ACHIEVEMENTS

Sendrei brothers runners-up in the Slovak championship

Slovak championships in Latin American dance took place in Martin on 18.2.2012 with the participation of brothers Gerhard and Robert Sendrei. Both boys finished in a fantastic second place in their categories. This result meant for Robert a direct qualification to the World championship in Shanghai and the European championship held in Moscow.

Congratulations and all the best in the future! 

Gerhard Sendrei succeeded again

Gerhard Sendrei took part in the Grand Prix Slovnaft dancing contest and finished in a wonderful 5th position in competition with other couples of higher level. The fact that Geri was the youngest participant makes this result even more valuable.

Congratulation

Judo fighters celebrating again

The Grand prix Povazska Bystrica hosted 285 competitors; members of 34 clubs from Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Czech Republic. TJ Sokol Prievidza was represented by 6 competitors. 4 of them finished 3rd and remaining 2 ended up 4th when they missed a higher position by the skin of their teeth. Even the youngest of Matias brothers, Matus, achieved the Bronze medal what makes us believe that he will follow his successful brothers that are already involved in Dive maky program. His older brother Jan wasn’t able to compete due to an injury, but Stefan (the member of VSC Dukla BB now), the eldest, won the Gold medal in the category of Juniors under 60 kg.

Matias brothers brought medals from a judo tournament

The town of Martin hosted The International Grand Prix in judo on Saturday 12.11.2011. 5 competitors from TJ Sokol proved their quality among more than 320 participants from Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia. 6 years old Matus Matias took part in the competition and reached an excellent 3rd position in the category Super mini under 27kg. Another talent supported by Dive maky program scheme, Jan Matias, smoothly fought his way through in a weight category under 50 kg and only a small mistake in a fight with other experienced Slovak athlete deprived him of a chance for a gold medal and he finished second.

Congratulation!

Matias brothers on medal rostrum!

TJ Sokol Prievidza performed well again. Firstly, on Saurday 29.11.2011 in Rimavska Sobota, when the ex-member of the club Stefan Matias (now competing for VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica) won an impressive third place in the adult category under 60kg of the Slovak championship despite being junior by his age.















Then, one week later, Janko Matias accomplished his way through the Grand Prix Galanta with an outstanding second place after he lost only to the Czech athlete in the finals.

Janko Matias from Dive Maky, Slovak champion in judo

The peak of children judo season was presented by the Slovak championship in Zilina on 22.10.2011. Matej Skultety and Janko Matias, two friends and members of TH Sokol Prievidza judo club, took part in the competition in the weight category under 50 kg.



Following advice (and clearly expressed wish as well  ) of their trainer they both advanced towards the finals. At the end of the day it was Janko Matias from Dive Maky who pulled off an important victory.

Sendrei brothers scored again!

Gerhard Sendrei won second place on Saturday 8.10.2011 in Poprad and in the end they finished 11th in the junior category of Slovak Cup in the fierce competition of 25 couples.

One week later, on Sunday 16.10., Geri scored a victory in International dancing contest and his brother Robert finished 5th.

Congratulation!

2nd PLACE FOR JANKO MATIÁŠ AT THE OLYMPICS TALENTS TOURNAMENT

The last, 6th round of the 34th annual Olympics Talents Tournament was held on Saturday 15 October 2011 in Žilina. This competition is a year-round contest for mini-contestants (very small children, small children and older children – both boys and girls. Points awarded in each round are used for scoring of individuals as well as clubs. Based on the number of points collected throughout the year, a ranking of clubs as well as individuals in each club is created. The Olympics Talents Tournament was at the start of a career of many successful judoists. ZJ SOKOL, a judo club, went to Žilina with its 11 member team and both girls and boys did great. Also the Prievidza judo club including its members, the Matiaš brothers took an outstanding 3rd place in the total ranking of clubs. In the 50 kg category, Janko Matiaš took the 2nd place in both the last round of the league and also the total scoring.


Congratulations!

