News and Events

World Parachute Championships - 2010  

In 2010 Montenegro will host the 31st World Parachuting Championships and the 5th Junior World Parachuting Championships in Nikšić. The event takes place between August 29th - September 3rd and will be hosted by Aero Club Nikšić and Aero Club Podgorica, together with the Aeronautical Association of Montenegro. The event will be carried nationally on TV in Montenegro, on Euronews and as a feature in Airsports World which is available in 187 million homes worldwide via channels like Sky Sports and ESPN.

2010 will see the first ever 'LONAC' Montenegro Outdoor Season

The Season will include 8 events, these are:

XVI Paths of King Nikola  - (Road Cycle Race), 29 April – 2 May 2010. The race is already part of the UCI Europe tour competition and attracts professional cyclists.

XI Montenegro Trophy/Montenegro Off-Road Discovery  - 4 day, international off road rally, 11th – 14th of September, this event already attracts about 70 teams, however in 2010 he entrants will be restricted to 25 vehicles. tane@t-com.me

31st FAI World Style and Accuracy Parachute Championships and 5th FAI Junior World Style and Accuracy Parachuting Championships - 28 August - 4 September 2010, in Nikšić.

Montenegro Mountaineering Days - (3 days along the long distance hiking trail "Over the Mountains of Montenegro"), from Bukumirsko Lake via Zijevo and Komovi to Stavna), 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July 2010

Friday: Podgorica-Kuci-Rikavacko jezero-Bukumirsko jezero, by 4WD vehicles.

Saturday: Hike from Bukumirsko jezero-Sirokar-Maglic (peak)-Carine

Sunday: Hike from Carine-Cafa od Koma-Medjukomlje-end at Stavna

VI Trophy Montenegro MTB XCO - Mountain Biking Race through National Park Prokletije and part of the "Gusinje Summer" festivities, 1-2 August 2010, Plav.

IV Trophy Trebjesa MTB XCO - Mountain Biking Race, 16 or 23 May 2010, Nikšić. bkperun@t-com.me

Northern Challenge Adventure Race - Kayaking Tara River, Hiking & Biking

Sinjajevina, 17 July, Mojkovac Municipality.

IV Adventure Race Montenegro - There will be two seperate events again in 2010. A One day multi discipline race in the Boka Kotorska on the 25th of September and a 48 hour 'Expedition Challenge' race on the 1st and 2nd of October.

The expedition challenge takes in some of Montenegro's most spectacular locations, following the Tara Canyon, Sinjajevina Plateau before skirting the Bosnian border and the Piva Canyon to Niksic. The 'race' is designed to test navigation, endurance and expedition planning. Timed sections include Rafting, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Road Biking and Running. Black Mountain Montenegro instigated the event in 2006 with our friends at Kayak Montenegro. The aim is to raise awareness about Montenegro's unspoilt 'wild beauty', adventure sports, ecological awareness and to raise money for local charities. If you would like help, compete or just find our more ; contact jack@adventureracemontenegro.com and watch this space for updates!

Bird Conservation in Montenegro recieves a boost

Black Mountain organised the First Adriatic Flyway Conference, which took place 14th - 17th April 2009 in Ulcinj. The event was a great success and helped promote and draw the eyes of the world to the incredible areas of Lake Skadar and the Big Beach where rare birds and migratory birds have their nesting and stopover sites. These areas need protection and in order to that people need to be informed about the wealth of birdlife which exists there and the huge importance of this area for future protection of wildlife and birds in particular. More details and photos can be found by visiting the site www.adriaticflyway.com.

Ruke

The 2009 Herceg Novi craft festival www.ruke.me was a huge success. Herceg Novi and surrounding Bay Area contains many talented local and foreign artists and crafts people. The displays of cratmanship were wide ranging and on incredible quality, from painted glass, to handmade jewellery, local and traditional clothing, home spun and woven to home knitted. Artists displayed scenes of Herceg Novi and Bay life from the modern day to days of old, on canvas, batik, ceramic tiles, hand painted postcards and more. The festival incorporated a local campaign this year to say 'No to Plastic Bags' and local children and people decorated canvas bags and a competition was held for the best designs. Black Mountain together with Leave No Trace Master Educator Vlatko Bulatovic organised a Leave No Trace workshop for local children highlighting one of the seven principles of Leave No Trace - to take your rubbish home with you and dispose of it correctly.