This month we have a real treat for the theatre lovers. Not one but who plays performed by the world class actors from Serbia. Both plays will be performed at the Serbian Community Centre on Sunday, 16th of November 2008.
The first play, "Lina od kamena tvrdja" is based on the novel by Jovan Petrovic and directed by Ivana Begovic Leko. This is a true story about a hard life of Lina, author's grandmother, over many years.
The second play is a comedy called "Najbolji zacin je drugi nacin". It is directed and performed by Milan Gutovic. Milan has a rich theatre and movie career spanning over 40 years. His most famous role is that of director Srecko Sojic in Tesna Koza movies.
For more information and reservations please contact Goran (0432 289 061) or Zeljko (0438 300 063) or you can visit the official web site u-next.
We would also like to announce that the official web site of the Serbian Orthodox Church of Holy Trinity has gone live. Dating back over 50 years, the Church of Holy Trinity plays an important role in the Serbian and other Christian communities in Western Australia. This web site provides information on the history of the church as well as about church and other community programs and events taking place in Western Australia.
The very popular Serbian Film Festival is coming to Perth again this November.
The 8th annual festival will be hosted by the Hoyts Cinema at Carousel shopping centre from 6th to 9th of November 2008.
After two days of competition it came down to four teams. The match for the third place was contested by the two local teams, Dianella White Eagles and Dianella Ravna Gora.
The the final match was played between the Springvale White Eagles and Woodville Beograd.
Day 2 was the first day of competition. All participating teams would get their chance to show their skill and fighting spirit. The day started with the arrival of VIP guests and HRH Princess Elizabeth planting a tree of life with City of Gosnells Lord Mayor Cr Olwen Searle JP.
Planting of tree was followed by the awards of Lord Mayor's awards to the extraordinary members of the Serbian Community Centre for their contributions, followed by the singing of national anthems by Mezzo Soprano Irena Zaric.
For detailed information of day two please visit the official web site.
Friday 3/10 was the first day of Karageorge Soccer Cup. Guests and dignitaries started arriving early in anticipation of the tournament draw and announcement of next and following years hosts.
Without doubt, FC Slavija from Sarajevo is the favourite to win this year's Karageorge Cup. The football club was founded in 1908 and has been competing in the top leagues of then Yugoslavia and now Republic of Srpska / Bosnia all these years. Currently FC Slavija is 2nd on the ladder in their national competition.
Since their arrival in Perth, FC Slavija has played 2 exhibition matches. One against the players of Serbian origin that compete in top state league, which FC Slavija won 2 - 1 thanks to 2 strikes from Stankovic. The second match was played against FC Perth Italy, who play in the top state league. FC Slavija won this match as well 3 - 1, with 2 more goals from Stankovic.
With these impressive performances, FC Slavija is sending a clear message. They are here to win the tournament and with only 3 more days until we get to see the team in action this cup is promising to be an excellent display of soccer skills.
For more information on FC slavija please visit their wiki page or their home page (Serbian only).
Karageorge Cup 2008 is almost upon us. The tournament kicks off this Friday with the live competition draw and selection of next year's host followed by a party to get all the teams and guests familiar with each other and the centre. HRH Princess Elizabeth will also be there for the opening. The entry on Friday night is $15 and it includes the Global Plus Holidays raffle ticket for a fabulous trip to Serbia.
For the remainder of competition, tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for concession and $50 for a family pass. We would like to encourage all visitors to come at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning for the competition's official opening ceremony.
Below you can find the event schedule for the 3 days of Karageorge Cup 2008. More information on the official web site.
The official web site for Karageorge Cup 2008 is now live. We encourage you to visit the page often as the new information is being uploaded daily. As we get closer to the tournament and during the tournament you can expect a lot of media updates. Please click the image below to enter.
Gala ball organised in honour of HRH Princess Elizabeth will be held at the Rydges Hotel in Perth on Saturday 4th of October. This will be a perfect opportunity to reflect on the 2nd day of the cup and be entertained by mezzo soprano Irena Zaric.
Global Plus Holidays is organising an amazing raffle for the tournament. The lucky winner will receive a 7 day holiday to Serbia, with full hotel accomodation and visit to the Serbian palace.
Gala Ball and Raffle tickets can be bought directly from Dragana at Global Plus Holidays (Global Plus Holidays, 3 Palmerston St Northbridge, 92281933) or during the tournament.
Here is some more information to provide a better picture of the scope of this event while you are patiently waiting for the official web site to go live.