GOLD and BRONZE for the Matiaš Brothers

On Saturday 8 November 2011, Vranov nad Topľou hosted 3rd round of the junior judo league. Our boys travelled the distance in no vain: Štefan and Janko Matiaš competed as guest athletes for the TJ Mladosť Žilina club, fought hard and scored precious points for the club. Žilina is in the total scoreboard on the 2nd place.


Štefan, the older brother, was nominated in the 60 kg category and became the winner of his weight category, while his brother Janko won an excellent 3rd place and both brought 10 points in the scoreboard for the club.

Štefan Matiaš – A Slovak Judo Contestant Ranks First Again in Croatia!

Štefan Matiaš, a judo contestant from the Divé maky program, who has for almost two years been a member of the TJ SOKOL Prievidza club scored a success in the international tournament in Split, Croatia, in all three categories: youth 1st place, men 2nd place, juniors 3rd place. Our judo team left for Croatia in the evening of Thursday 23 June 2011. The tournament saw participation of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Croatia. Štefan Matiaš competed in the identical setup also in the past year and managed to keep the victory also in this year. In the following school year, his brother Ján Matiaš will be enrolled in the scholarship program, too, who also achieved a success in the contest: higher grade students – 2nd place, youth – 1st place.

Congratulations to all TJ SOKOL Prievidza judo club members!

Our Successful Students

Tibor Bari successfully passed his secondary school leaving exam at the Secondary Art School Košice, specialising in guitar playing. He is to continue in the 6 year higher level schooling after completing which he will receive a teaching decree and will be able to pass the knowledge and experience on others.


Our congratulations and best wishes for future studies.

Winner Despite an Injured Toe!

On Saturday of 4 June, Štefan Matiaš participated in the International Grand Prix in the 60kg weight category in the town of Pezinok. Despite an injured toe and strong competition from Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic, he scored 3rd place.



Congratulations!

More Successful Secondary School Leavers and Promising Teachers in Divé maky!

Adrián Harvan, a violin player, and Maroš Fedák, a pianist, successfully passed their secondary school leaving exam at the Secondary Arts School Košice!

Maroš has been in the Divé maky program since the beginning in 2006 and







Adrián joined in 2007.





Both boys will continue in their studies in the fifth year preparing to receive their teacher decree.

We keep our fingers crossed for the boys and are immensely proud of their success!

Successful Girl –Secondary School Leaver in Divé maky!

Brigita Berkyová, a pianist, successfully passed her secondary school leaving exams at the State Music School in Košice. Congratulations and we keep our fingers crossed for future studies at the same school in the fifth year. Brigita has been with Divé maky for four years and the scholarship program made it possible for her to study at the music school.

3rd Place in Italy for Norbert Daniš

Norbert Daniš, a very successful pianist, participated in an international contest of young talents from 1 to 8 May 2011 in Cita de Bartella, Italy and scored a breathtaking 3 place. This has been his greatest success so far; it is also necessary to point out that Norbert did extremely well in very strong competition and made it in the international scene in the very first try being a completely unknown performer. Norbert studies the 5th grade at the State Music School in Bratislava and we believe he will achieve a lot in the future!

Number of Secondary School Students Up and Rising

We have some more secondary school entry examination successes:

Fabián Berky, our design talent excelled in the entry examinations at the Secondary Arts School in Kežmarok and from September he will attend the course in arts and antiquities conservation and restoring.














Slávka Holubová will start her studies at the Secondary Medical School in Humenné.





We cannot wait to congratulate the fresh secondary school graduates in 4 years :)

1st Place for the Youngest Divé maky Girl

In April, Bohdanka Žigová attended Slávik Slovenska (Slovakia’s Nig­htingale), the regional folklore singing contest, with participation of numerous schools. Bohdanka won the contest with confidence. The national competition of all Slovakia’s Arts Schools will see all regional winners in the grand finale to be held in June.

We keep our fingers crossed for Bohdanka!

A Young Beats Adults Thanks to Thorough Workouts

Divé maky´s Štefan Matiaš wins the 2nd place in the Central Slovakia’s Cham­pionship in Považská Bystrica. Although a junior by age, Štefan has for the first time tried his luck in the adult male category. Despite a recent injury (snapped little finger), a two month break from competitions and exercises, he jumped straight into the higher category. He started working out only three weeks prior to the championship and managed to catch up thanks to strenuous exercises. He trusted his luck from the beginning, fought at full strength and lost only to the total winner of the category: a truly outstanding performance, which certainly attracted the attention of many.

