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Water polo » Vaterpolo | 105 J adr an cent enary The history of the club and the city on the famous Škver A trophy hall filled with trophies and acknowledgements, photos as titbits of time, 38 Olympian club members, legends of water polo – an entire century of one sport in Jadran – Imamdva sina i tri unuka i svi treniraju. Jadran jemoja druga porodica inepostojinasvetuneštošto mi jevažnijeodJadrana, osimporodice,naravno.Biosamsve, odpioniradopredsednika skupštine, i tako već 60 godina. Moj život je sport, more, vatrepolo, Jadran. Kadbihse vratio, sve bih uradio na isti način – kaže nam Boro na kraju. Jadranjeosvojio33tituledržavnog prvaka, a na istoj je adresi od osnivanja. Promenio je šest država, ali zastavu i ime nije. Na njihovom subazenugostovale reprezentacije celog sveta, a kult vaterpolanikada nijebledeoprenoseći se izgeneracije u generaciju…Na Škveru, uHerceg Novom. Legendarni vaterpolista, trener i sportski funkcioner Boro Mračević Legendary water polo player, coach and sports administrator Boro Mračević Tekst/Words: Jelena Pantović Fotografije/Photography: Profimedia.rs If you were to be born in Herceg Novi, it’s highly likely that you would be swimming by the age of three, simply because you’d be growing up right beside the sea. If you were born in Herceg Novi, that wouldmean growing upwith the famous Jadran water polo club, which has been nurturing water sports for anentire century. Generations of children have spent a hundred years playing water polo here, first in the sea, andmore recently - since 2012 - in a freshwater swimming pool. However, the fact that seawater is denser means that you swim better, which is why people from coastal areas are so good at this sport. Legendarywater poloplayer, coach and sports administrator BoroMračević decided to create theMonograph “Jadran” inorder to commemorate the centenary of the playing of water polo in Foto: Profimedia.rs / kpzfoto / Alamy

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