So far we have 17 teams that have confirmed their attendance with 1 team
(FK Slavija) coming from Sarajevo. That means we will have 36 competitive matches in 2 days.
Our most honoured guest is HRH Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. We are very privileged to have her here to open the tournament and present our community to the wider audiences. For more information on Princess Elizabeth please see her wiki page.
For the participants please read the tournament rules as they will provide you with all the necessary details.
We also have the first press release for the tournamet.
We cannot pass this opportunity to thank our media and technical sponsors,
Srpski Glass newspapers and Football West.
The Karageorge Cup is a traditional Annual Soccer Tournament held each year in October with a different Australian City as the host. The Tournament is organized by the local Serbian Community. The competing clubs have their roots within the Serbian Community but the players that participate reflect the Multicultural society that is Australia.
The Serbian Community of Western Australia are honored to be able to host the 20th Jubilee Tournament here in Perth at the Australian-Serbian Community Club in Maddington.
The cup will be held at the Serbian Community Centre for Western Australia in Maddington from 3rd to 5th of October 2008.
Due to some issues with our current host we have had to move this web site to a new location. As a result of that we were unable to backup the old forums as the organisation that was providing our hosting is no more.
Please have a look at the new forums, we think you'll like them. A new start is not necessarily a bad thing.
With the only cost being fifteen minutes of your time, why not provide a blood sample and place your name on the bone marrow donor registry? It could save the grief of a family and the life of their loved one?
You may or may not know Ivana Prijic, she is us just like most other young Serbians living in Perth, she is 27 years old and up until last December Ivana was perfectly healthy. She married Damir last April and they had just returned from a trip to Serbia and Europe.
However in December last year she was hospitalized with a high temperature, which turned out to be her only symptom for leukemia. It turned that the clich was true, cancer could target absolutely anyone. We never thought it could happen to our family, but this time it had.
However, Ivana is just one patient from 1000 around the world waiting, with the clock ticking, for someone with her specific bone marrow match to register soon.
Honestly it's a frightening prospect, it has turned my family's life upside down, my husband and I were married in April and were planning on starting a family before being told about the leukemia a few months ago.
I now find myself depending on the goodwill of stranger to save my life, its one day, one moment at a time from this point on, said Ivana.
With only one in 1000 possible donors ever being asked to donate in any one year, the chances of being called up to donate are slim and that is why the Bone Marrow Donor Centre needs as many willing people on the registry as possible.
A 10ml blood sample is all that it takes to register and the criteria is far less stringent than when donating blood (for example you can be anemic).
Like many others in the Serbian community Ivana, arrived as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia some seven years ago. Unfortunately being of Slavic decent makes her chances of finding a donor even slimmer.
Bone marrow matches are commonly found amongst people from the same ethnic group and because there are only 330 people on the list in Serbia it gives people like Ivana little chance.
That is why we are appealing to Slavic people (Serbians, Croatians, Bosnians) aged between 18-40 years to help in saving maybe Ivana's or maybe someone else's life from anywhere around the world.
Fifteen minutes of your time could mean a lifetime opportunity for Ivana, please do not delay as every minute counts.
For more information or to make an appointment to register as a donor please call Debbie Witt, Donor Coordinator, at the WA Bone Marrow Donor Centre on (08) 9421 2886.
Last Sunday 15th marked the official start of the State Soccer season where our team Maddington Eagles will be competing this year. Just a reminder that Maddington Eagles did really well last year and were promoted to the 4th League. In their first match this year they beat the Melville team by 4 goals to nil. Come and cheer for our boys as they take on new and better opponents.
For the first time in Australia new band Kninjanke will be entertaining you in Serbian Community Centre. Join us on the 28th of this month and hear some of their most popular songs like 'Kninjanka bez Knina' and 'Svaki Minut'.
The 5th Annual Slavonsko Vece will be held on 26th of May at the centre. Entry of $25 also gets you dinner. Come join us and Crni Biseri to see why this event has grown every year.
Our annual dance party will be held on 19th of May with Dj Djole and Dj Mladen. The doors will be open at 9pm and entry is only $10.
Qualifications for Miss Serbia 2007 are starting with the competition for the crown of Miss Serbian Diaspora of Australia. Regional competition for W.A. will be held in the main hall of Serbian Community Centre in Maddington on 24th of March 2007. All participants will get many prizes just for entering the competition while the winner and the first runner up automatically qualify for Miss the final in Sydney on 19th of May 2007.
