CAF winter sports competition
The victory ceremony held in the Barracks “Staff Brigadier Ante Šaškor“ in Delnice on 22 February 2018 concluded the 15th Croatian Armed Forces’ winter sports competition, which took place from 19 – 22 February 2018.
The competition ran in four categories.The giant slalom at Platak on 21 February was won by a member of the Honorary Battalion . 1st Lt. Kristina Kojundžić and by Brig. Gen. Perica Turalija in the veterans category; the winner of the senior category was a member of the Special Forces Command and of the junior seniors a member of the Support Command, Sgt. Marin Protulipac.
The team competition in military patrol took place on 22 February;; four 4-member teams competed in a combined shooting- cross-country skiing. The best oversall score was of the Special Forces Command team, the 1st runner-up was the Military Police Regiment and the 2nd runner-up another team of the Special Forces Command.
During the formal closing of the competition the Commander of the Special Forces Command Brigadier General Perica Turalija, as Envoy of the Chief of the General Staff of the General Staff, stressed that the competition took place in the year dedicated to physical fitness and activity of the Croatian soldiers and in addition to being a sport event, demonstrated their operating capabilities in winter conditions.
Brig. Gen. Turalija congratulated the competitors and commended their physical fitness. “I hope others will follow your example“.
THe Croatian Armed Forces’ winter sports competition was organised by the Special Forces Command, with the support from the Croatian Ski Federation, the Gorski kotar Sports Centre, the Platak Ski Resort, the Rijeka Ski Club, the Delnice Ski Club and the Mountain Rescue Service.