Last weekend saw the conclusion of the fourth edition of the Ewelina Kobryn Foundation’s E11 basketball camp in Kraków. This time, as many as five participants of the camp were awarded the title of best player MVP and received a trip to Paris, France, for a training camp with Mathieu Delarche, a French coach working with 8 NBA clubs.  

On the last weekend of July, the fourth basketball camp of the Ewelina Kobryn E 11 Foundation ended in Krakow. For two weeks, children and young people from all over Poland perfected their basketball skills under the supervision of the champion and qualified coaches.
As many as five participants of the camp were awarded the MVP title. They were won by Wiktoria Danych from Łódź (age 12), Patrycja Sadlik from Legnica (age 18), Maria Perzyna from Piastów (age 15), Oskar Boguta from Dziwnów (age 17) and Oliwia Pełka from Sosnowiec, currently living and training in Italy (age 17).

The prize for each MVP is participation in a basketball camp organised in France with a total value of approximately PLN 20 000. The costs of the trip and participation in the camp were fully covered by the Ewelina Kobryn E11 Foundation. The MVP foursome is already in Paris, where they are training with Mathieu Delarche, the French coach of NBA clubs and owner of Hardwork Trip SARL & Hardwork Asso. Oliwia Pełka will fly out to Paris for a camp at a later convenient date.

This year’s Krakow camp took place at the Olympic Preparation Centre “Kolna” in Krakow as part of the Ewelina Kobryn E1 Foundation established at the beginning of 2023. This year, it gathered during two periods 120 young basketball adepts, who trained with Ewelina Kobryn’s outstanding coaching staff, among others. Among them were Jacek Winnicki, former selector of the Polish women’s national team, Edyta Koryzna, participant in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000, coach of the Polish U-23 national team in 3×3 basketball, Isabelle Fijalkowski, record-holder of the French national team in the number of points scored, coach of French youth teams, member of the FIBA Hall of Fame, and Patrycja Czepiec, European Champion of 1999, coach of youth groups in Wisła Kraków, Paulina Madej, former representative of Poland, multiple national champion, Mathieu Delarche, French coach cooperating with 8 NBA clubs and coaches of youth groups, certified coaches: Wojciech Boblewski, Arkadiusz Kork, Adam Szot, Jakub Natkańc, Artur Włodarczyk and motor coaches: Daniel Miska and Natalia Malaga.

The guest of honour who opened the camp was the distinguished Ludwik Miętta-Mikołajewicz, 14-time Polish champion, long-time managing director of the Euroleague club Wisła Kraków, coach who led the Polish women’s national team to the European vice-championship.

It was a very good two training weeks. We had 150 children and young people from all over the country coming to us wanting to learn to play basketball and I think together with all our staff we helped them to do that. For us, all the children who take part in the camp win, but traditionally we identify the NVPs who stand out from the group each year. To them we have funded a trip to France, where they are just continuing their world-class training with Mathieu Delarche. We will closely follow their development and sporting successes. This year’s camp is now history, and we have another school year ahead in which we want to undertake more similar activities. Daily sports activities, passing on knowledge, building motivation, our attention and constructive conversation – all this we give to the participants of our camp. We know how valuable this is, which is why we will make every effort to ensure that more and more children from all over Poland play with us every year. – Ewelina Kobryn, champion of WNBA, Euroleague, EuroCup of Poland, Russia, Spain, representative of Poland.

Photo: Ewelina Kobryn E11 Foundation. Pictured: Oskar Boguta, Paulina Madej, Patrycja Czepiec and Wiktoria Dane on their way to the camp in Paris and Ewelina Kobryn with Oliwia Pełka. Ewelina Kobryn is one of the best Polish basketball players ever. She won the championship of the best women’s basketball league in the world WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury team. She is the first Polish woman to reach this title. During her career, she celebrated championship titles in the Euroleague, EuroCup, Russia and Spain and four times in the Polish league. After her worldwide sporting career, she returned to her hometown of Krakow, where she has been organising a basketball camp during the summer months since 2020. Its premise is to create for children and young people from all over Poland and foreign participants the best possible conditions for basketball training during the inter-season break on the model of those corresponding to the country’s senior national teams.

From 17 to 29 July, Ewelina Kobryn’s basketball camp, champion of the WNBA, Euroleague, EuroCup of Poland, Russia, Spain and a multiple representative of Poland, will take place in Krakow for the fourth time. For a fortnight, a total of almost 150 participants, children and young people from all over Poland will improve their basketball skills under the supervision of the champion and qualified coaches. The fourth edition of the camp is organised as part of the Ewelina Kobryn E11 Foundation established this year, which will fund a training trip to France for the most talented and hard-working camp participants.

Ewelina Kobryn is one of the best Polish basketball players ever. She won the championship of the best women’s basketball league in the world WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury team. She is the first Polish woman to reach this title. During her career, she celebrated championship titles in the Euroleague, EuroCup, Russia and Spain and four times in the Polish league. After her worldwide sporting career, she returned to her hometown of Krakow, where she has been organising a basketball camp during the summer months since 2020. Its premise is to create the best possible conditions for children and young people from all over Poland, as well as foreign participants, to train in basketball during the inter-season break along the lines of those corresponding to the country’s senior national teams. The camp takes place every year at the Olympic Preparation Centre “Kolna” in Krakow.

Ewelina Kobryn’s camp coaching team, as in previous years, is also this year made up of professionals invited from different parts of the world with the highest level of qualifications, including:

Jacek Winnicki (Poland) – former selector of the Polish women’s national team,
Edyta Koryzna (Poland) – participant in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000, coach of the Polish U 23 national team in 3×3 basketball,
Isabelle Fijalkowski (France) – record-holder of the French national team in the number of points scored, coach of French youth teams, member of the FIBA Hall of Fame,
Patrycja Czepiec (Poland) – European champion from 1999, coach of youth groups in Wisła Kraków,
Paulina Madej (Poland) – former representative of Poland, multiple national champion,
Mathieu Delarche (France) – Coach working with 8 NBA clubs.

An important highlight of the Camp programme will be a meeting with Ludwik Miętta-Mikołajewicz, who will officially open the Camp as the guest of honour. Ludwik Miętta-Mikołajewicz is a distinguished coach who has twice led the Polish women’s national team to the European vice-championship, won 14 Polish championship titles, and for years realised himself as the managing director of the Euroleague club Wisła Kraków.

As in previous years, we have invited prominent people from the world of sport and basketball to join us
and basketball, which means that camp participants will hone their skills under the guidance of experts and learn from the best. We are also paying attention to the educational aspect. The foreign coaches will be assisted by Polish assistants, and communication will take place in both Polish and English. The high quality of training motivates our charges to work very well and has a significant impact on improving their sports performance. This year’s edition of the camp is special for me, because it takes place under the umbrella of my Ewelina Kobryn E11 Foundation. We will finance a training trip to France for the most talented participants of the camp. Thanks to the Foundation’s activities, I hope that future editions of the camp can be organised on a larger scale. I also believe that in the coming years, we will be able to implement several new, necessary projects related to the promotion of, for example, women’s basketball or after-school basketball classes for primary school students. We want to take action, bringing about a positive change in society towards sport. We have a busy time ahead of us. Children and young people all over Poland need sports activities, motivation, our attention and constructive conversation like never before. Their needs have become the mission of our Foundation. – Ewelina Kobryn, WNBA, Euroleague, EuroCup champion of Poland, Russia, Spain, representative of Poland.

This year, nearly 150 participants will take part in the camp. The event is becoming more and more popular every year among potential participants, arouses the interest of partners and attracts the attention of local and national media.

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