The winner of Miss Serbian Diaspora of Australia 2007 will get direct qualification into Miss Serbia pageant held in July 2007 in Serbia. The winner from Australia will get one month preparation time for Miss Serbia 2007. Miss Serbia 2007 will compete at this year’s Miss Universe pageant.
To register for competition you can visit web site www.frescaviva.com, phone 0400 410 295 or write to Viva, P.O. Box 494, Dianella WA 6059.
SBS Radio station has conducted an interview with current Miss Serbia 2006 Vedrana Grbovic which you can listen to here.
We are pleased to announce that forums are back on line. We had to take them down to upgrade security and maintenance on the forum which should make the forum experience better in the future.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this downtime and hope you continue to come and enjoy our community discussions.
Serbian New Year celebration in Serbian Community Centre of WA unfolded better
than expected. Majority of the visitors started arriving around 7pm indicating the event was very well received. Already at 9pm the main venue was almost at it's capacity and more people were arriving all the time. At midnight the venue erupted in cheers as Serbian new year was greeted among the many celebrants.
For those who were not there we have some photographs and a short video clip. See you at the centre for our next function!
The role of the Serbian Community Centre of WA is to gather people in a friendly environment and provide guidance and activities in preserving the Serbian heritage.
Many people have come through the doors of the Serbian Community Centre in Maddington and left happy and reasurred that there are those who are working and ensuring that our heritage is not forgotten.
With this in mind we hope that you continue to come and support our centre and we wish you a very happy New Year with hopes of good health and happiness to us all.
Serbian Cultural Days and Serbian Film Festival brought a wealth of familiar feelings to our city of Perth. On one side the performance of the folklore group and exhibition in the Perth Town Hall while on the other the film festival at the Hoyts Cinema illustrated the wealth of Serbian culture and achievement.
For those who were unable to attend we would like to share a few of our photographs of this superbly planned event.
Serbian Film Festival and Cultural Days is rolling into Perth this week. As we've come to expect the Film Festival will be held at the Hoyts cinema, Hay Street in Perth. This year you will be able to choose from five movies shown over the 4 days of the festival.
For more information and ticket purchases please visit the Hoyts Cinema page.
At the same time there will be Serbian Cultural Days exhibitions at Perth Town Hall (admission is free). The exhibitions will cover a wide area of Serbian background and heritage including literature, paintings, history, folklore, religion and tourist destination. Everyone is invited to come and see this great exhibition.
There will also be live performances at following times:
Friday, 22 September 2006 2pm: Official opening
Saturday, 24 September 2006 12am: Book presentation, folklore dancing
Sunday, 24 September 2006 1pm: Nikola Tesla Presentation, folklore dancing
Serbian Community Centre has a vacancy for the position of Bar Manager. Those who feel that they qualify for it are invited to contact us directly in the centre or by phone on 0403622955.
Vidovdan Remembrance Sarajevo Assassination play directed by Mr. Boris Radmilovic and Mr. Ziko Curcic on 1st of July 2006 at Serbian Community Centre in Maddington. Tickets are $50 and they also include drinks and dinner until 23:00pm.
Vidovdan remembrance continues on 2nd of July with annual Vidovdan Soccer Tournament. Players representing Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Republic of Srpska Krajina and Montenegro. The tournament starts at 11am and the entry is free.
Unveiling of Nikola Tesla statue 9th of July at 13:00 will feature the unveiling of Nikola Tesla statue on his 150th birthday anniversary. This famous Serbian inventor has contributed greatly to the world with his inventions. Also featuring official naming of the "Tesla Reserve" within the Serbian Community Centre of WA which was acknowledged by the Australian institutions.
Centre Clubs Every Friday from 19:00 our folklore group is rehearsing on the main stage. Recently theatre and orchestra groups have also been formed. All those who would like to join these groups may attend at the time of rehearsals and sign up. SCCWA library is expected to start working later this month.
Soccer On Wednesdays and Fridays are trainings for our Maddington Eagles soccer team. Every second week we play at home.
Come and support our soccer team!
SCM is broadcasting all the matches of Serbia & Montenegro
at this year's World Cup in Germany which starts on 9th of June. Come join us in the great atmosphere as we cheer for SCG. The entry is free for all the matches.
11 June 06 - Srbija & Crna Gora vs Netherlands - 21:00
16 June 06 - Srbija & Crna Gora vs Argentina - 21:00
22 June 06 - Srbija & Crna Gora vs Ivory Coast - 03:00
Events We are pleased to announce that our music section has started rehearsals. Come and join us this Friday (19th May) at 7pm. Another group that works every Friday is the folklore one. All those interested in joining one of these two are welcome to come on Fridays.
