Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 ceremony has been postponed and the event scheduled for December 2021 can now be held in May by the organizers Veszprém County Municipality and Veszprém County Sports Association.
Imre Bulgardi, President of the General Assembly of the Municipality of the Province, welcomed the participants, and emphasized that their performance is worthy of appreciation and an example to follow. Their example shows that hard work and perseverance pay off. At the same time, this path should not be walked alone, you need encouragement and support, be it from family, coach or other outside help. Sport and its support play a prominent role in our country, and this is not only seen in the results, but also in the outstanding events that our country has hosted recently.
He noted that sport has many positives, among other things, it has a unifying force, and therefore it is capable of great things.
At Friday’s event, the Endre Tüskés Awards were presented first. This year, Josef Buda, Istvan Putz, Andras Sigmund and Josef Vajda receive the prestigious award – with which they honor the memory of the former director of the Veseprem County Sports Bureau every year.
Josef Buda, Head and Coach of the Steering Department at the Balatonfürede Sports Club, has been active in the sport since 1963, and over the decades has provided mentoring to hundreds of young people in the city.
István Putz is an iconic figure in the Hungarian shooting sport and Veszprém County. During his very successful sports career, he took ninth place at the Olympics, second place at the World Championships and European Championships, and is the owner of eighteen Hungarian championship titles.
Sigmund András – who is currently the coach of the Balatonfüred Yacht Club – was the captain of the Hungarian Olympic sailing team for four Olympic Games between 1976 and 1992. After that, his main activities were teaching youth sailing and training students specializing in physical education at the ELTE Teacher Education College. It is interesting that he worked for the Singapore Sailing Association between 2000 and 2008. After that, he again participated in the Olympic preparation for Hungarian sailing. During this period, a strong team capable of international success began to spread its wings. Zsombor Berecz, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, is a standout.
In 1996 Josef Vajda was a founding member of the Pápai Basketball Club, which twice won the Best Amateur Team of Veszprém County. The Society was awarded NB II in 2000 and has won Membership NB I/Bs in the rating. Josef Vajda, in addition to his duties as head coach and athletic director, also had the lion’s share of youth coaching. With his age group teams he always ranked highly regionally, and with his under-20 team he finished third nationally. He is currently drawing on his experience as a youth coach, association professional manager and vice president of the Veszprém County Basketball Association.
After that, the best athletes from Veszprém County were honored.
Winners, 2021, children, girls: Zsóka Gaál, chess player of Sentimento Ajka BSK. Boys: Mirkó Tóth Szórádi, Baba Delta Shooting Association competitor.
Teenage girl, Rita Maramarosi, Orientalist from Veszprém Honvéd SE. Son: Albert Serbic, athlete Sportoli Velonque SE.
Young Girl: Fanny Cover, Fedac player. Son: Ádám Enyingi, competitor of Pétfürdői Diák SE and Halker Király Team Box Academy.
Little girl: Gréta Barbara Varga, athlete Sportolj Velünk SE. Son: Attila Molnar, also an athlete from Sportolj Velünk SE.
Among the adults, Bianca Bartha Keri, Olympic athlete at Sportolj Velünk SE, and Kristóf Rasovszky, Balaton Úszó Klub competitor, received recognition.
Both of them were there at the Tokyo Pentathlon Games. Bianca finished 33rd in the 800-meter flat. In addition, he won the European championship title as a team, won the Hungarian outdoor and indoor championships, as well as with the 4×400 relay, was second in the indoor 400m individual event and as a member of the 4×400 relay.
Christophe won an Olympic medal last year in Japan, finishing second in the 10-kilometer open swimming. In addition, he won first place at the World Cup, finished fifth and fourth at the European Championships, and won bronze as a team.
Among the seniors, athletes María Gostolay (VEDAC) and István Sol (Delta Íjászegyesület, Pápa) earned recognition at this year’s event.
