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Kovas Membership

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Benefits of Kovas Membership
Kovas membership is great value. Membership provides a range of benefits, including:
  • Free basketball training sessions with experienced coaches
  • Payment of Team Entry Fees to local sports competitions throughout the year
  • Kovas singlets provided to members playing in local competitions or at šventė
  • Early invitations to Social Events
  • Access to purchase Kovas t-shirts, polos etc.
  • Ability to participate at a Sporto Šventė (provided you meet šventė participation criteria)
  • Financial subsidies to attend inter-state Sporto Šventė carnivals (subject to FONDAS grant rules)
  • Ability to represent Australia at the World Lithuanian Games
  • Become eligible to join the Kovas Management Committee
  • Be elgibile to become a Kovas Life Member

Join Today!

To become a Kovas member, you can pay an annual membership fee. Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December each year. Membership costs:
  • Adults $20.00 per year (aged 16 and above)
  • Kids $10.00 per year (aged 0 to 15 years)
To become a Kovas Member, please make payment to the Kovas Bank Account: Account Name: Sydney KovasBSB:  062111 Account Number:  000907309Reference: YOUR NAME Once you have made payment, please email the remittance/ payment confirmation to kovas.sports@gmail.com and include:
  • Full Name of each member
  • Date of Birth of each member
  • Contact Number (mobile)
  • If participating at Šventė, which sports you would like to play

Want to participate at a Sporto Svente?

Participating at a Sporto Šventė is FUN! Participation is encouraged regardless of your age or ability. Gone are the days of high competition and a winner takes all attitude. These days, the Sporto Šventė is all about having fun, catching up with friends and having a go (ok, sometimes the basketball can still be competitive, but in a friendly way).
In 2026, the 74th Sporto Šventė will be held in Melbourne between 27 and 31 December - plus a New Years Day BBQ on 1 January. Šventė will be hosted by the Melbourne VARPAS Sports Club. Varpas have advise they will offer the following sports (subject to enough participants).
  • Basketball – men's, women's, mixed, and junior divisions
  • Volleyball – mixed
  • Golf
  • Billiards
  • Futsal
  • Pickleball
  • Swimming
  • Chess
  • Tennis
  • Table Tennis
  • Darts
  • Lawn Bowls
Participation rules
To participate at a Sporto Šventė you must meet two mandatory criteria:
  • You must have Lithuanian Heritage (at least one Lithuanian parent or grandparent or be the legal partner (spouse/ de-facto) to a person of Lithuanian Heritage.
  • You must be a paid, financial member of SLSK KOVAS (or another ALFAS sports club).
Do you already have a team?
Provided each player meets the šventė entry criteria, if you would like to nominate your entire team to participate at šventė, each player must first become a Kovas member and then we can register the team.
Want to participate at Sporto Svente?
To register your interest to participate at a Sporto Šventė , please send an email via our Contact Us page
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