

Join American and Canadian Croats during Memorial Day weekend to commemorate the Statehood of Croatia and to watch soccer teams from all over the North America compete for the West Coast Croatian Soccer Championship Cup. This is Los Angeles'-San Pedro's biggest festival of the year and many guests come from all over Southern California and other cities to celebrate. This year San Pedro Croat will be hosting the West Coast Croatian Soccer Tournament, thus making the 2004 Statehood Day celebration even more meaningful and entertaining. In attendance will be teams and groups from New York, Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, San Jose, San Diego, and Phoenix…all honoring Croatia's freedom and ready to party!


32nd Annual West Coast Croatian Soccer Tournament
Hosted by: S.C. San Pedro Croat
Location: San Pedro, Ca
When: May 28-May 30

Schedule of Events

Friday May 28
Friday Night: Meeting for the soccer teams
Party: Dance sponsored by Hrvatski Dom- 9pm


Saturday May 29
Day: Soccer Tournament will kick-off at 8:30 am.
The games will be played at Ladera Linda until 4pm.
Night:Welcome Party Dance- Croatian Cultural Center of Los Angeles
Music by New York's finest... DJ George

Sunday May 30

Games will commence at 9 am at Daniels Field:
Soccer Finals
Awards: To be announced at the Croatian Hall Independance Day Block Party (party to continue on the street until 10 pm, music by Zrinksi and Mate & Petra)
Concert: Following the Block Party we ask you to join us at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown San Pedro where Croatian-Canadian Band Nocni Raj will be playing your favorite hits from 10pm-2am.


Sunday, May 30, CROATIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

Street Block Party on 9th Street in San Pedro (Croatian Place). San Pedro vibrates with Croatian people who travel from all around California and beyond for the biggest party of the year. The festivities last all weekend, with an all-day picnic on Sunday, Croatian food (cevapcici, janjetina, etc), live entertainment that lasts throughout the night.
Hrvatski Dom
Free entrance - Everyone is welcome!
12pm-10pm

Locations and Addresses:

Sheraton Los Angeles Harbor Hotel
601 S. Palos Verdes Street (between 6th and 7th Street)
San Pedro, CA U.S.A.
Reservations: 1-800-359-4827
310- 519-8200
(Mention the Cro Soccer Tourn to get the special rate- $80/room. **Rooms must be reserved by May 15 to get special rate.**
<http://www.sheratonlaharbor.com/>

Best Western Sunrise Hotel
525 S Harbor Blvd (between 5th and 6th Street)
San Pedro, California United States 90731
1-888-LODGING US only
405-912-4095 Intl. calls
310 548-1080
(Mention the Cro Soccer Tourn to get the special rate- $69/room)

Hrvatski Dom/Croatian American Club
631 9th Street (Croatian Place)
San Pedro, CA 90731
310-547-9484

Daniel's Field
851 12th St
San Pedro, California
90732

Ladera Linda
32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
(310) 541-7073

FYI:

Sv. Ante Croatian Catholic Church- Croatian Mass 10:30am
712 North Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-628-2938

Mary Star of the Sea- Croatian Mass 1:30pm
870 W. 8th St.
San Pedro, CA
310-833-3541

Croatian Cultural Center
643 S. Pacific Avenue
San Pedro, CA

*Most locations are within walking distance of each other.
For more info, please contact SanPedroCroat@aol.com
 

The NY Jets selected Croatian, Marko Cavka

Marko Cavka and Chris Frank form a wall on the left side for Leadingham.

The NY Jets selected Croatian, Marko Cavka in the 6th round of the NFL Draft. Marko is a 6' 7", 294 pound tackle from Cypress, CA.
 

NFL.COM Stats:
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/marko_cavka
http://www.nycroats.com
 

The biggest soccer tournament for youths on Adriatic
„Mitteleuropa Adriatic Cup the 2004"
apartment house “Medena” - Trogir - Croatia
 

On playgrounds of apart. Medena and Trogir was kept 6. international soccer tournament “Mitteleuropa Adriatic Cup the 2004” for 7 youth groups from 8 the 18 years. All participants of tournaments had been resident in apartment house and hotel “Medena” nearby Trogir. It has acted a record 33 club from 8 middleeuropean states such as: Austria, Germany, Bohemia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. On this tournament have acted record 1100 participant. Some familiar Croatian clubs had acted on the tournament, these are some of them: NK HAJDUK from Split, NK SIBENIK, NK ZMAJ from Makarska, NK OMIŠ, NK SOLIN and the host NK TROGIR. After the interesting five day contests in groups they have played half-finals and the final contests. The first rank to junior division has conquered FC INTER from Bratislava (Slovakia), in division of cadets first place won FC KICKERS from Offenbach in Germany, in division of pioneers first was FC FERENVAROS from Budapest in Hungary, division of novice first place took NK OLIMPIJA from Ljubljana in Slovenia. The most interesting soccer duels have kept in the youngest divisions 1993, 1994 and 1995 years of birth. The first rank is conquer to 1993 year of birth FC VIENNA from Wien in Austria, 1994 year of birth Private Soccer School BUBAMARA from Sarajevo and 1995 year of birth the winner was SSV REGENSBURG from Germany. The best club of this year tournament is declaring for the FC FERENVAROS from Budapest in Hungary. For fair-play game it was rewarded Venglošova Futbalova Akademie from Praha. The gold, silver and bronze medals and cups have divided to all first, second and third-placed teams in all divisions. The best players, shooters and the goalkeepers have got the small soccer sculptures.
The manager of tournament prof. Damir Milic had concluded that the traditional soccer tournament in this year had advance in every aspect (organisational, number of participants, qualities of games) and except sporting he is possessing and the tourist importance for Croatia. Tournament is good introduction and the advertisement for tourist season on croatian Adriatic. Next 7-th tournament will be kept from 21. - 25. March 2005. We hope to have some participators from our Croatian soccer clubs from whole world.

Tel/fax: (011or prefix) 385-31-500-553
e-mail: damir.milic@os.htnet.hr
Croatia