The Sendrei Brothers Among the Best Also Abroad

8th PLACE FOR ROBKO SENDREI IN SERBIA.

Robko Sendrei, a Divé maky outstanding dancer, participated this month in a competition at Sabatka, Serbia and in strong competition of 50 couples won with his dancing partner the superb 8th place. Next month they are traveling to Ukraine and then Rumania. Robko dances in the S adult category, where contests are held in abroad only.

FIRST AND SECOND PLACE FOR GERI SENDREI.

In Saturday, he won the first place in Trnava in the competition of 17 couples. In the evening contest of all categories he scored the 2nd place.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Norbert Among Winners Again

Norbert Daniš, an exceptional pianist, excelled yet again showing his virtuosity at the International festival FORUM PER TASTI SLOVACCA on 28 April in Banská Bystrica winning the superb 2nd place. He received an award for the best interpretation of the composition “Summer Orchard – Falling Snow” by Jevgenij Iršai, a Slovak composer. The award also included a Polish Republic scholarship for an interpretation course.

To-be Secondary School Students

Bronze Filip

From 10 to 12 March 2011, Filip participated in “Violin Workshop", a violin competition held at the Arts Centre FATRA – ŠKO Žilina and led by the Ladislav Árvay Primary Arts School, Žilina. The young violin player was prepared for the contest by Mgr. Mária Hrnčiarová, a teacher at the Primary Arts School Dolný Kubín. Filip won the fantastic 3rd place among twenty performers from all around the country. Our thanks go mainly to Mária, who prepared Filip for the contest very well.

Štefan Scores Again

Štefan Matiáš, a talented judoist, again made it to the top at the sports hall at Štiavničky, Banská Bystrica. On Sunday 6 March 2011 he fought in the 66 kg weight junior category at the Central Slovakia’s Cham­pionship to become the Regional Champion. Along with Štefan, further 6 members of the TJ SOKOL Prievidza club contested.

Štefan Among Winners

In Saturday, 5 February 2011, the city of Žilina hosted a Grand Prix judo competition. The TJ SOKOL Prievidza team had also Štefan Matiaš from Divé maky. This event marked his first time in the 66 kg weight junior category. Still, no other contestant was a real challenge for him and his spirited and technically polished performance earned him the 1st place. He won in strong competition and his successful appearance was closely watched also by Jozef Krnáč, the junior national team’s coach. Another member of the TJ SOKOL Prievidza is Ján Matiáš, who follows the path his older brother and who ranked on the 3rd place in the 45 kg junior category.

Štefan Matiáš Successful Again

Saturday 27 November 2010 marked the International Grand Prix competition in judo in the town of Považská Bystrica with strong competition of contestants from Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and the Czech Republic. As usual, our athlete Štefan Matiáš made it to the finals and took the 2nd place in the 60 kg weight junior category.

Three kids on high schools

These days, three of our Divé maky kids have an extra reason for joy and happiness: from September, they will start their secondary schooling. Maroš Billý has been accepted to the Music and drama school in Bardejov, specialisation percussions.
Štefan Matiáš will right after the summer holiday join the sports class in a secondary school in Martine with specialisation electrical engineer.
Katka Šiváková received admission papers from two schools – the Social and pedagogical academy Prešov and the Private secondary arts school Bardejov, specialisation advertising arts. People say that she has it already sorted out, Katka will start the pedagogical school as she wants to become a kindergarten teacher.

Slovak Champions in Judo

On the Saturday before the last Saturday of October the last round of the Slovak National Judo League of teenagers took place in Martin. One of the contestants who represented the TJ Sokol Prievidza association under the colors of the Judo Club Martin was our talent Štefan Matiáš. Boys in this club have been competing under this club and together they won the title of Slovak Champions.