This Sunday (21st of May) is our general Cleanup Day. We will be cleaning and generally bringing the centre to a better standard with needed maintenance and repairs. We would like to ask our members and visitors to come and give a hand in making our centre a better and more enjoyable place.
Soccer Maddington Eagles Soccer Club is competing this year in the beginners league. Even though it was disappointing to start at the beginner's league the team has shown excellent spirit and with a series of good results has shown their potential to shine at a more competitive level.
Here are some photos of our team:
Here are the players from the team photo. Front row: Kristijan Katic, Sladjan Ristic, Drazenko Tesic, Elvis Visic, Bojan Kovacic, Zeljko Tesic, Milan Dragic, Danijel Katic.
Back row: Damir Krivic, Marko Rudez, Rajko Golub, Brane Djogic, Jovica Mrkaja, Slavko Milicevic, Vlado Golub, Goram Skembovic (Team Manager), Milivoje Nenadic (Club President), Radivoje Lalovic (Serbian Community Centre President).
Here is the match schedule for this season:
21 Maj 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Burrendah Bombers : home game
28 Maj 06 : Maddington Eagles vs The Jacks Soccer club: Gumblossom Oval
11 Jun 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Morley Inter Football : home game
18 Jun 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Canning City Soccer : Willeton Reserve
25 Jun 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Hamersley Rovers : home game
02 Jul 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Bye : home game
09 Jul 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Bye : Graham Burkett Reserve
23 Jul 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Kelmscot Roos : home game
30 Jul 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Shamrock Rovers : Harold Rossiter Reserve
06 Aug 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Canning United : home game
13 Aug 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Gosnells City : Walter Padbury Reserve
20 Aug 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Morley Windmills : home game
27 Aug 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Burrendah Bombers : Willetton Reserve
03 Sep 06 : Maddington Eagles vs The Jacs Soccer Club : home game
10 Sep 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Morley Inter Football : Emberson Reserve
17 Sep 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Canning City Soccer : home game
24 Sep 06 : Maddington Eagles vs Hamersley Rovers : Carine Open Space
Humanitarian Work In the spirit of developing soccer and need to help those in need, our generous members have sent 48 jerseys to Soccer Club Famas in Republic of Srpska. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the donators.
The International Conference "Nikola Tesla The Man Who Lit the World" will take place on Friday 7 July 2006 at the Perth Convention th Centre in Western Australia.
Year 2006 is the 150 Anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth and the Conference will be held as part of the wider 2006 Tesla Day Celebration.
We are very pleased to show our new logo for this year's Vidovdan Play.The theme of the play is Sarajevo Assassination and here we present the logo that will be used for the play.
More information about the play will be made available as soon as we get it.
The Easter, biggest Christian celebration of the year, is here. To those who celebrate and visitors of this web site we wish happy and peaceful Easter. Thank you for your support.
Without doubt, FC Slavija from Sarajevo is the favourite to win this year's Karageorge Cup. The football club was founded in 1908 and has been competing in the top leagues of then Yugoslavia and now Republic of Srpska / Bosnia all these years. Currently FC Slavija is 2nd on the ladder in their national competition.
The Karageorge Cup is a traditional Annual Soccer Tournament held each year in October with a different Australian City as the host. The Tournament is organized by the local Serbian Community. The competing clubs have their roots within the Serbian Community but the players that participate reflect the Multicultural society that is Australia.
We would like to wish a Happy Easter to all our Christian viewers with the traditional greeting, Hristos Vaskrse.
To all our visitors and sponsors we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope for all the best in the new year.
The role of the Serbian Community Centre of WA is to gather people in a friendly environment and provide guidance and activities in preserving the Serbian heritage.
Serbian Film Festival and Cultural Days is rolling into Perth this week. As we've come to expect the Film Festival will be held at the Hoyts cinema, Hay Street in Perth. This year you will be able to choose from five movies shown over the 4 days of the festival.
Vidovdan Remembrance
SCM is broadcasting all the matches of Serbia & Montenegro
The International Conference "Nikola Tesla The Man Who Lit the World" will take place on Friday 7 July 2006 at the Perth Convention th Centre in Western Australia.
We are very pleased to show our new logo for this year's Vidovdan Play.The theme of the play is Sarajevo Assassination and here we present the logo that will be used for the play.
The Easter, biggest Christian celebration of the year, is here. To those who celebrate and visitors of this web site we wish happy and peaceful Easter. Thank you for your support.