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74th Sporto Svente - KOVAS Nomination

About the 74th Sporto Svente

The 74th Sporto Šventė will be held in Melbourne and will be hosted by Melbourne VARPAS from 27 to 31 December 2026. Participating clubs include Adelaide Vytis, Brisbane Baltija and Melbourne Varpas and Sydney Kovas.
Sports being offered at the 2026 Sporto Svente:
Kovas plans to offer the following sports:
  • Basketball – men's, women's, mixed, and junior divisions
  • Volleyball – mixed
  • Golf
  • Billiards
  • Pickle Ball
  • Futsal
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Table Tennis
  • Darts
  • Lawn Bowls
** All sports are subject to enough participants nominating

2026 Sporto Svente venues

Basketball, Volleyball, Pickleball, Futsal, and Swimming are all likely to be at the following venue which is relatively close to the Melbourne Lithuanian Club:

More information

If you are from Sydney and would like to participate at the 2026 Sporot Šventė please register you interest on this page as more information will be released in coming weeks.

Do you want to participate at the 74th Sporto Svente in Melbourne?

To participate at a Sporto Šventė you must meet the Šventė 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.
  • In 2026, special rules will permit up to two (2) Non-Lithuanians to participate per team, in any team sport (note if Kovas has enough Lithuanian participants for a team, preference will go to participants of Lithuanian heritage as a priority). Non-Lithuanians must still be KOVAS members.
  • You must be a paid, financial member of SLSK KOVAS (or another ALFAS sports club). Become a Kovas member HERE
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 you as a SLSK Kovas team.
To register to play for KOVAS at Svente, please submit the following information (one response per person):
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