Talented judo athlete Štefan Matiáš

We are all celebrating the fantastic achievement by the talented judo athlete Štefan Matiáš who once again proved his great shape. In 26 – 27 July he finished 1st in his weight category under 55 kgs at the 20th International Jadrana Judo Cup in Split, Croatia. In his weight category there were 6 contestants competing for the prize. The tournament was attended by 575 contestants from 16 countries and 55 clubs.

Bronze from Brno

On Saturday September 18 the International Judo Tournament took place in Brno. Our successful judo master Štefan Matiáš once again showcased his talent and athletic spirit. In the category of teenagers until 60 kgs of weight he won the 3rd prize. The competition was fierce, the competition listed almost 1,100 contestants.

One step further!

The month of June brought us the first batch of high school graduates in the history of Divé maky. Norbert Daniš graduated from the Bratislava Conservatory of Music, Janko Šivák graduated from the Secondary School of Arts in Košice. Martin Horváth successfully completed the United Boarding School in Michalovce.

We also have some new high school freshmen. After passing entrance exams the following children will start their new level of education in September: Igor Hunka (Private Conservatory of Music Alkana in Bratislava), Zuzka Šimčíková and Janka Zacharová (Secondary School of Arts in Košice, Hnúšťa location) and Lukáš Horváth (Secondary School of Arts, Bardejov location). Congratulations to all, we are keeping our fingers crossed for you!

Divé Maky to the Children of Jarovnice

At the Javorná hotel in Drienica on Sunday, 2 May we conducted the first four-day workshop for 100 children from the pilot project “Divé maky – The Chance For Romany Talents From Entire Slovakia”. The project is organized by PRO DONUM, o.z. for the largest Romany settlement in Slovakia – in Jarovnice. Workshops were led by professional artists and educators specialized in dancing, singing, music, theatre, visual arts and sports. The workshop was also attended by 29 of the most talented Divé maky children.

Vladislava Dolníková, chair of the PRO DONUM, o.z. board of administrators and the founder of the Divé maky program, said that this workshop was extraordinary because the children of Divé maky started to pass on what they had learned to the children of Jarovnice. “Learning, passing on the skills learned, setting role models – this is the fundamental philosophy of Divé maky. It was amazing to observe how hard these children can work on themselves,” said Dolníková. More on the “Divé maky – The Chance For Romany Talents From Entire Slovakia” pilot project – www.sanca-pre-talenty.prodonum.sk/en

Illustrator of the book “And God Created Male…”

Miroslav Turták who is developing his talent in the Divé maky program made illustrations for the book “And God Created Male…” by Barbara Pribylincová. Miroslav is presently a second year student at the Private Secondary School of Design in Bratislava. He was introduced to visual art by the artist Erik Binder. Although he never attended an Elementary School of Arts, Miroslav chose the art path.

The February of Fame

The penultimate Saturday in the month of February was a lucky day for Gerhard Sendrei who won the 1st award in Latin American Dancing at the Slovak Ballroom Dancing Championship. He thus became the Champion of Slovakia in the Junior category.

One week later Martin Horváth walked up to the rostrum to claim his award. However this time there was no dancing involved but rather some freestyle wrestling. Martin's room is now decorated with a silver medal from the Slovak Championships in Bratislava, and also the “Most Successful Athlete of the City of Stará Ľubovňa in 2009” accolade. We congratulate both winners!

The Christmas Story

This year's Christmas was very special to our talented violin player – Pavol Kuruc, the first year student of the Bratislava Music conservatory.

Pavol needed to get his violin fixed. The well known violin repairman in Bratislava however told us that the price for the repair would exceed the value of the instrument. And he also added that this was not a suitable instrument for a Conservatory student. So we started to ask around for an accessible instrument. When we asked the repairman for advice, he told us he was working on the instrument that was being put on sale by its owner.

Before the Christmas time we were also contacted by Pavol's donor who wanted a tip for a suitable Christmas present for his boy. When he found out about our dilemma he offered his help. And Pavol is now enjoying a high quality antique violin of German manufacture. Thank you!

Performing with Ida Kelarová

We were happy to receive the offer of cooperation from Ida Kelarová on the occasion of launching her new album Aven Bachtale! Our singing talent Lukáš Horváth was one of her guests.