It has been another busy couple of weeks for Teqball lovers as the brightest stars of the game battled it out in Montenegro, and a new beach base of the sport was born in epic fashion in Austria.

Surprisingly mild weather awaited the players and spectators at the Montenegrin Teqball League tournament on the 16^th of July. But it did not take long for them to turn up the heat at the main square of Žabljak.

Teqers competed in the men's doubles category, where 28 competitors of 14 teams from all parts of Montenegro tried to get their hands on the trophy. But they had no chance against the Kurjaci team and its representatives Marko Žarković and Andrija Jovanović, who were on fire at the event. In the finals, they beat Stroj LOB team represented by Željko Janković and Veljko Ljumović with the result 12:10, 7:12, 12:9.

Although it was a professional tournament, the organizers gave special attention to the fans with various side events. Before the first semi-final, younger visitors had a chance to participate in the ’Intersport Challenge’ competition, while the adult spectators were also included in the program, through 'LOBuj Matiju’, a sponsor’s activity by the league’s official betting partner, LOB kladionice.

The audience even got their own Teq table, where all visitors could give a go at one of the sports played on the equipment.

A new beginning in Austria

Spread the word, Austria is getting curved! The cooperation of Podersdorf Tourism and the Austrian Teqball Association has reached a new milestone by setting up the sport’s iconic curved tables at the first official fixed beach Teqball base of the country. The new sporting venue is located at Podobeach, besides Lake Neusiedl.

From now on, an outdoor infrastructure suitable for competitions is available all year round to try out the Teq sports or to train regularly. Two Teqball One tables suitable for national and international tournaments were put in place and the required framework conditions for competitions were created. The Austrian Teqball Association is hopeful that the brand new Teqball base will support the establishment of the sport significantly.

Photocredit: Podersdorf Tourism/Anton Kiss

The base was officially opened by National Council Member Maximilian Köllner on behalf of Regional Sport Councillor Heinrich Dorner. Alexandra Koncar, President of the Austrian Teqball Association, Rene Lentsch, Managing Director of Poderdorf Tourism and Georg Pangl, President of Teqball Burgenland were all pleased about the new opportunity of practicing this special sport handed to the public.

There is no grand opening without an opening party, which was provided by household names of the game. The Teqball club of laketownRiders was responsible for the tournament organization and they succeeded in bringing international star players to Lake Neusiedl. Among them were: Patryk and Ewa Kamiński, Piotr Cygan, Marek Kamiński, Branislav Rodman, Marian Badar, Nikola Mitro, Bogdan Marojevic, Anna Iszak, Arpad Sipos, Ivan Grom and from Austria Andrea Sommer, Patrick Steinhofer, Georg Haider, Alex Hamm.

From left to right: Maximillian Köllner (National Council Member), Alexandra Koncar (President Teqball Austria Federation), Georg Pangl (President TEQBALL Burgenland) Rene Lentsch (CEO Podersdorf Tourism). Photocredit: Podersdorf Tourism/Anton Kiss